minimialism

It seems that my blog has taken a simpler look and feel the past few weeks and I wanted to make note of that. I have always appreciated the art of living with only the bare necessities, but minimalism is much more than that. The cleanliness of what one lives with and wears makes as much, or even more, of an impact as the amount of it there is. Think quality over quantity.

Minimalism also incorporates a maximized utilization of space. A chrome floor may be clean and slick, but it is important to make the most of that floor, perhaps by creating a space underneath it for storage. There seems to be more to minimalism than just what one initially sees.

In terms of fashion, minimalism is best thought of as clothing designed with the goal of reducing as much drag as possible, kind of like how an airplane is designed. This is why minimalist fashion oftentimes calls for form fitting garments with minimal alterations or embellishments to the fabric. To compensate for the lack of something obvious that makes a piece "special," great minimalist designers like Jil Sander or Nicolas Ghesquiere focus more on fabric and the construction of their clothing, in addition to the fit.

photo credits

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summer vintage shopping list

the perfect jean jacket

patterned shirts

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old converses

athletic tees

shorts

definition of me

1.	hedislimaniac
	One who has a passionate obsession for Hedi Slimane (former menswear designer of Yves Saint Laurent and Dior Homme). This includes, but is not limited to memorizing reference codes of his clothes, selling organs to fund a Napoleon Jacket, listening to only runway music from his shows, staring at other men's bottoms to check out if they have Dior jeans on, being able to recognize the amount of wear or washes (hopefully none of the latter) someone's Dior's have just from seeing them being worn, naming your kids after Hedi, and fasting to shorten the time until Hedi returns to fashion (and to get a better fit in his clothes!). Hedislimaniac (pointing to man on street wearing Dior's): "WHOA! That dude over there is wearing the Jakes (Reference Code:7H3111080585) in size 28 from Fall/Winter 2007 Navigate by These New Puritans. He soaked them once in cold water after three months of wear, no hemming, those could easily fetch up to $600 on eBay, maybe $780 on yahoo.jp" Friend: "You are such a hedislimaniac." from: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hedislimaniac

Diet Butcher Slim Skin and Punk Music

The mastermind of the masterful Japanese label,
Diet Butcher Slim Skin
Hisashi Fukatami, has often noted that Punk music is the biggest influence on his clothing. Since we love DBSS and punk, why not

 

 

" Please bury me next to my baby in my leather jacket, jeans and motorcycle boots. Goodbye."

- Sid Vicious