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You pick up a shirt in your closet, look at it and throw it back into a drawer, convinced you could never wear something so loud and daring. Chances are, this is an experience most of us have had at one point or another. The shirt sits there indefinitely, dreaming of being worn the same way you dream of wearing it.

Know that I’m not judging you, but sympathizing. Trust me – there was once a time when all of the shirts I deemed “too much” were banished to a drawer in the back of my closet, never to see the light of day.

It wasn’t that I didn’t love these shirts. On the contrary, I revered them. It pained me to leave them sitting behind as I wore the same few outfits day after day. I could never wear such a bold shirt like this to class, to the supermarket or........

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