Has your style changed as you've lost weight?
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I bought a skort for the first time and it felt GREAT to wear it. Still have to stop thinking "fat" when ordering new clothes. Am also caring more about my appearance.3
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My style changed completely. I am now able to wear anything I want. I look good in athletic clothes, suits, or just jeans and a T-shirt. Finally upgraded my wardrobe and now I feel good every day. I never leave the house looking like I used to6
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Getting rid of the larger old clothes is key to not regaining. If you have them to fall back on..the creep happens. ..yet.. I rode around in my car with my stack of old jeans in the trunk forever.. it was so hard to donate them, because I knew it was a done deal once I did. ...and..as I maintain..when my pants get tight.. I go right back to reducing..knowing I will be so ashamed of myself if I start buying larger sizes.Thanks for all the comments so far! I'm hoping we can keep this thread going. I need ideas.
I finally got myself to donate all my REALLY large clothes. For some reason, it was surprisingly hard (a lot of nostalgia, and I really liked some of the clothes); but I realized I don't ever intend to be that weight again. I finally see that wearing clothes MANY sizes too big is not flattering; I was definitely hiding myself.4 -
The biggest change for me is that I feel comfortable wearing tank tops and short sleeved shirts. Last year I wore long sleeved shirts to the gym every day, even in summer. Now I feel comfortable working out in anything, even cropped tops! It feels amazing to not be so self conscious, even though I have more weight to lose still 2
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I mainly just wear athletic wear every single day.1
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Careful what you wish for.... lol🙈2 -
My style has definitely improved. Now that I'm slimmer, I can find a great selection of good-quality clothes, and I really care about how I dress now. Before, it was t-shirts and sweats, and now it's skinny jeans and cashmere sweaters!3
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Just purchasing new clothes. I guess a little bit sure. The smaller bra sizes are cuter and don't look granny. The underwear is bikini now and not grandma parties. The blouses aren't curtains anymore, but actually tank tops. So yeah I'm sure there's a change😉3
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I know I'm super late to the party, but I'll chime in.
My style has definitely changed since I lost weight. When I was bigger, I wore mainly dresses. You wouldn't catch me on the weekend wearing anything else. I would wear short dresses and even low cut tops with a skirt. Even in winter. I would wear a dress/skirt and boots without tights or anything. I even wore a spaghetti strapped summer dress to Christmas one year
I felt I had to make up for being bigger by wearing "sexy" clothes. The only place I really dressed appropriately was work.
I realize I looked quite stupid, not sexy at all.
Now that I'm in a healthy weight range and am way more confident (and finally feel feminine), I dress weather appropriately. I rarely even wear dresses anymore to be honest. Now, I prefer shorts with a casual top (either "cute", or sometimes just a T-shirt) in the summer, pants with a cardigan or sweater when it's cold out, and maybe pants with a short sleeved top/cardigan during springlike weather. Though I have to admit that I love the sweater over or tucked into a skirt look during the winter (complete with extra thick tights to keep me warm ).
I also want to say, that I am trying to find my own personal style as being this weight is fairly new, and I only now feel very confident in dressing in a way that makes me feel comfortable, yet good about myself and cute at the same time.6 -
slytherclawpride wrote: »I know I'm super late to the party, but I'll chime in.
My style has definitely changed since I lost weight. When I was bigger, I wore mainly dresses. You wouldn't catch me on the weekend wearing anything else. I would wear short dresses and even low cut tops with a skirt. Even in winter. I would wear a dress/skirt and boots without tights or anything. I even wore a spaghetti strapped summer dress to Christmas one year I felt I had to make up for being bigger by wearing "sexy" clothes. The only place I really dressed appropriately was work.
I realize I looked quite stupid, not sexy at all.
Now that I'm in a healthy weight range and am way more confident (and finally feel feminine), I dress weather appropriately. I rarely even wear dresses anymore to be honest. Now, I prefer shorts with a casual top (either "cute", or sometimes just a T-shirt) in the summer, pants with a cardigan or sweater when it's cold out, and maybe pants with a short sleeved top/cardigan during springlike weather. Though I have to admit that I love the sweater over or tucked into a skirt look during the winter (complete with extra thick tights to keep me warm ).
