from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 12 25 18)

same but different ... compared to the day before. (this "sweatshirt" i did get in every colour that i wanted it in -- vert, anthra and black.)

i am wearing rundholz black label a/w 2018 (top, "sweatshirt", trousers and boots) and rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 12 24 18)

boxing day/week sales time! yay! i bought me some new shoes and accessories (all rundholz of course). and (i almost forgot) a black version of a jacket that i already have in (rundholz black label) vert that has been my go-to outerwear so far this winter. (what can i say ... i believe in the practice of, if possible, buying a loved piece of clothing in every available colour that i love.*) i am looking forward to wearing all of these things through the long winter that is yet to come. (if the past years are anything to go by, it is going to be a long and dark three months ahead.)

*if it were available in my size at any of my go to retailers -- that is, if it were possible -- i would have bought this pullover in black. it is definitely a much loved piece of clothing in my wardrobe.

i am wearing rundholz black label a/w 2018 (top, pullover, trousers and boots) and rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 11 26 18)

i do not consider myself a jewellery person. which is to say that i don't wear jewellery often -- i wear jewellery very rarely. that said, i have become attached to the rundholz (mainline) bracelet that i am wearing here (and that i have been wearing pretty much daily since i acquired it). about a week or so ago, i almost lost it. i wore it to go to a personal training session. it was just me and my trainer at the facility before, during and after the session. after the session, while getting dressed to leave the facility, my trainer and i got to talking. the talking probably distracted me from paying close attention to what i was doing as i was getting dressed. after some time, dressed and ready to go, we left the facility. she locked it up, we high-fived it, she went east and i started walking west. i probably hadn't taken more than 50 steps before i noticed that i wasn't wearing the bracelet. i stopped. dead in my tracks. the emotional me panicked. the rational me tried to calm the emotional me and reasoned that it had to be somewhere on my person. i wasn't prone to losing things. rational me directed that i look in all my pockets. i searched my pockets. no bracelet. rational me then directed that i look in my bag. emotional me now started to sense that rational me, while directing all sorts of searches, knew that the bracelet wouldn't be found on my person, that i had left it behind at the fitness place. nevertheless i searched my bag. no bracelet. emotional me went into full-on anxiety mode. rational me, now a little shaken and starting to lose its initial calm handle of the situation, went into problem-solving mode. obviously, i had left the bracelet behind at the fitness place, in the locker i had used to store my belongings. as there had been nobody there except me and my trainer, it should still be there. but how to retrieve it? i could try to chase down my trainer -- she could let me back into the facility and i could retrieve the bracelet. bad idea. i didn't know exactly where, other than east, she had gone and, by this point, probably too much time had passed for me successfully to chase her down. i could call the fitness place, leave a message for whomever would pick it up, and ask them to retrieve and hold the bracelet for me until my next visit. bad idea. i knew (just knew) that walking away would be tantamount to letting the bracelet go. i couldn't say for certain what number locker i had used. the message might not be picked up before someone went into that locker. and what would be the likelihood that someone wouldn't just take it (as much as i don't want to assume the worst in people). no, i couldn't do something that would increase the likelihood of my never being reunited with the bracelet. option three: i could return to the fitness place and wait for someone to show up, unlock it and let me in to go retrieve the bracelet. i knew that there would be classes there in an hour's time, so the most i would have to wait would be an hour. one hour of my time: a small price to pay to retrieve the bracelet. i went with option three. i returned to the facility and prepared myself to wait. then luck shone down upon me. no sooner did i return to the facility did someone arrive and unlock it. i followed the person in, explained my dilemma to him and, moments later, was reunited with my bracelet. in my life to date, this bracelet is only the second piece of jewellery to which i have developed an attachment. the first piece was a ring. i lost that ring. i left it behind in the bathroom of another fitness place many years ago. i got over that loss (or, maybe not, if i still remember, quite vividly, the how and where of that loss.) i am so grateful that i did not lose this bracelet.

i am wearing rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet), rundholz mainline a/w 2017 (boots) and rundholz black label a/w 2017 (top, dress, cardi and trousers).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 12 05 18)

i am wearing rundholz black label a/w 2018 (dress, jacket, trousers and boots) and rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 11 22 18)

took a few days off midweek for some rest and retail therapy (the winter one of a kind show was in town). for the occasion, i dug out a favourite outfit from last a/w.

i am wearing rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet) and rundholz black label a/w 2017 (top, dress, pullover, skirt, trousers and boots).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 11 21 18)

and, yes, you guessed, even more (rundholz dip) khaki. what can i say? i really fell in love with this colour! and there is more to come!

i am wearing rundholz dip a/w 2018 (top, cardi, jacket and trousers), rundholz mainline a/w 2018 (boots) and rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 11 19 18)

weekend is over. time for some more of that (rundholz dip) khaki.

i am wearing rundholz dip a/w 2018 (top, jacket, skirt and trousers), rundholz mainline a/w 2018 (boots) and rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 11 03 18)

when it comes to dressing, comfort is very important to me. when i buy new clothes, i make sure they are all comfortable to wear. but what is it about old clothes ...  that they are always that much more comfortable to wear?

i am wearing rundholz black label a/w 2018 (coat), rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet), rundholz black label a/w 2017 (dress, jacket and trousers) and rundholz mainline a/w 2016 (boots).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 11 12 18)

some more of the (rundholz dip) khaki.

