Minimalist silver jewellery

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Minimalist silver jewellery Mar 19, 2016 • By ​ Kumud Kaushik​ •

So how does one actually define Minimalism? How can we label the term appropriately? In this essay I shall attempt to do just that. Bear in mind I am not an art major, but a reader and an observer, interpreting what art intellects have said in simpler terms. In the past few years, there has been a surge of minimalist aesthetics amongst the fashion blogging community, which is probably no mere coincidence ever since Phoebe Philo took over the fashion industry by storm, followed by Raf Simons's latest appointment to Dior that heralded a new Age for the decades­old atelier. It is also rather plausible that the global economic recession may have something to do with this burgeoning movement, considering that visible ostentatious display of wealth is of poor taste when many people are having a hard time putting food on their table. Following this growing trend, I have noticed that the word ‘minimalist' has been slapped on every Tom, Dick and Nancy's wardrobe, outfits, decors and their cats simply because they are elegant and affordable. While it is true that the idea of ‘less is more' is reductive, it is an element of Minimalism, it is not the sole definition of the aesthetics movement, especially in the realm of art and design.


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