What are you wearing?

What are you wearing?  What color?  Heels or flats?  Oh, you have to wear heels with a skirt!  Hat or no hat?  Are you bringing a big bag or small?  What's the weather?  Will I need a coat?  If you're wearing pink, I'm not wearing cranberry-- I'll try for a blue or something.  DOES THIS MAKE ME LOOK FAT?

Can you wear pants to a wedding over there? You have to have something on your head.  Ever heard of a fascinator?  Look it up, you'll be surprised.  Yes, let's go hat shopping.  We'll have to ship our hats over to the hotel, can't take big boxes on the plane.  omg omg.

I have spent so much time in my life talking about what I am wearing... to work, to weddings, to Christmas dinner, on a hike, to the beach, to vacation, and so on....  do men do this?  Agonize over what they are wearing, or do they just go to the closet, choose a suit, or pants and a matching shirt and polish their shoes.  They are set and they look great without the angst, without the endless consultations.  It is no wonder we women have such complexes over how we look, how everyone else will view us, and our comfort level in our own skin, much less our clothes.

Many women would say, I love shopping, thinking about what to wear, dressing up, talking to friends about it.  Sometimes I say that too.  Right now I'm not.  If I had the seconds, minutes and hours back, what would I do?  Train for a marathon....  or maybe sail around the world. 


I base most of my fashion sense on what doesn't itch. 
~Gilda Radner