i am wearing rundholz dip a/w 2018 (dress, jacket and trousers), rundholz mainline a/w 2018 (shoes) and rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 10 23 18)

 

some more of that rundholz black label print.

i am wearing rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet) and rundholz black label a/w 2018 (dress, pullover, jacket, jean jacket and boots).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 10 03 18)

here is a hint of one of the rundholz black label a/w 2018 prints -- embossed on the jacket. i haven't researched what exactly it is (if anyone knows, please share). to me it looks like newspaper photos from the 1950s or 1960s.

i am wearing rundholz black label a/w 2018 (dress, jacket and boots) and rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 10 31 18)

more (rundholz black label) vert and more of the feet print.

i am wearing rundholz black label a/w 2018 (top, pullover, trousers and boots) and rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 10 30 18)

some more of the (rundholz black label) vert. with the feet print. i loved last year's rundholz dip hand print, so of course i would love this year's rundholz black label feet print. i didn't get a lot of it. just enough!

i am wearing rundholz black label a/w 2018 (dress, pullover, skirt and boots) and rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 10 04 18)

the second new colour of this a/w: (rundholz black label) vert.

i am wearing rundholz black label a/w 2018 (dress, cardi, trousers and boots) and rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 10 18 18)

and more (rundholz dip) dark green. i took the outfit that i posted yesterday, changed the footwear, added a jacket and the harness and, voila, a new outfit.

i am wearing rundholz dip a/w 2018 (tunic, jacket and trousers), rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet), rundholz mainline a/w 2017 (boots) and rundholz mainline s/s 2017 (harness).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 10 06 18)

it's saturday! that means it's time to dig a little deeper into the rundholz repository.

i am wearing rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet) and rundholz dip a/w 2017 (top, skirt, coat and boots).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 09 27 18)

here we go! first up in the new colours this a/w is the (rundholz dip) dark green. and, having nothing to do with colour, i can't say enough about how comfortable these two pieces of clothing are, made as they are of stretchy french terry.

i am wearing rundholz dip a/w 2018 (jacket and trousers), rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet -- look closely at my right hand) and rundholz mainline s/s 2017 (harness and shoes).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 09 29 18)

you may start noticing a pattern in when i wear new a/w clothes and when i wear old a/w clothes. for no other reason than it feels right for me to do this at the moment, i have started wearing old a/w clothes when i am not working -- so, mostly on weekends.

i am wearing rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet) and rundholz dip a/w 2017 (tops, skirt, coat and boots)

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 09 24 18)

welcome a/w 2018! or, should i say, welcome 218!

i am wearing rundholz black label a/w 2018 (top, jacket, skirt and boots) and rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (bracelet).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 09 20 18)

bidding another farewell to spring/summer clothes ... until we meet again next year. autumn/winter clothes here we come!

i am wearing rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (shoes) and rundholz dip s/s 2018 (jacket, trousers and skirt).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 09 19 18)

sometimes you want to look (or feel) like you are wearing soft sculpture. so you put something like this on. and then it rains. unexpectedly. or maybe you just forgot to check the daily forecast before setting out for the day, so you would have known better than to wear soft sculpture that day. of course you don't have an umbrella with you. not that an umbrella would help given how hard the rain is coming down. you try to decide what's worse: that your soft sculpture will get wet or that your shoes will get wet. you decide that getting your shoes wet will be worse than getting the soft sculpture wet. so you try to wait out the downpours under shelters, walk outside only when it is raining lightly and avoid puddles at all costs (who cares if passersby look at you funny when you jump from one side of the sidewalk to the other and immediately back again -- you have shoes to save and it's not like you aren't watching out for and avoiding running into them). you survive the day, soft sculpture and shoes relatively unscathed. but your desire to look (and feel) like you are wearing soft sculpture is dampened. at least for the moment.

i am wearing rundholz mainline s/s 2018 (shoes) and rundholz dip s/s 2018 (dress, jacket, skirt and trousers).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 09 05 18)

a new dress from s/s 2016. meaning: i bought it in s/s 2016 but didn't wear it until just now. when it comes to rundholz, i have to say that i am a bit of a collector (no, it's true!). unlike with many other labels whose clothes i buy for wearing -- i like to say that i am a consumer of the label -- if i don't wear a piece of clothing within two years, even a year, of buying it, i am unlikely to ever wear it and i know that i can safely (and i often do) remove it from my closet -- with rundholz, i buy things because i like them. period. i don't particularly worry about wearing them because i somehow know that, if i don't wear something immediately, the time will come when i will wear it. this has been my experience with the label since i started buying it. which is why i call myself a collector of it. but, to be clear, i don't collect for the sake of collecting. i collect for the sake of wearing it ... either immediately or at some point in the future. (dizzy yet?) with this dress (as with some other pieces) it was all about timing. now was the right time.

i am wearing rundholz black label s/s 2018 (sneaks) and rundholz black label s/s 2016 (dress, jacket and trousers).

from the wardrobetales rundholz repository (no. 20 09 13 18)

if i haven't said it before, i think that it is time that i say it: i love cotton jersey!

i am wearing rundholz dip s/s 2018 (top and trousers) and rundholz mainline s/s 2017 (shoes).