Does anyone want to join in a fun dressing experiment/challenge? I read recently this article about Caitlyn whose husband Colin chose her outfits for her to wear for a week, and she was surprised and delighted by his choices! I thought it was really cute, sounded like a lot of fun and I’ve decided to give it a go … and wondered if anyone else in the sewing community would like to play along in solidarity too!
it’s pretty simple really! Just get someone else to choose your outfits for you every day for a week… and if they are willing, you could choose their outfits for the week too! But of course it’s absolutely fine if it’s just you. Or them… 😉
I’m aiming to do this thing between 1st September until 7th September.
You can partner up with your partner, your child, a parent, a sibling, a friend… anyone really, just someone who obviously cares enough about you not to send you out in a bikini and ball cap if the weather is freezing cold and raining, of course! I will be doing the challenge with Craig. He’s often quite interested in what I am wearing and makes styling suggestions and observations; which I listen to um, occasionally…! and I’m excited to put together a few ensembles I want to see him wearing too 🙂 We might not “learn” anything at all from the week but if nothing else, I thought it would be a fun thing for us to do…
I’m going to post the outfits here in a week’s time… and I’ll post my own outfits to instagram as well using the #theirchoice hashtag. In fact, I think I’ll make that #theirchoice17, just in case lots of people have used it already. But I’ve already made my picture without the -17 on the end, sorry about that! 😉
Please join me if you are willing and able… use the #theirchoice17 hashtag so I can find you because I would love to see how it goes for everyone! I’ll even work out how to do a link party and host it here on my blog… if I can! #technologicallychallenged
Who else is in?!
Note: the above picture is an old one and does not reflect what I will be wearing for the week… I have no idea as yet and am actually pretty excited to see what is in store for me!
That’s an interesting idea that could be a lot of fun. I’ll consider doing it with my daughter.
We did something similar a few years ago that was a lot of fun… We went into a nice department store and shopped only for one another. We tried to think outside the box of what we’d normally be safely drawn to or what one another normally wears and only pull what we thought looked great and might look great on the other person. Then, we went into a big dressing room and had a blast trying stuff on. It actually opened up our minds to new things and I think we both dress a little differently now because of it. We definitely shop differently because we learned that something that looks so-so on a hanger can actually look fantastic on. And, the other way around. You never know until you try.
Have fun with your challenge!
thanks Cheryl! please let me know how it goes for you and whether you enjoyed it… I’d love to know! 🙂
This is exciting! I was tempted to participate but the time doesn’t suit my agenda. I can’t wait seeing all of your posts at IG!
thanks SaSa! Maybe some time in the future? 🙂
Ooh yes. My son has a surprisingly good eye, so he could be my stylist for the week. Great idea. Thanks Carolyn!
OOh, that’s great Diane! I’m so excited to see how you go with it! 🙂
Not sure I will be game and as hubby is away it is up to Tomba and he only wants to know what he can chew!
I’m sure Tomba would make an awesome stylist! 😉
I’m in, but won’t be starting until next week. This will take some organisation and I’m a bit nervous about Mark seeing the extent of my wardrobe 😀
Oooh, thanks so much for joining in, Sue! I’m really looking forward to seeing how you get on and what you are wearing! 🙂
Fascinating idea but there’s no possibility of me allowing my ‘sartorially challenged’ husband choose for me .
haha, well it’s only for a week, what could possibly go wrong?! 😀
What a nice idea for a challenge, I’m looking forward to seeing the outfits Craig will pick 🙂
thanks Frobelina, it’s been fun choosing outfits, and maybe a little eye-opening too!
Ha, it’a a very interesting idea and I’m looking forward to seeing what you’ll be wearing but I’m afraid if I tried it all I would be wearing for a week would be tight t-shirts and tight jeans
thanks Sasha! and you may actually be surprised! I’ve sometimes been very surprised by Craig’s choices!
Cool. But while we wait to see the results of the outfit challenge, you could entertain us with a few more photos of Miss Clara. Please.
Hi Sankati’ I’m actually posting a Clara picture every day to my instagram stories… didn’t want to spam everyone with a million pictures, although it HAS been tempting! and I thought that was the least painful and spammy way to do it 🙂 Please check it out if you want to! xx