A Reader Writes: 'I haven't worn a dress for three years.' Here's my reply.
You don't have to love your body to let it wear a dress.
May 24, 2026
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You don't have to love your body to let it wear a dress.
Those jeans don't fit your body anymore, and that's not a tragedy — it's just information.
Some days the best thing you can wear is something that makes you feel as quiet and comfortable as a Sunday morning in your own kitchen.
No one told me that the hardest part wouldn't be the weight — it would be finding clothes that let me feel like myself again.
I spent years hating what I saw — until my therapist told me to stop looking for the problem and start describing what was actually there.
I stopped trying to fit into the body I used to have and started dressing the one I actually live in.