Sundress Exhaustion

Sundress Exhaustion:

No, Sundress Exhaustion is not when your sundress is tired; rather it is when YOU are tired of your sundress.
Sundress Exhaustion is a real condition, and self diagnosis of this condition entitles you to go shopping.
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Every season I have my "favorites." Favorite shoes, shirts, dresses and skirts I wear all the time. Sometime during the season, usually during the middle or end, my "favorites" become, well, worn-out. Not that they have holes or stains, but I have worn them so much that I am sick of them. Sundress Exhaustion, which can apply to any article of clothing, is when you no longer feel fresh and exciting when you wear something that once brought you great joy.
When you purchase a new article of clothing, the first few times you wear it, you feel attractive, stylish and fresh. You can even feel this way after many months of wearing the item. But then there reaches a point when your favorite article of clothing no longer makes you feel amazing. This is Sundress Exhaustion.
So how do you know if you have Sundress Exhaustion?
The first sign is that you no longer feel fresh and amazing when you wear a once-favorite dress or article of clothing.
Almost every photo of you during the season shows you in that particular item.
You've worn the item at least once a week or once every other week for the season.

Sundress Exhaustion really only applies to your favorite items, because items that you don't love, you don't tend to wear over and over again.

When is it NOT Sundress Exhaustion?
Sundress Exhastion ONLY exists in the season. Meaning, you can't get Sundress Exhaustion after retiring an article of clothing for the season. For example, I can't get Sundress Exhaustion from a shirt I haven't worn in three months. It is possible to retire an article of clothing for the season without getting Sundress Exhaustion. I can love a particular wool sweater and wear it throughout the winter. But when spring rolls around, and I put it away for a few months, and I'm not sick of it, that is not Sundress Exhaustion.
But, say, if it were still winter and I was still wearing that wool sweater, and felt it no longer gave me the same excitement it once did, I have Sundress Exhaustion.

Sundress Exhaustion can be, and should be, cured within the season in which it occured.

Maybe my personal example will help.
This summer I have about four sundresses I wear all the time: to work, to parties, graduations, outings, etc. I love them. But I have worn all of them so much they have become dull to me, and no longer make me feel beautiful when I wear them. Summer is still here, and it will be for about two more months, so I have further need to wear sundresses. Therefore, this particular case of Sundress Exhaustion I am feeling allows me to purchase 1-2 new sundresses!

The cure to Sundress Exhaustion is a simple sprucing-up of your wardrobe. One or two fresh, new items can easily cure this condition. You have to LOVE the new purchases, however, and they must be "favorites" so they can replace the items that gave you the condition in the first place.

If you attempt to cure Sundress Exhaustion with a sundress you don't love, you may end up wearing the old dresses and get Sundress Exhaustion all over again.

So really, mid-to-end season usually requires some sort of fresh new item(s). We often go shopping BEFORE the season approaches. I always get my new sandals and skirts a few months before spring so I'm prepared, and begin looking at sweaters and scarves towards the end of summer so I'm ready for fall and winter. But what about in the middle of the season, when our new purchases have faded and we need something fresh? Well, not that you need it, but you have my blessing to make your wardrobe laugh again, so you can, too.