What have the last 2 years done to ur personal style?

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Mine is now:
Much more casual - previously very dressy

No bras anymore, just bra-tops - underwired bras before

Comfy shoes and trainers - previously mostly heels

Less patterns, more block colours

I feel like I've lost my dressing mojo 😪

I've perfected the Zoom look.

Make up, nice top, yoga bottoms.

I have shifted focus to quality over the last two years and I have been saving for special items.

I’ve introduced cashmere jumpers that are great for keeping warm when wfh. Finally invested in a pair of DMs and my treasured All Saints biker jacket.

Fitted, tailored dresses and trousers are now in the attic. Heels are definitely a thing of the past.

I’ve got rid of a lot of items and I have been able to remove of the wardrobes that was filled with fitted dresses I’ll never wear again.

And yes to the wireless bra, after hearing so many good things on here and reddit I bought some M&S lace bracelets, I save my underwired for when I'm dressing up a bit or want to look smarter

I've lost any I had.

Need to start getting myself together again!

I’ve bought my first pair of track bottoms for 30 years.

I appreciate the impression a good coat makes rather than concentrating on what I’m going to look like indoors, as so muc( moved outside.

I still have lockdown hair and it’s too long to cut it all off again now.

Same as you OP. What can I do with my numerous irregular choice heels? No-one I know is wearing heels anymore. I used to love them so much!
I have grown my hair and no longer bother with gel nails.

@Shuffleuplove

I tried heels on the other day and I walk like a bloke who has wet his pants. I put them back in the cupboard. Heels are over.

@Shuffleuplove this genuinely made me LOL 😆 I tried out a pair recently and caught my reflection in a shop window and I was bend forward in a V shape 🙃

Completely ditched heels

Also I have a great summer wardrobe + hate jumpers. So I've come to the conclusion that I can get ready nice stylish-ish long cardigans and just wear them over my tops

I've ditched jeans. My menopausal body found them to uncomfortable.
I know only wear dresses. With either boots, trainers or brogues.

No more heels bought a pair the other day of comfy Chelsea boots with a small heel to try and ease myself back as I love a small heeled sandal in summer so want to get used to them again.

I got very fat and as someone else said I don’t know who I am when I look in the mirror. I have lost some weight as it was having a very serious impact on my health but currently stuck. Lots of lovely clothes and an idea of what I want to look like but getting older so would like to lose the weight so I can wear what I like and feel nice and comfy In my clothes and dress up if I want. Prob no heels for me either due to a bad knee
Joy!

After almost 2 years of WFH my style is basically lazy. I live in yoga pants and rarely wear make up any more. But I hate it and really want to get back to the old me.

I now look like an old hag. Previously i had my hair dyed, nails and toes done. Eyebrows. Haor blow dried weekly at the salon. Heels and dressy clothes. Shaved daily. Make up. Now i resemble Hagrid. Feeling better for it too.

Mine hasn’t changed except I’m not a fan of modesty dresses and the Amish look that has been around for the last couple of years. I can’t get into trainers or joggers I know I’m too old and would look like the oldest swinger in town.
Funnily enough I’ve lost weight and I’m slimmer.
Can’t really be bothered to go out socialising prefer a night in.

Tried to read thread but has anyone else found it to be a bit of a reset button?

I feel liberated.

Bit of a mixed bag for me. Have a much more flattering hairstyle than before and have lost 3 stone in weight so my figure is looking much better. I can wear most clothes now and look good.
However, I have also adopted a much more casual look and cba to make much of an effort a lot of the time. Most days I don’t wear make up, unless leaving the house and my wardrobe is much more casual. Jeans and jumper unusually if leaving the house, leggings and top if staying indoors.
When I make the effort I look a million times better than I did before, however I rarely make the effort. When I do wear make up I no longer bother with wearing foundation as my skin is much clearer than it was and you can’t actually tell the difference. I am generally much more comfortable in my own skin than I was.

Great thread!

I wore a pair of tracksuit bottoms out in the street the other day. I do not feel right in tracksuit bottoms. But skinny jeans also don't feel right. It's like style has moved on but we didn't get a chance to evolve incrementally as we normally would and now I feel all at sea. Plus have obviously aged two years and now feel very old. And now the season is changing again.

I grew my eyebrows back. I cleared up my skin via Dermatica. I spent so long experimenting with make up and getting Look Fantastic parcels that I do finally feel I have my make up routine sorted of a morning. And basically anything more than a neutral cream eyeshadow on my eyes looks terrible and is a total waste of time.

I carried on wearing underwired bras, jeans and make up all through, which makes me realise I like these things, I am not doing it for anyone else.

