compostgoblin

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Thanks :) I love going to the Goodwills in the nicer parts of town, you can find some great stuff there! There are a few near me that are usually good bets

[–] compostgoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for the tips! It sounds like a thrifting day is in store for me soon :)

Are there any particular styles I should try to avoid? I guess I’m just worried about giving away that I don’t have a clue what I’m doing lol

Thanks! Yeah, I’m definitely going to need to work slowly, since I am losing weight (10 down, 90 to go!). Buying a whole new wardrobe as I gained weight was a pain.

Are there any particular items that might go better with a larger body type, to help me look slimmer or make my silhouette look more feminine?

Yeah, I have never had good luck with Amazon clothing, the once or twice I’ve tried, for exactly that reason - terrible quality, and terrible sizing. The breadth of options seems appealing, but any time I go on Amazon any more it just feels like wading through sponsored slop to try to find something worthwhile, clothing or otherwise

 

Hi y’all! Do you have any advice on how to start building a wardrobe of femme clothing?

I’m starting to feel braver and want to start wearing girl clothes out in public more. The problem is 1) I have next to no girl clothes, just the few affirming things I wear around the house, and 2) I am overwhelmed by the amount of options I have and don’t know where to start.

Historically, I’ve dressed more workwear (flannel, denim, leather) in the winter, and more normcore (solid color tees and chino shorts) in the summer.

I’m not sure how to translate those into feminine clothes, if I even want to. I really more so want to take the opportunity to find a more expressive style (I always disliked how few options men are given when it comes to fashion), but I still feel like I need a few kind of “core” outfits that I can easily mix and match, like a capsule wardrobe.

I also expect there to be an awkward phase as my body changes and I start to figure out my style, but I’d prefer to not make any glaring faux pas either.

Any advice is greatly appreciated 😊

You nailed it. Well put!

[–] compostgoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 60 points 3 days ago (11 children)

It always blows my mind when I see Back the Blue flags next to Gadsden flags. Who do they think is doing the treading?!

It is usually pretty clear when someone is a recent “refugee”, expecting everyone else to hate Reddit as much as they do, like there’s a feud between Reddit and Lemmy. When it seems to me that most folks around here are just content to be our own little space

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