Introduction
We get dressed every day. And that's often an intense, overwhelming and stressful experience. Apparently clothes say so much about who we are and building a stylish wardrobe that challenges capitalist, patriarchal, racist and anti-fat norms is no small feat. Founder of Mindful Closet - Dacy Gillespie and I, explore where to go from here in this episode.
This episode explores:
- The rules of style and limitations of dressing yourself and the roots of these
- Why dressing your body can be about safety
- Clothing and identity including how to find it in a changing body
- How to try on clothes that make a difference to your body image
- The impact of your wardrobe full stop
- Shopping with limited financial resources
- What we need to talk about when we talk about sizing
Resources mentioned
- The Food and Body Freedom Facebook community
- Dacy's IG and website
- Roxane Gay's memoir Hunger
- Sonya Renee Taylor's The Body Is Not An Apology
- Clothes and Body Image episode for a deeper dive on the link
