Previously, when I was working in apparel, I was chasing fashion every day, and there were so many clothes from clothes, shoes and bags to accessories that I could not fit in closet. At the most, there were enough items I could open a store by myself.
But, after all, it’s been about 10 years since I started working in fashion industry that I noticed that I always picked up similar items and coordinated items.
From there, I found my own fashion items and styling, at the same time, I began to think, “if you have something you like, you don’t need lots of fashion items.”
It was a time when the word, “minimalist” became Previously, when I was working in apparel, I was chasing fashion every day, and there were so many clothes from clothes, shoes and bags to accessories that I could not fit in closet. At the most, there were enough items I could open a store by myself.
But, after all, it’s been about 10 years since I started working in fashion industry that I noticed that I always picked up similar items and coordinated items.
From there, I found my own fashion items and styling, at the same time, I began to think, “if you have something you like, you don’t need lots of fashion items.”
It was a time when the word, “minimalist” became popular.
So this time I would like to talk about “the relationship between minimal and fashion.”
What is minimal fashion?
Minimal means, “minimum.”
Minimal fashion is important not only to reduce the number of fashion items on hand, but also to simply remove the design and dressing of clothes.
Minimal fashion is also called “minimal look” or “minimal mode.”
“Minimalist” that I mentioned above is a person who carefully selects clothes based on minimal fashion and lives with the minimum necessary fashion items.
How to choose minimalist clothes
Minimalist fashion items are minimal, so you need to wear them well.
Now, I would like to introduce the necessary points to mix and match clothes fashionably, stress-free and happily.
Choose basic colors
You can have clothes with basic colors (black, gray, beige, white) that are not affected by the season or mood.
Choose a material that you can wear all year round
The material should be something that can be worn in any season. Cotton material and denim are recommendable.
Choose high quality products
It’s simple, but it’s good quality. It just looks fashionable at once.
The materials of high-quality products are durable, and many of them can be enjoyed over time. The longer you wear them, the more you can enjoy them as your taste.
Choose what you like
It is important to choose what you like(design, silhouette, comfy, color).
What I like is the one that gradually takes root year by year.
So, it is important to be able to identify and choose clothes that you will never get tired of.
How to think about minimal fashion
Having a comfortable and enjoyable time with only the minimum necessary clothes is a sustainable behavior and leads to a stress-free life.
Trends are created by the psychological power of human beings, and being influenced by trends has the same function as a kind of collective action.
It is natural for a person to be influenced by trends.
However, if you continue to be influenced by trends, you may not be able to see yourself.
Whether it’s the ones you really want to wear, clothes that suit you, clothes that you like, clothes that you want to wear for a long time, you can’t judge calmly.
What about “becoming trendy” rather than “being influenced by trends”?
Just becoming more sensitive than the trends will change the perspective of choosing fashion.
The idea of minimalist fashion is “quality over quantity”.
“My favorite design, comfortable material, high quality” Satisfaction and comfort that can be obtained by just having a small amount of fashion items that satisfy these requirements.
Isn’t it “minimal fashion” that you can enjoy such satisfaction and comfy and lead to sustainable behavior?
Minimal is a word that means at least the minimum,
The present age is full of things, isn’t it?
Fashion has also trends, and it is fashionable to follow the trends.
Trends are stimulating, very fun, and sometimes the background of the times.
However, fashion trends can lead to an infinite loop that new things are created one after another for each fashion and people might buy such produced things.
It often happens.
As a result, the number of fashion items that you don’t wear will increase, and you will not be able to store them properly, the room will be cluttered, and eventually it will be discarded.
Because there are so many fashion items, you will choose, think, and worry every day. Power and time will be needed for that.
I think the relationship between minimal and fashion is a lifestyle model not to do so.
A good relationship between people, fashion and sustainability.
I believe that spending such a comfortable fashion life is the ideal relationship between me and fashion in the future.