Help! It's Bare Legs Weather and... I Only Wear Jeans?
8 things I'm doing to re-learn how to dress for when it gets hot, IT WILL BE OUR WARM GIRL SUMMER!
As I sit inside, the warmth of the sun toasting my face, in my jeans, slightly cardboard-y white t-shirt and cardigan in 24 degree weather, it has occurred to me that perhaps, just perhaps, I need to do some thinking about how to dress successfully in the warm weather…
When it comes to seasonal dressing and the big winter to spring switchover, I glide out of winter coats and into light spring jackets like I’m a dancer in Moulin Rouge. Woollen coats slink off of my arms like a clumsy Sally Bowles with a feather boa, tossing my roll necks to the back of the wardrobe as my favourite season emerges again! Skin! Legs! Cotton! Silk! The season of wafting, floating and drifting in clothes; billowing arms and bare legs! And yet, when it warms yet again, I always find the leap from sleeves, layers and full length trousers an intimidating one.
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