I confess this topic is not original to me, but was posed by the eminent Edith Layton over on one of my favorite blogs, Word Wenches. She wondered what writers wore as they slaved away over their work. See Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen at left. (I'd be spilling ink on myself.)
Instead of a pristine white nightrail, I frequently wear a substantially hideous lime green nightgown, with darker green embroidered palm trees and pink flamingos. If it's chilly, I put on a lime green v-neck sweater over it. (I must match at all costs.) Sometimes I change to a pink gingham nightgown and a warm fuzzy pink robe, depending on what’s in the wash. You see, I write most often in the morning before I go to work, when the girls are free and the mind is fresh.
This summer I wasn't a complete slug. Sometimes I got dressed before noon. (Denim shorts and a tank top---not a pretty picture with the arm flab issue) In winter I wear jeans and an oversized sweater to hang around the house. I’m usually barefoot all year round, but I always wear lipstick to set that glamorous mood.
Do you have your own writer's uniform? What do you wear at home when you want to be comfy?
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This summer I was a complete slug. If I don't have to wear make-up, I so won't.
No matter the season or the temperature--it could be a hot, humid day outside--inside, I'd be wearing sweats, a t-shirt, and a sweatshirt on hand in case I got cold. More often than not I'd be wearing the sweatshirt.
And no lipstick for me. I always have the urge to wipe it off as soon as I put it on. But I always put my hair back into a messy bun or something, so that it's not in my face. I'm just a PITA.
Love it, Maggie.
I don't have a uniform... must be comfy though. And I wear socks most of the year. I get cold very easy.
And often I wear sweats and tee. and sometimes a few sweaters--see I get cold easy.
No lipstick. I've always got a cup of java or a cup of tea.
Well, I'm usually just in my sweats. Nothing fancy, nothing too eccentric. Sweats and a t-shirt.
What a great topic, Maggie!! :) And I love your outfit!
I generally write in sweat shorts and a t-shirt, if I'm writing in the morning or after the kidlet goes to bed. And jeans/shorts and a t-shirt if it's naptime writing.
As far as makeup, I am with Elyssa. I don't wear it unless I have to (ie, I'm going out in public). If I do wear it, it's pretty much just powder and a little blush, maybe mascara. I NEVER wear lipstick. I get it all over everything.
I see we're all a casual bunch.*g* I think of F. Scott Fitzgerald in an ascot and smoking jacket, with poor Zelda fluttering around in chiffon.
I rarely get to be a slug. Just the occassional Sunday. As I write mostly at work, I'm in jeans and whatever knit top I'm wearing that day. At home I have this really comfy pair of blue PJ bottoms with little stars and moons all over them. I can't even remember where I got them but I love them and wear them most anytime I'm sitting around the house.
I almost never wear lipstick but my grandmother and my mother wore only lipstick. They are of the school of lipstick being all you need. LOL!
Terri, one of my daughters bought me a ceramic hanging sign for my BB that says "Put on a little lipstick. You'll be fine." When she helped me set up my MySpace page she decided that should be my quote, LOL. I really look dead without lipstick, plus I talk so much and lick my lips I get really chapped. My girls only wear lipstick when they come to see me. It's like a family joke now. But my mother never left the house without lipstick and neither do I. I'll go all summer w/o makeup at all, even tho my eyelashes are all blond and rabbitty, but my L'Oreal 'Courageous' is on.
I'm a pajama kind of girl. And, like many others, refuse make-up unless I have no choice. Sometimes I even throw a blanket over my lap because I'm so easily cold. You would think that in Florida this wouldn't happen but we're the state of freezing A/C.
Maggie - I love that motto. My grandmother always had two things in her pocket - just in case. Her teeth and her lipstick. :)
Fun blog, Maggie! In the summer it's shorts/capris and a colorful knit top. My daughter calls them old lady shirts from Kohls. They are like t-shirts but different colors and sometimes the necklines vary - scooped, v-neck, etc. She wants me wearing the layered skin tight camis she's into! I told her I'm at the age where I get to dress for comfort instead of style!
In the winter it's jeans, a turtleneck and a sweater or long sleeve shirt over that. No matter what, I have to wear socks and my New Balance cross trainers. I have horrible feet and can't go without shoes. I have a neighbor who doesn't wear shoes until there's a foot of snow on the ground! LOL
For my daughter's birthday sleepover last Friday night I relented and wore a pair of low-rise capris I got in the junior department and a low cut, skin tight baby doll shirt. My daughter and husband were ecstatic. I was so uncomfortable. I kept checking to make sure I wasn't falling out of the top and that my underwear wasn't showing! LOL I'm just not cut out for high fashion!
I usually write in bed, before I go to sleep. Therefore, I'm either naked (hey, we have no AC, and it's humid here) or dressed in Pirates of the Caribbean pj bottoms and a tank top.
If I write in another area of the house, I am dressed. In something. Usually not matching.
And I never wear lipstick...or rarely-rarely. SLUG.
My pajamas--which would look like street clothes as I refuse to sleep in traditional sleepwear. *g*
I wear PJ pants, either cotton or flannel depending on the weather. Either a Tshirt or tank top, with a hoodie if it is cold. I am a barefooter too, at least until the deep winter when it is just too cold. I also have a favorite down filled throw for my lap as I sit in my favorite blue chair in the living room :).
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