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I only wear a tiny proportion of my clothes...

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DeepRoots · 06/04/2013 17:53

....I don't have that many in the first place.

Do you keep clothes for best or just wear them all anyway?

Other than pepperberry where can I buy shirts for work that will fit a busty figure. I hate buying size 18, 20 or 22 when the rest of me is a size 16. Hence I don't have that many clothes because I wear the same things and hate shopping.

Anyone else in the same position? Anyone been there and got a style update?

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thenightsky · 06/04/2013 17:55

I realised recently that I was wearing only 10% of what I owned due to putting on weight.

Done the low carb bootcamp and now can wear 90% of it again... I've just forgotten how though

I need a serious wardrobe overhaul.

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ujjayi · 06/04/2013 18:29

Doesn't Bravissimo do clothing for (wonderfully) curvy types? The kind that accommodates voluptuous boobage but recognises that you have a waist?

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DeepRoots · 06/04/2013 18:45

That's pepper berry. They have a really limited range of col ours and are really pricey.

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thenightsky · 07/04/2013 11:13

Everything I've ever ordered from Pepperberry has had to go back due to being too short, too weirdly cut or just poor quality with dippy hems and puckered seams.

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Trills · 07/04/2013 11:22

I highly recommend Dressipi -- put in your measurements and they will tell you what shapes suit you and show you actual clothes for sale in those shapes. Hit like and dislike a lot and eventually it'll show you things that suit your shape and that you LIKE.

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bunnymother · 07/04/2013 11:26

I would also recommend looking at Pinterest and getting a feel for what looks you like and how people wear things you have and like but aren't sure how to wear. And I would also consider getting things altered, if its an option for you.

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Fluffycloudland77 · 07/04/2013 11:42

I wear supermarket stuff round the house and save nice stuff for going out.

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bunnymother · 07/04/2013 11:55

To answer your question, I wear most of my clothes, regularly. Depending on season and occasion. I don't save anything for "best", but there are some I don't wear due to lack of opportunity ie work clothes as am SAHM

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DeepRoots · 07/04/2013 16:38

There's some really good ideas here. Thank you. Glad its not just me with the mail order nightmare. That's why I have nothing to wear. Don't have time to shop, hate it anyway, and no idea what to buy. I will definitely try pin interest and dressipi as well as trying to dress up or down the things I have already for different purposes.