S. Worthen | Weblog

Thank you for the perspective. If I owned more white clothing, perhaps I would be less intimidated by it - especially if more of it were machine washable. I'm not afraid of wearing largely white t-shirts, after all, even if I did do in my very favorite one shortly after acquiring it with tomato sauce, and it's only a short step from mostly white shirts to all-white ones.

Part of my problem is sentimentality. I hate it when clothing I'm fond of wears out, becomes irreparably stained or ripped, or otherwise becomes less or un-usable because I can almost never replace it. Still, what good is owning clothing you don't have any reason to use again? There are a very few things I've kept after they've worn out because they'll make a good pattern for a future rough approximation of the same thing. But most things.. well.. better to have had the fun of wearing them, I suspect.