I couldn’t help noticing this pretty mix of leaves – their colours and textures seem more like a design than purely accidental. The feathery leaves are Herb Roberts (Geranium robertianum), looking their best in autumnal colours; the glossy leaves are some form of hellebore and the veined ones, ivy. Spent pollen stalks have added their forms to the mix.
Now, if only I could find a dress with this pattern on it – floral patterns seem to be in this season, so perhaps I have a chance. The leafy pattern reminds me of my favourite dress, shown here with a faded rose in my lap. If you’ve met me in real life, there’s a good chance I was wearing this!
I don’t think I am typical in my willingness to wear the same dress over and over if I really like it. There’s quite a lot of pressure on us to ring the changes, not just from society, or the fashion industry, but from ourselves. But I still love wearing this dress just as much as on the day I bought it. It makes me feel happy, and what can be better than that?
Susan Rushton 
Happy is good, and if it feels good, wear it out! 🙂
Thanks, Eliza – I will 🙂
Hear, hear! Wear it out! In rural Maine, this is standard practice. Too bad it isn’t the same in other places.
I’m well on my way there, sadly. At least it isn’t one of the many that got torn by roses (so far at least).
You have a wonderful eye for color and shapes! By the way, Herb Robert is an invasive here in the Pacific Northwest. It’s known as Stinky Bob!
I don’t like the smell. It spreads here too, but the roots are so easy to pull up – like gathering cobwebs.
Totally agree! People would probably think I only have about three outfits because I wear the ones I really like over and over. (Year round. I just vary the number of layers.) That reminds me – I need to do a wardrobe clear out of all the things I never wear……
Thank goodness for layers! And for washability – this is a heavy, soft cotton so I can just wash it and hang it to dry.
Oh yes, I should add that none of my favourite items require ironing!
A lovely post. I love fall and love to wear what I like, not what others wear. You have an amazing eye for colour.
Thanks for your kind comment. I’m glad I’m not on my own!
If I have a particular outfit I like, I often wear it on consecutive days if I am going different places, but not if I going to the same place. I force myself to wear something different if I stay at home, simply because I know too many old people who will wear the same thing day in and day out. I think sometimes because it is easy to just lay it down at night and put it on the next day. Sometimes they do not even recognize that it gets dirty. Trying to avoid that. 😀
Those sound like good guidelines to follow 🙂
I keep things for years that I like and just go on wearing them. I love your photos.
Long may they last!
And allow me to add my mourning for two of my favorites whose fabric has worn out. The discreetly-draped sweater isn’t enough any more, alas. But happy clothes are meant to be worn. Out. I do hope you find the dress that captures that woodland floor!
Mourning is the word and you have my sympathy. A cropped, silk lined cardigan is another irreplaceable treasure and I am suspicious it’s wearing thin. Or rather I know it is, I just find it hard to say so.
A cropped, silk lined cardigan! Yes, that is definitely one of those things that ought not be allowed to wear out ever. How sad.
Gorgeous palette in the pic – may you find it picked up by a designer
My fingers are crossed!
The autumn palette is my favourite. I’d wear a tartan or floral print daily, too, especially if was the soft hues such as these.
It’s the softness that appeals to me too.
It’s a long time since I heard the words Herb Robert, although I know the plant well. we have some growing at the bottom of our garden. I wonder how it got its name.
What a lovely colour combination, would make beautiful dress. I wear my favourite clothes continually, I am not a ” fashionista ” and I really miss them when they eventually wear out. Because they are so old by then the fashion has long gone and can never be replaced. Sigh….