Zoe from So, Zo, what do you know? is hosting another round of the by now iconic Me Made May-challenge! I participated in Me Made-june two years ago, and learned a lot about the gaps in my closet. At first I was a bit hesitant about signing up this year - for me it would feel like cheating to pledge to just do what I anyway do, it needs to be a challenge. A dream (and a longterm goal) is to be able to go all-in, but I'm not there yet (outerwear, knickers and knitted cardigans all remains for that). However, I decided to pledge...
"I, Erika of Swingin' it in vintage, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '13. I endeavour to 1) wear one me-made garment that is not a skirt, each day for the duration of May 2013 and 2) wear a me-made dress in a non-social dance context minimum once a week during May."
The plan is to not sew anything for this challenge. The summer SWAP I'm of course making anyway! I will sew during May, but only what I anyway would have. The goal is instead to see how much me-made I actually wear, what gaps that remains and which type of make(s) I really feel most comfortable using in my everyday life. Also I want to give myself a nudge to wearing blouses and dresses in my everyday life.
I have a pretty good idea what I need in my closet, and what I need to sew to complete the list, but it will be interesting to test the theory against reality.
Oh, and this won't turn into a daily update of outfits-blog during May, I'll post weekly outfit-round-ups =) Inbetween them, there will still be ordinary posts.
So, are you in on Me Made May?!
Love, Erika
5 comments:
I'm signing up for this too, it's my first time doing it :)
Good luck with your me-made-may x
I just don't think I have enough. Maybe, I can challenge myself to wear something me-made once a week. I'll pop over there to see the official rules.
Sarah; it's going to be loads of fun!!! The online community surrounding the challenge is wonderful. I also love that the only one I'm really "competing" with is myself and the goals I've set.
Foster; the challenge is very free to shape as one wish - the only central part is to pledge to wear me-made in some way during May, but the amount of me-made, type of garment and frequency in wear are all up to the individual participant. It's a very good way to encourage oneself to wear the result of sewing efforts (if incorparating the me-made's into the daily wardrobe doesn't come easy). Hope you've popped over and checked it out!
I'm looking forward to see what you're going to wear!
Thank you, Anthea!
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