I also want to say, that I am trying to find my own personal style as being this weight is fairly new, and I only now feel very confident in dressing in a way that makes me feel comfortable, yet good about myself and cute at the same time.
It's funny because since I lost weight I've started wearing more dresses and more skirts. My pieces of clothing are more form fitted, less frumpy, better quality all together.2 -
asthesoapturns wrote: »slytherclawpride wrote: »I know I'm super late to the party, but I'll chime in.
My style has definitely changed since I lost weight. When I was bigger, I wore mainly dresses. You wouldn't catch me on the weekend wearing anything else. I would wear short dresses and even low cut tops with a skirt. Even in winter. I would wear a dress/skirt and boots without tights or anything. I even wore a spaghetti strapped summer dress to Christmas one year I felt I had to make up for being bigger by wearing "sexy" clothes. The only place I really dressed appropriately was work.
I realize I looked quite stupid, not sexy at all.
Now that I'm in a healthy weight range and am way more confident (and finally feel feminine), I dress weather appropriately. I rarely even wear dresses anymore to be honest. Now, I prefer shorts with a casual top (either "cute", or sometimes just a T-shirt) in the summer, pants with a cardigan or sweater when it's cold out, and maybe pants with a short sleeved top/cardigan during springlike weather. Though I have to admit that I love the sweater over or tucked into a skirt look during the winter (complete with extra thick tights to keep me warm ).
I also want to say, that I am trying to find my own personal style as being this weight is fairly new, and I only now feel very confident in dressing in a way that makes me feel comfortable, yet good about myself and cute at the same time.
It's funny because since I lost weight I've started wearing more dresses and more skirts. My pieces of clothing are more form fitted, less frumpy, better quality all together.
We all have different clothes and clothing styles that make us feel more confident. My style just happens to be a tad bit more casual. Also, I always just felt like I had to wear short dresses and low cut tops all the time in order to be seen as a girl by others. Like, if I didn't, other people would think otherwise. Irrational, I know, but I felt so masculine I was trying way too hard to make up for it. Not saying I don't like dresses and would never wear them again, I just prefer shorts and pants.
I also hear you on the form fitting less frumpy clothes. Those are the kinds of clothes I wear now, too.5 -
slytherclawpride wrote: »asthesoapturns wrote: »slytherclawpride wrote: »I know I'm super late to the party, but I'll chime in.
My style has definitely changed since I lost weight. When I was bigger, I wore mainly dresses. You wouldn't catch me on the weekend wearing anything else. I would wear short dresses and even low cut tops with a skirt. Even in winter. I would wear a dress/skirt and boots without tights or anything. I even wore a spaghetti strapped summer dress to Christmas one year I felt I had to make up for being bigger by wearing "sexy" clothes. The only place I really dressed appropriately was work.
I realize I looked quite stupid, not sexy at all.
Now that I'm in a healthy weight range and am way more confident (and finally feel feminine), I dress weather appropriately. I rarely even wear dresses anymore to be honest. Now, I prefer shorts with a casual top (either "cute", or sometimes just a T-shirt) in the summer, pants with a cardigan or sweater when it's cold out, and maybe pants with a short sleeved top/cardigan during springlike weather. Though I have to admit that I love the sweater over or tucked into a skirt look during the winter (complete with extra thick tights to keep me warm ).
I also want to say, that I am trying to find my own personal style as being this weight is fairly new, and I only now feel very confident in dressing in a way that makes me feel comfortable, yet good about myself and cute at the same time.
It's funny because since I lost weight I've started wearing more dresses and more skirts. My pieces of clothing are more form fitted, less frumpy, better quality all together.
We all have different clothes and clothing styles that make us feel more confident. My style just happens to be a tad bit more casual. Also, I always just felt like I had to wear short dresses and low cut tops all the time in order to be seen as a girl by others. Like, if I didn't, other people would think otherwise. Irrational, I know, but I felt so masculine I was trying way too hard to make up for it. Not saying I don't like dresses and would never wear them again, I just prefer shorts and pants.
