August was a short work month but it packed a real punch nonetheless — so much so that I almost forgot that it was also my birthday month. I will say that turning 36 was a lot less angsty than turning 35 … although I’m relieved that 2016 is more than half over now, because it hasn’t been the greatest year, has it? I suppose there are still 4 months left for things to turn around. Hear that, 2016? I bought a lottery ticket, just sayin’.
Alright, here are this month’s outfits, all lined up:
I’m still doing (or trying to do) the colourful minimalist thing, but this month it seems there was just … a lot of colour. Not super cohesive but I think that’s largely due to the fact I’ve been thrifting a LOT lately, and I always want to wear new pieces right away instead of re-mixing with older ones. (Although, maybe it means that I’m not doing such a great job in sticking to my theme when shopping. Something to ponder, for sure.) On a semi-related note, I have a post coming up next week about my outfit-planning “process”. And later this week, I’ll be talking about one of the most important questions that thrifters have to ask themselves.
Hope you had a great Labour Day weekend!
That burnt orange Gucci bag was a good buy, looks great with the outfits you posted last month.
Thanks! I like it a lot, even though that red is maybe not my ideal colour — love the style, tho.
A variable outfit month to be sure, but I feel like it was a really good purse month outfit wise.
I’m new to the minimalist philosophy. You say that your outfits in August have not been super cohesive. Is the goal to have all your outfits sort of match the whole month? Why would that be a goal since your clothes and accessories on any given day match fashionably?
I think the goal is to have a cohesive overall “look” or “feel” — kind of like a “mood board”, you know? Different riffs on a similar tune, to borrow another analogy. I feel like I accomplished that with some of the outfits, but there were some that were more “out there” as compared to the rest. Sorry, I’m probably not explaining it very well.
Looking forward to the upcoming posts. Is the minimalism trend about color or silhouette? It certainly seems like you’ve shifted on the latter, at least. How do you feel about the colors you wear? Do you still feel awesome in them or do they feel like things your eye is drawn to but feel out of place on you? I envy your range of color! I feel like I default to wearing blue all the time. (Scandinavian by heritage, so it’s an easy color).
The minimalist thing is definitely about silhouette more than colour. But I’ve actually changed my approach slightly. I think “minimalist” is a misnomer in my case. I think I’ve come up with a better way to explain the style for which i’m striving, and hopefully I’ll be able to explain the whole thing better soon.
I love blue, so I don’t blame you one bit!