Lesson Number Five
This is the time of year when our wardrobes collapse under
us like a house of cards. It’s an old
story but a perennial one. No matter how
bitterly we remember last year’s experience, how forward-looking we think we
are being – it happens again.
Obviously in a season when most of the clothes we wear are
washable ones, there are bound to be disconcerting days when all tubbables are
in the tub. Yet there is never any time
when we can afford to look bedraggled.
Even with the heat at its height, our bosses expect us to look fresh and
efficient, our husbands will notice any let-down in our appearance.
So we decide to get something new quickly and the thing most
of us decide to get is “something to put right on now and wear into the
fall.” That is a decision I want to
forestall for it is not a
solution. True, we can begin to plan our
fall clothes now but – we can’t wear them.
The sleek black satin dress, the thin wool looks new and autumnal. But when we try to wear it we’re
miserable. It is much too hot for the
boggy days of August and September and we’re constantly afraid of ruining it
before fall actually comes. Furthermore,
we’ve probably bought it in black, entirely overlooking the fact that all our
summer accessories are navy blue so we’ve nothing to wear with it except last
winter’s wintry looking hat and shoes.
I have found the solution.
Get something new you can wear right now – something that will not carry
over into fall but that is so new and smart that it will provide you with a
flawless ensemble to start next summer.