I rediscovered my House of Colour season and am more ruthless about sticking to my colours even if that means wearing a more limited palette. It helps that there have been more browns and beiges and warmer colours around.

I started shopping second hand a bit more, partly due to more time and partly due to feeling queasy about buying too many new clothes of unknown origin.

I went increasingly short with my hair and now there's not much left. This was partly because I was paranoid access to hairdressers would be stopped at any moment and partly due to a new 'what's the worst that can happen?' mentality. Plus not seeing people regularly for long periods of time meant you could escape scrutiny.

I bought far too many gold layering necklaces and now realise you don't need loads of the same thing and should buy things only if they are going to push your style and wardrobe on in some way.

I realised style and beauty is not the be all and end all.

I've discovered hoodies for everyday wear, not just the gym. My favourite is a dusky pink one from Cos. I've also had no reason to wear heels and have spend two years living in trainers and chunky boots.

I've worn exclusively gold (or gold coloured) jewellery and can't really imaging going back to silver.

Unfortunately I've gained about a stone and a half but that's mainly been due to illness. Despite strict calorie counting it's coming off very slowly which is frustrating (the joys of being the wrong side of 40 I guess), and most of my normal clothes don't fit and I really don't feel like myself at all.

@Grasping

Tried to read thread but has anyone else found it to be a bit of a reset button?

I feel liberated.

I feel the complete opposite.

As well as WFH I was shielding, so literally going nowhere. The no make up and yoga pants look is so tied to the worry of Covid, and I really want to move on from it.

I've bought some new clothes and have been painting my nails, straightening my hair and wearing a bit of make up again, but it feels slightly ridiculous to wear this to just stay at home.

Not being in the office I've also lost the barometer of what everyone else is wearing. I have no idea what is actually fashionable at the moment. I used to enjoy seeing someone else wearing stuff and getting ideas. I've picked up a couple of fashion magazines this week but it is hard to translate how things look on the pages of a magazine to how they'll look on the No 6 bus without seeing people wearing things in real life.

I've kept up with skincare so at least that is OK. I could do with losing the half stone of lockdown weight, but am back in the gym and eat fairly healthily so it should shift.

I think I just want a reason to wear nice things again.

I had a very maintained short hair cut for over 10 years. It's now so long it covers my boobs and I've mastered the box dye and it's been trimmed twice in 2 years.

I've grown out my grey roots. My hair is in amazing condition and I quite like my silver highlights. Saved a fortune too.

I live in comfy lounge wear at home, love it.

I’ve embraced the sweatshirt and jeggings look but I intersperse this with trendy tops - balloon sleeves etc. I put on a corona stone but have lost half then gained it again, under active thyroid didn’t help! I’ve taken up running which I love even though I sprained my ankle badly late last year which set me back.

Makeup is definitely less foundation more tinted moisturiser but I always loved makeup and would try eyeliner combos out for lockdown permitted walks. Embraced waterproof and tubing mascara as others smudge. Rediscovered my trainers and got much more into them.

I’ve discovered clothes, colours and styles which I love rather than just settle for.

Funnily enough I was round my mum’s the other day and she said a very pale pink top with silver lettering (H&M sport) and sweaty Betty running leggings really suit me so I might post here to see if I can get ideas of “non sports versions”.

I’ve got larger bust so I do wear underwirex bras but trying to look for supportive crop tops.

Hair was ruined by hairdresser (bleach permanent colour rather than highlights!) in summer 2020 so have spent past year and a half growing it out and still not there!

But honestly I don’t care so much.

Workwear is locked away, I don’t wear heels but if I do get dressed up i make an effort and enjoy it more.

I look like waynetta slob. I am trying to change that, I want a proper life back not just WFH and duvet days

@Grasping

Tried to read thread but has anyone else found it to be a bit of a reset button?

I feel liberated.

Exactly this! Basically in the before times I never really had casual wear. I had work clothes (my work is professional but casual), going out clothes (this was never evening dress level, but still) and then home wear was dismal stuff I couldn't answer the door wearing. I always felt the last category was a waste of money.

Now I have one category of clothes. I can wear them to work or out or happily whilst at home and feel myself and comfortable. I can run outside if needed without feeling inadequately dressed and I really enjoy what I'm wearing.

My wardrobe isn't too everyone's taste but I feel like a teenager again in my enthusiasm for getting dressed!

I had a work lunch on Friday and it took me nearly an hour to pick out what you wear. All my smart trousers are about half a size too tight but I can’t bring myself to replace them. I squeezed into a pair of black paper-bag trousers and a silky blouse, with kitten heels. I felt like a burly man. Overall I feel about five years out of date and ten years older. At home I totally love cashmere, jersey, chenille, cord and soft hats, with ugg mules. My mother would say I’ve let myself go 👀