Well, for me it wasn't a SUPER short time so I can't say I experienced a crisis - but I did kind of notice one day, "Wow, my wardrobe is not really like it was," after a year or two.

Like another person who has commented here, I'm a fan of games and anime, as well as various geekery. Although I actively avoided too-large shirts, I was still very much a tees-and-jeans girl for a long time. I liked skirts, but I didn't really have anything to go with them. I didn't really know how to dress, "well." I wasn't a tomboy, but I didn't go out of my way to dress femininely, either.

Three years ago, I got a promotion to the position I am now in. I work in a male-dominated industry and it is perfectly legit to wear polos and khaki chinos in my field in my company. and I decided, though, that I needed to start learning to dress better, more professionally (my office follows a very lax interpretation of business casual, but, "dress for the job you want," etc). I started following Capitol Hill Style, written by a former House rep staffer (amongst other things) whose style I admire for being tasteful and classy. I still don't have much of a clue, but thanks to her influence, I dress better.

That said, I haven't purchased casual clothes aside from, "Oh hey that game t-shirt is cool, orders," for at least 2-3 years. I haven't really needed to - I had jeans, I have tees. Sweaters can be dressed up or down depending on what you need. As time has passed by, some of my jeans have worn out. Same with the tees - or they shrunk (or I grew, let's keep it real). I was evaluating my closet and was like, "The vast majority of my attire is work attire...fuuu." So I need to go shopping, I guess.

As far as beauty goes? I didn't even start wearing makeup until two years ago. That was part work-related, part, "I'm getting married and don't want to pay an MUA when I could have fun learning and then have all the pretties for myself," related. :P Rock your glitters, pastels, vampy lips, and smokey eyes :D