In a world where we’re constantly being told by marketing campaigns that we need to buy more, have more, be more, opting for minimalism can be surprisingly difficult. In many cases, however, it’s an effort worth making.
A minimalist wardrobe, in particular, results in less money spent on clothing, a neater and less crowded home, and less time spent thinking about what you’re going to wear each day. For anyone who has been considering going more in this direction, here’s what it means to have a minimalist wardrobe.
A minimalist aesthetic
One aspect of minimalism (but not a necessary one) is adopting a fairly minimalist aesthetic. Instead of constantly adding complex layers of texture and colour, it can mean adopting laid-back, high-quality items of clothing from stores like Screen Textiles, an approach that is becoming increasingly popular.
It requires a bit less thought in some ways, but also a different kind of creativity. When the nuances between each item you’re thinking of putting on are quite subtle, you sometimes find that you get to curate an even more intentional aesthetic, which can be quite satisfying in its own right.
Fewer items overall
Of course, the other, perhaps simpler aspect of minimalism is just having fewer items overall. Rather than creating aesthetics from hundreds of different options, it means having just a handful of t-shirts, shirts, trousers and skirts that you rotate throughout the week.
Many find that this approach leaves them with more creative energy to think about other projects and areas of their life, whether personal or work-related.
More intentionality
If you have a huge collection of clothes, you really don’t have to be so specific with what you buy.
This does mean that the actual process of buying something is a little less intense, but on the downside, you’ll find that relatively few of your clothes are really what you enjoy wearing.
Having a minimalist wardrobe requires being quite intentional about each individual purchase, and getting rid of items that you find you’re not wearing or enjoying any more.
Smart and consistent
You’ll ultimately find that, once you’ve got your minimalist wardrobe down, you have a collection of looks that you really enjoy, which are easy and consistent to adopt.
It isn’t reserved to a single style either. You can adopt a minimalist approach to anything from street wear styles to office core to summer styles.
The idea across all of these is that you’ll really be thinking about every single item that you own; none of them will sit in your wardrobe or storage locker going unworn month after month, except perhaps for more seasonally oriented items like summer dresses and winter parkas.
Going minimalist can have a range of benefits, from economic to psychological. It’s often something that will make you think about your life and approach to possessions more generally, and can be a healthy thing to come back to from time to time, whether that’s related to your wardrobe or not.
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