The Great American Apparel Diet
no buying for one year

Kimberly

Kimberly, 41, is a full-time psychometrician and medical education researcher, and an adjunct professor of Biostatistics. She loves all things math, stats, and science! She and her husband live with their three cats (and one snake) in a suburb of Philadelphia , where she spends her spare time attending concerts, doing volunteer work, watching documentaries, and training for races. Kimberly has ALWAYS been a clotheshorse and has been known for her outfits since she first became part of the goth/punk scene at her undergrad university. At that time, she dressed all in black, with thrift-store finery and lots of black leather (not the most practical wardrobe for South Carolina ). She feels she can express a great deal of her individuality, personality, and ambition through her clothes, and enjoys shopping for herself and for others. She loves the language of style and is forever reading books and watching TV shows about the messages we send through our appearance. However, she realizes she has reached a point where enough is enough! She would like to spend her money in more productive ways, take the time to stop and enjoy the clothes she has, and rely more on creativity and inventiveness than her paycheck when it comes to putting together great outfits. "In graduate school I had an entire closet full of clothes that I somehow bought on my measly stipend checks. On the one hand, I had too many clothes even then; on the other hand, I was much more imaginative and was forever finding something new to wear, or a new way to wear something, without going out to purchase new items. I valued each item of clothing so much more back then because I wore each item more often and was always looking for ways to do or convey something different. My eyes were more able to see the potential in the clothes that I already had, and I'd like to return to that way of seeing - to be able to not only appreciate what I already have, but to be able to see it all in a new light, and to be more willing to take chances and wear something that no one else is wearing."

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