Oh my gosh! I completely love this and have felt this way so very many times (I mean about clothes, aging, visibility, exclusion etc). Steffany, you describe this phenomenon so perfectly. Thank you for writing!!! Last year, I invested in a denim jacket from Eileen Fischer (mega $$ for me), Wearing it, I felt tough and chic, and very not giving an eff what anybody thought. Then promptly misplaced it. I spent MONTHS fearing that I'd left it somewhere or else that it had wandered off somehow. But am pleased to report that it was in fact hanging on the door of my bedroom behind a bunch of blouses. Ah, aging and its eternal sartorial conundrum. thanks again, this was marvelous reading.