wow, i'm jealous dellaluvia. i'd love to have that many shoes!!!!!!!!!! lol
My rationale is the more I have, the less I wear of each pair and the longer they all last. I have a pair of leather boots that I bought in my last year in high school and I still have them, they're still wearable and I'm years away from college graduation.
yeah, shoes and jeans are my biggest weaknesses. i too hate the skinny jeans.....i like flared....as i think the ankle/hip ratio is better prortioned. in skinny jeans i feel like an upside down triangle. lol
Exactly! Though my mental picture is of a bowling pin.
yes, i also agree about the fashion designers and the 'perfect' body type
This is so frustrating because not only are they unable, they are also
unwilling to do so. It's very obvious when you watch entertainment shows like I do, and see designers interviewed or on shows like "The Fashion Police" which ones turn their noses up at women who aren't a size 2 or less. They have little to say or give left handed compliments to women like Jennifer Hudson "She looks the best she's going to." They refuse to make clothing in sizes larger than a 10, and if they do, they do it grudgingly and change the name for a 'larger womens line', like Liz Claiborne. If you don't wear a size 10 or less, you can't wear a Liz, but you can wear her heavy woman's line "Elizabeth".
WTF was wrong with just making larger clothing?!?? Heavy women can be designer conscious too. They want to wear Liz, not Elizabeth, like they're a step child! It's so ludicrous.
and also, jess's point about cheap material.
Very true. I refuse to buy designer wear unless it's on a serious sale and I won't pay if it's made out of cheap material or just material you could find in something dirt cheap ("This is $80 and it's made out of t-shirt material" (jersey))
i shop a lot, but it's usually discounted stuff 'cause the town i live in doesn't have many stores to choose from.
I'm lucky, I live 3 blocks from a huge high end mall, there are cheaper department stores, discount stores (I found a skirt there once for $9, and had seen the
exact same skirt in one of my high end clothes catalogs a month before at $75) and thrift stores all very centrally located to where I live. I love shopping thrift stores, you can find wonderful clothes at rock bottom prices.
i usually hide my clothes in the closet for a while, and bring them out in a month or two. when my husband asks "is that new?" i can honestly answer "no, not at all dear.." 
