tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048568638857050369.post3719206856133822429..comments2023-10-17T16:57:14.934+02:00Comments on raincloud & sage: on slow fashion & handmade wardrobes Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299290068422352053noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048568638857050369.post-50421172554412321522018-04-10T22:48:18.091+02:002018-04-10T22:48:18.091+02:00I so enjoyed reading this thoughtful post when you...I so enjoyed reading this thoughtful post when you first published it Ruth, and have come back to it a couple of times since to re-read it...<br /><br />It spoke to me a lot, perhaps because of our shared interests in making & handmade wardrobes, as well as the wider issues of sustainability & ethical fashion. But I think more than anything else, it was because you wrote it from the stand point of a fellow mama, and it is so comforting to read your thoughts on a topic which has been bothering me a lot these past few years but which I can sometimes be inclined to try to ignore because I feel embarrassed. <br /><br />Since becoming a mama, I seem to have had no trouble embracing the changes to my body that motherhood has brought (both the good and bad!). But My without realising it, I see now I have been struggling somewhat when it comes to what I put on it...<br /><br />My life & style have both changed beyond all recognition since becoming a mama and I still don't seem to have quite managed to bring that transition into my wardrobe. I hold onto clothes that I'm hoping I will one day be able to wear again (when I no longer have to fear sticky fingers or prioritize comfort over other things). My tastes have also changed quite considerably in the (almost) four years since I first put on a pair of maternity leggings...<br /><br />I love the idea of carefully weeding out things from my wardrobe that no longer fit either my body or how life is now, but just cannot bear to get rid of them because of the memories they hold of the way life was before. <br /><br />The result of all of this is that I have a wardrobe full of many clothes that I no longer can or want to wear, as well as a couple of bags of maternity & nursing suitable clothes that I also don't want to get rid of "just incase" we manage to have another bubba. <br /><br />I suppose more than anything I feel at a complete loss about how and where to go next and am really looking forward to my Mum coming to visit next month as she has kindly agreed to set aside a couple of afternoons with me to help me (=hold my hand) as we go through my wardrobe together and do a really good prune & weed. We are also going to take some time in the evenings to do a little dressmaking together as somehow I feel like slowly getting started on my own (little) handmade wardrobe might be a wonderful long term project to help me find myself again under the layers of mothering. <br /><br />Thank you so much for writing & sharing this - and sorry for the essay-length comment, it has just been so good to scribble down some thoughts I've been mulling over for quite a few weeks...<br />franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754049630209547643noreply@blogger.com