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I bring this up because a similar situation happened to me just last weekend. Perhaps you can relate. I was out having an afternoon drink with a friend. I had on no makeup, a miniskirt, flip-flops and a faded black tank top with a huge, pink, cursive letter "J" on it, Laverne DeFazio-style (my mom gave me the shirt when I was 16). Anyway. On my way home, I decided to stop by a party at another friend's new restaurant. This is when fashion crisis struck. The women inside were turned-out, in that sexy-chic-heels-blow-out New York way (this is Brooklyn, people!). For the entire hour I was there, I felt like a dirty little troll doll. I imagined all of the better outfits I have at home and I made lame excuses to the people I talked to: "I'm just doing a drive-by!" and "Oh, you know, I live, like, right around the corner!" (lie). Later, I thought about how cool it would've been if I'd adopted a confident "love me, love my Laverne tank" attitude, but, like my friends at the fancy college party, I can't help it, I'm a wardrobe apologist.
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P.S.. Though it wasn't appropriate for that occasion, I really do like the miniskirt I was wearing. It's by an extra-affordable label called Mink Pink (Elise has raved about its stuff a zillion times) and it's right now on sale.
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