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Starting to massively despair at my clothes shopping … 😭

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warmpinkshawl · 21/04/2026 07:58

Anyone else like this …?

I’m realising this is why I’ve slid into a ‘uniform’ of old jeans, hoodies and shabby sneakers. Thus us what I’ve worn for over ten years.

When a wedding or event comes along, it turns into a monumentally stressful shopping experience where I panic buy items I find uncomfortable, unsure suit me, and likely never wear again.

I have two events: a funeral on Friday and a weekend in Paris next weekend. I’ve been browsing online for days and woke up at 5 am this morning to continue scrolling and discovered my panic purchase for the funeral won’t arrive in time. I then panic purchased a pair of shoes I think look nice for meals out and the funeral, but already have doubts.

I wish I could break this cycle and be confident in what I wear.

I recently had a haircut I love and it inspired me to try hard again to ‘raise the bar’. But I’m hitting a familiar wall now and dreading the events, and just feeling tired and down about it. My DH just doesn’t have this …

Uuuugh!!

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Gettingbysomehow · Yesterday 12:30

Try asking AI Gemini or similar. It gives great advise if you put in your body shape etc. I have started using it to try and avoid fashion mistakes of which I have made many 😂

Gardenquestion22 · Yesterday 12:56

Someone has probably already suggested, but I found the John Lewis wardrobe refresh really useful. Especially the bit where I thought the jeans I'd turned up in were fine and she narrowed her eyes slightly and said 'I'll just pick some up for you to try..' She was right.

It was a good very stress free use of 2 hours. And saved lots of ordering and sending stuff back..

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