fashion done your own way By Molly Dutton
explained how you must ask yourself whether or not a clothing item brings you joy instead of simply how many times you wear it, which incorporates some much needed sentiment into selecting which clothes to re-gift, rather than just a brutal fashion dump.
Welcome back lovely people after what seems like the longest month every single year, without fail. This new month of February will be welcomed with wide arms as we finally settle into the brand new decade; and as you should know by now, a decade that is going to bring a wide selection of new trends, upcoming designers and an awful lot of change. Personally, regarding fashion taste, I spent half the decade adorned in tutus and bling and the other half pooling all my efforts towards becoming a sophisticated member of the fashion community, there’s still a long journey ahead and many exciting experiences.
Following this randomly relevant experience I put this “joy theory” to the test; if it could beat my clothing attachment issues then it truly was a miracle. Picture the scene; I am sat on the floor of my room nearly buried in clothes, holding up a jumpsuit I bought five years ago that is actually the length of my leg and asking it (OUT LOUD) if it brings me joy. Madness truly hits you when you’re under that kind of pressure. I did fight against my feelings and give it away though which was my enormous achievement of the day. The whole process, although it did achieve a less cluttered wardrobe, was rather time consuming and I couldn’t encourage you to do it unless you really are in the best mindset to be completely honest with yourself about your collection. Instead, I’ve found the answer to your new decade fashion cleanse (I’m no Moses but I strongly advise you to try this one); your very own fashion show.
As it is officially the season of love (please try your hardest not to cringe) I wish to explore some of the looks that I am currently trying to put together from my very stuffed wardrobe (I like to consider myself a fashion collector but I think my mum might suggest I’m more of a hoarder). It has come to my attention that life is rather expensive and saving might be in order to fund these magic adventures I dream to go on. I recently watched a programme that enlightened me on the concept of joy in relation to your clothes and truthfully, it has given me an entirely new view on how I should approach my fashion organisation (in short, how I should approach not being a clothes hoarder). This beautiful lady Marie Kondo
Fashion show. Chaos, clothes everywhere, nice makeup ,flawless hair and probably tears at some point (that could just be me). It’s easy to relate all those problems to the idea of your own fashion show but I’m imagining a much smaller event involving only you and your collection of clothes, more suited for your mum to watch than Anna Wintour. Instead of analysing each item to debate whether you really want it or not, create outfits using the clothes that you have, and if an item isn’t suited to any other item it’s probably seen better days. If you’re really in the mood for an advanced catwalk collection, create different categories like ‘Going Out’, ‘Day trips’, ‘Working looks’ and then you are halfway to creating a look for nearly every occasion. The more you re-use the same item the better ( Mother Nature would be oh so proud of you).
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