Inventory Of My Clothes

Friends, I may have taken a mini-break to go to France and celebrate housemate birthdays but I'm still on my wardrobe-overhaul kick. Which means that now you will hear more about my personal fashion. Or rather, my quest to have a personal fashion.

My last post about my wardrobe had me getting rid of hole-y socks and a-frames, and contemplating whether I should tone down my overly bright collection of underwear. This post is about the clothing that I am keeping. Hopefully this will help me figure out the wardrobe gaps. Trust me, there are many. In terms of colors, one look makes it obvious that I am a recovering goth. I need to introduce more color into my wardrobe, preferably color that falls into my light summer palette. Also some of this stuff needs to be adapted. I need to hem my jeans, doctor up the pea coat, tailor a few of the button downs, swap out the buttons on my vest, and patch holes in the armpits of a couple of the fun t-shirts.

I'm decently set with casual clothing, though some more pants would be good. Perhaps some cords or colorful chinos? I'm trying to move away from t-shirts and hoodies as my standard and into something more sharp so I've been wearing the more "casual" dress shirts and sweaters as everyday clothing. My fun t-shirts are for gardening and for work since my jobs are physical so I can't dress up. But I'd like to keep them strictly for that and not wear them around as much as I currently do since they aren't in the image I want to project. Here's what I've got for casual clothing:

Various solid colored t-shirts.

Fun t-shirts: black shirt that says "t-shirt noir mystérieux,"
red shirt that says "knot today" and has knot-tying diagrams,
blue shirt with superman logo featuring a unicorn torso.

More fun t-shirts: beige shirt that says "it takes balls to be a fairy,"
red shirt with bicycle icon that says "ride me,"
orange shirt that says "I would cuddle you so hard." 

Body positive t-shirts: grey shirt with avocado saying "I'm good fat!"
and another grey shirt that says "chubby guys cuddle better."

Hoodies.

Black beater that says "I don't sweat I sparkle," black fishnet shirt. 

Pants: brown cargos, dark grey dress pants, khakis, charcoal pinstripe dress pants

One place where I'm obviously lacking is in dressier clothing. My suit needs a jacket, which fortunately is something that I'm sure I can find as a separate since it's still being sold in stores. I also don't own a blazer or sports coat. Ideally, I'd like to have several sports coats in different colors. My button down collection could use some beefing up, particularly since I don't even have solid white or light blue ones which are supposedly wardrobe staples. Also some of the new button downs should be the kind with cufflinks since people have given me cufflinks as presents and I can't wear them because none of my shirts require cufflinks and I'm too lazy to adapt them (maybe someday). And of course beefing up my shirt collection means my tie collection will probably need to be revamped to keep up…

Short sleeved button-downs.

Long sleeved button-downs.

Sweaters. 

Reversible vest: dark blue and tiny blue checks.

Ties. 

As far as shoes go, I have no brown dress shoes and maybe I should get some. Also, I'd like something dressier than a sneaker and less fancy than a dress shoe. Bucks? Dress sneakers? Chelsea boots?Chukka boots? Do they even make vegan versions of any of these? I know other people wear boat shoes and loafers but I can't bring myself to do that since I think that look may be too richy rich for me. Here's what I have right now:

Shoes: super old tan colored Timbs (also my only non-vegan shoes),
steel toe black combat boots, shiny black boots, shiny maroon boots,
black brogues, comfy black running shoes, plain old black sneakers,
black high top sneakers, pink converse-esque sneakers.

Other accessories? I'd really like a pocket watch, which is superfluous but awesome enough to be worth it anyway. I'd like some belts, but finding vegan belts made for fat guys is a huge pain since apparently vegan belt makers think all vegans are skinny? I'd also like a briefcase, but it's not easy to find a vegan briefcase. In a perfect world, said briefcase would also be easy to attach to my bike - like a pannier-bag-cum-briefcase. Also I'd like more caps and scarves, and possibly some more attractive looking gloves - fingerless gloves maybe? I'm sure I'll wind up with more bling without trying, since I like sparkly things and I sometimes get jewelry as presents because my friends are awesome. Here are all my current accessories:

Scarves.

Hats.

Four pairs of gloves: top two are for biking.

Sparkly leg warmers, two kerchiefs, two pairs of suspenders,
and a doo rag I no longer need because I no longer have hair.

Bracelets: black link bracelet with the Lord's prayer,
bicycle charm on a fake leather band. 

Red honeycomb/bee cufflinks from an ex-boyfriend.

Teardrop-shaped pearly cufflinks with pink jewel borders from a friend. 

Swiss army knife cufflinks that actually unfold.

Silver colored tie clip.

For outerwear, I'm pretty happy with what I have. Sometimes I think I want a raincoat but I doubt I'd actually wear one. It was necessary when I was a dog walker, but now that I'm not out all day in the rain an umbrella is generally good enough. In terms of fun outerwear, I do occasionally consider getting a bomber jacket and a jeans jacket. Maybe someday when I have money to waste. At which point I will also get snow pants.

Not pictured but maybe I will take photos today or tomorrow and stick them here: necklaces, earrings, jeans, belts, coats, and dress clothes.