紐約美女一身套裝穿三年
Could you get up and put on the same thing EVERY day? Admittedly, it eliminates a wardrobe spin during the morning hustle but could you really ignore a new sweater or that favourite silk shirt and opt for the SAME ensemble day in, day out? For years?
你能每天早上起牀，都穿上一模一樣的衣服嗎？誠然，這在匆忙的早上，消除了我們在衣櫃前瞎轉悠的煩惱。但是，難道你真的可以做到對一件新毛衣或自己喜愛的絲綢襯衫視而不見，而是日復一日地選擇相同的套裝？並且一穿就是好幾年？
Matilda Kahl has done just that. A creative atSaatchi & Saatchi New York, Kahl decided to abandon all choice when it came to her wardrobe and wear the same outfit to work every day for more than 1000 days.
馬蒂爾達·卡爾就做到了。作爲在紐約Saatchi & Saatchi工作的廣告設計者，卡爾決定放棄其衣櫃裏面的所有選擇，每天都穿同樣的套裝去上班，就這樣一穿就穿了1000多天。
The art director developed her own personal ‘uniform‘ after she spent too much time deciding what to wear one Monday morning and was subsequently late for an important meeting. Kahl said she invested in 15 white shirts and several pairs of the same black trousers to make things easier washing-wise (just imagine the nightly laundry hell if she hadn't…)
在一個週一的清晨，這位美術總監在衣櫃前花了太多時間考慮穿什麼衣服去上班，結果導致在一個重要會議上遲到。就這樣，她決定開發出一款自己的“制服”去上班。爲了能更容易清洗，她買了15件白襯衫，幾條同款的黑褲子。（想象一下，要是沒有這麼多可以換洗的衣服，她的洗衣機在每天晚上會是個什麼樣子。）
Then, with school-girl type precision she woke up every day for three years and dressed in the same outfit to go to work. The simplicity of the outfit allowed for the addition of some personal flair now and then with shoes or a jacket but otherwise? Kahl eliminated the ‘what will I wear?!?' conundrum from her daily routine.
就這樣，她每天像去讀書的女生那樣準時起牀，然後穿同樣的套裝去工作。如今，套裝的便捷性給予她對於服裝搭配的一定的發揮空間，額外再配上鞋子或夾克即可，此外呢？卡爾成功地將“要穿什麼？！”從她每天的例行難題中消除了。
Kahl wrote about her decision in an op-ed forHarpers Bazaarmagazine and said it was all about simplifying her life so she could focus on her job.
卡爾在她的《時尚芭莎》雜誌專欄裏透露了這個決定，她說自己這樣做完全是爲了簡化生活，使她能夠專注於工作。
“The simple choice of wearing a work uniform has saved me countless wasted hours thinking, ‘what the hell am I going to wear today?' And in fact, these black trousers and white blouses have become an important daily reminder that frankly, I'm in control,” Kahl said.
卡爾說：“穿固定套裝去上班的這個簡單選擇爲我省去了無數的思考這個問題的時間——‘我今天到底該穿什麼去上班？'實際上坦白地說，這些黑褲子白襯衫的搭配，已成爲我每天對自己的一個最要暗示：我的一切都在掌控之中。”
When she started wearing her version of a suit, as many men do each day, Kahl faced a flurry of questions from colleagues.
當卡爾開始像許多男人每天都會做的那樣，穿着她自己的西服套裝去上班時，她面臨着一連串來自同事們的疑問。
“Immediately, people started asking for a motive behind my new look: ‘Why do you do this? Is it a bet?'”
“很快，大家就開始問是什麼促使我換成這種新裝束：‘你爲什麼這樣穿？你和誰打賭了嗎？'”
Kahl's choice isn't entirely unusual. Many people wear the same thing to work each day, not by choice but by requirement. One of the many arguments for uniforms in schools is that it means students don't waste time worrying about what to wear and how they look, instead being allowed to focus on what they do.
卡爾的這種決定並不是完全不尋常。許多人每天都穿着一樣的服裝去上班，並不是爲了省去選擇的麻煩，而是被要求這樣穿。關於校服的衆多爭論之一就是，穿校服意味着學生就不需要花太多時間思考要穿什麼衣服去上學，以及他們看起來怎麼樣，而是讓他們把注意力集中於他們該做的事情上。
In fact, some of the world's most successful people have adopted the self-imposed ‘work uniform'. Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, US President, Barack Obama and when he was alive, Apple's Steve Jobs, are all fans of minimising choice from their morning routine.
事實上，世界上大部分的成功人士都穿着自己獨有的“工作制服”。臉書創始人馬克·扎克伯格、美國總統貝拉克·奧巴馬以及蘋果公司的斯蒂芬·喬布斯在世的時候，都熱衷於在每天早上的安排中減少對衣服的選擇時間。
By wearing the same thing every day, these men effectively eliminated the ‘decision fatigue' of outfit choice.
這些男性每天都穿相同的衣服出門，有效地避免了選擇衣服帶來的“決定疲乏”的問題。
But for a woman working in a creative industry? Kahl's decision is a novel one.
但對於在創意領域工作的女性呢？卡爾的決定屬於一種創舉。
By wearing an identical outfit day in and day out she has effectively removed herself from the artistic canvas of everyday life. It freed up her brain space to devote that imaginative fire-power solely to her work and meant she started each day fresh and not fatigued. But it also meant a whole lot of judgement.
日復一日，她都穿着一模一樣的衣服出門，有效地將自己從每天的創意着裝中移除了。這樣她讓大腦有了更多的自由空間，把它們完全投入到她的工作中，讓其碰撞出想象力的火花。這意味着她的每一天都在清爽不疲憊的氛圍中開始。但這也意味着她面臨着一大堆關於其着裝的評價。
Honestly? We're impressed. In fact we'd almost consider doing the same thing…. but frankly, we suspect we'd miss the sales too much.
老實說？我們對此深受感染。實際上，我們幾乎都在考慮做同樣的事情……但是坦白講，我們懷疑我們到時會非常豔羨大促銷的到來。
Vocabulary:
ensemble：女士套裝
creative：廣告設計者，創作人員
precision：精確度
conundrum：難題
self-imposed：自願接受的