I also hear you on the form fitting less frumpy clothes. Those are the kinds of clothes I wear now, too.
Absolutely, everyone has their own look. Loud leggings with a skirt or dress is one if my signatures. Can't say any of my dresses are particularly short and I swear I'm allergic to cleavage XD. I still wear pants and leggings more than dresses alone. When I was at my highest I mostly just wanted to be invisible. Now I'd like to be invisible but since I haven't developed that super power I try to look put together.1 -
The brightest, most colorful printed yoga leggings I can find. I’m getting known around town as the Leggings Woman. Have had guys yell at me at traffic lights just to lmk they like my leggings, and a woman who has only seen me in yoga gear told me I was the most “put together” person she knew. That blew my mind. It’s been thirty years since somebody complimented me on my dress sense.
For years I’ve been a slob, living exclusively in leggings and tunics or oversized tshirts. Leggings make your legs look thinner, right? Wrong. I look back at older pictures and just cringe.
I’m discovering that when not in workout gear I like boho or a little bit western’ish, with Indian jewelry and cute boots, which is something you don’t particularly see in north Georgia. After trips to Ukraine, I have a love affair with elaborately embroidered blouses. Luckily (ha!) there’s a Lucky Brand outlet right up the street that ticks all the boxes: boho, western, embroidered.
I kept the colored hair, which I had started doing when fat because no one ever noticed me. Today I colored it bright pink and purple. For some reason, people just love it on older women. Other older women whisper to me they wish they were “adventurous” like me, young people give me thumbs up, or stop me to tell me they love it. I think it’s the whole “When I grow old I shall wear purple”. mentality.
Bonus: You just really don’t need makeup when your hair is candy colored.
And I’m starting to wear my insane collection of costume jewelry again. It always brought joy. Rhinestones make me very very happy.
Such a mishmash. So many opportunities.
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Bolder, brighter. 'Tis the season for yoga pants. Yes, the best part about winter is yoga gear. I am related to Yogi Bear.
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Honestly I rarely wear makeup, but that has always been so. I just don't put that much time into it. I'm a get out of the shower, brush my hair & put on deoderant then get dressed and go kind of person.
I tend to wear workout type clothes now in general. They are comfortable, and mean I can easily be ready to do something 'active' without any effort. I do make an effort to wear 'regular' bras, jeans, shirts from time to time because I know Hubs prefers it. And life is about compromise... And I do think I look better in jeans now than I used to lol.Clothes, makeup, etc. Are you doing things differently? What are you loving? Any unexpected challenges?
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springlering62 wrote: »I kept the colored hair, which I had started doing when fat because no one ever noticed me. Today I colored it bright pink and purple. For some reason, people just love it on older women. Other older women whisper to me they wish they were “adventurous” like me, young people give me thumbs up, or stop me to tell me they love it. I think it’s the whole “When I grow old I shall wear purple”. mentality.
Bonus: You just really don’t need makeup when your hair is candy colored.
I'm living for the day I have enough grey in my hair to start dyeing it bright colours! I've always had dark hair that resists bleaching.
I'm also picking up a more bohemian dress style - skinny jeans or leggings and long flowy tops. I love it.
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I've lost 38 lbs so far and the only style change I've noticed about myself is that I want to wear pants/jeans with slimmer legs. I bought my first ever pair of skinny jeans! It just seems that when I was larger I always filled out the legs of my clothes. I didn't have to think about how baggy the legs were. But now it's a big deal to me!1
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I don't think my style has necessarily changed but my preference for fit in clothing certainly has; I used to like things baggy and now I prefer things much more form-fitting, especially the more muscular I get.3
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Total change of answer. Just discovered Korean (or Japanese?) Lolita style while randomly farting around on the net,
I may be old as dirt, but I LOVE this stuff!
And it’s long enough to hide a multitude of sins, baggy old lady knees included.
Calling @RelCanonical, our K-everything expert.......1
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