https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:26:37 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1153647 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:12:34 +0000 AnnieMouse 1153647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I am, so I salute you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1150447 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:07:06 +0000 annagybe 1150447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, that makes sense. I do like detail in my items. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1150441 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:59:16 +0000 Angie 1150441@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Of course. The same way we can marry sour&nbsp;brights, pastels and graphic black and &amp; white and fashionable ink blue into one cohesive style.&nbsp;</p> <p>Anna, I would not describe your style as Minimal, although it is a sliding scale that you slide up and down&nbsp;on depending on your mood. Some of your outfits are definitely more minimal than others.&nbsp;To my eye - most&nbsp;of your wardrobe items are heavily detailed and quite intricate. That is one of the&nbsp;signs of a Maximal style <i>before</i> the outfit is put together to create a maximal look. I hope that makes sense.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1150435 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:42:54 +0000 El Cee 1150435@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see your style as rather edgy and&nbsp;eclectic… so going minimal one day and maximal the next would be in keeping with your style persona. Either way,&nbsp;I think you&nbsp;always look fab. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149858 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:20:30 +0000 ironkurtin 1149858@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149764 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 15:39:48 +0000 annaj 1149764@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it very much depends on your mood. The simpler outfit was on a day when you felt unwell, so it would make sense that you just didn't feel like wearing lots of detail. The other outfit is just layer upon layer of gorgeousness and I love it!&nbsp;</p> <p>I think even in your simple choices, you still have such a love of quirky detail that it will always come through and reflect "you".&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149710 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 13:25:10 +0000 EveningMood 1149710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I normally have a poison eye for pattern mixing and ALGO, and I adore your maximal outfit. I couldn't do it, but you are clearly doing it right. Consistency is overrated in my book and variety is fun, especially in something we do everyday like wearing clothes! Suz, I love that poem, I discovered it in my late teens and it taught me to, well, celebrate myself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149706 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 13:00:23 +0000 Anonymous 1149706@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I LOVED the minimal outfit. &nbsp;It spoke to me. &nbsp;The maximal outfit had so much going on it was hard for me to find one focal point. &nbsp;</p> <p>That said, I love your posts because I learn so much from them. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149691 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 09:56:06 +0000 ManidipaM 1149691@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Eh yes. I hope so. Some days I want simple dark denims and a loose white shirt. Other days I am incomplete without textures and pattern. We are different persons some days. Even those in uniform. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149688 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 09:30:49 +0000 Irene 1149688@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maybe you are just a happy person dressed in pretty clothes? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149669 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 06:05:36 +0000 Deborah 1149669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anna, I kind of relate. I am strongly drawn to modern classic AND an edgy darker aesthetic. It does my head in. But I think it reminds me we are not one dimensional and neither are our wardrobes. My personal goal this year is to develop my own blend of both. I like you in both these outfits and both look equally like "you" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149651 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 04:41:41 +0000 Suz 1149651@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ETA: I think this should have been "I contain multitudes."&nbsp;</p> <p>But no matter -- it's the same.&nbsp;</p> <p>Peri, it's Whitman. "Song of Myself."&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149612 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 03:07:30 +0000 Jaime 1149612@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, to everything above and particularly in favor of not trying to reduce your outfits to either minimal or maximal but rather seeing what is Anna about them all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149563 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:09:07 +0000 rachylou 1149563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, it's interesting. I think your minimal and maximal outfits are consistent with each other in other ways. </p> <p>ETA for further analysis: The grey and black tones, the lack of preciousness, the touch of ruggedness.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149534 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 00:46:25 +0000 Peri 1149534@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Before I even started reading I was going to say "I don't see why not". So, ditto Suz. And wow, I love that quote! Suz, what is the source?</p> <p>Anna, you are so creative I think even more than most you can vary your style. You strike me as not fond of rules anyway, so why not? And I am always thinking I am both, but in a different way...minimal in number of items, but not in style persona cause no one is taking away my jewelry and scarves and even more jewelry... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149523 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 00:26:33 +0000 Ariadne 1149523@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the way gryffin put it, and I agree. &nbsp;I love seeing the different type sof outfits you create. &nbsp;They all feel like "you" because they all feel very intentional, trendy, and confident. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149505 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 23:56:03 +0000 April 1149505@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Perhaps not&nbsp;<i>at the same time,&nbsp;</i>Anna, but on different days, or different parts of the same day -- why not? &nbsp;Love Suz's reference to&nbsp;Walt Whitman -- he was&nbsp;definitely the poet of the many selves. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149500 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 23:45:12 +0000 gryffin 1149500@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anna - I agree with Suz.&nbsp; You are a fully realized person with many intricate facets.&nbsp; Why do you feel that should not express these different elements in your style?&nbsp; You experiment, you have eclectic tastes, you have fun and shake it up.&nbsp; I for one, not only think it's great, I really enjoy the variety, complexity and diversity of your outfits!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149497 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 23:38:13 +0000 Gigi 1149497@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a range of style personas, so it doesn't bother me that I do one thing one day and another thing the next. I guess I view it kind of like food--a&nbsp;person might enjoy a bland ham sandwich and chips one day but want some serious Mexican food the next. :^) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149475 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:39:50 +0000 CocoLion 1149475@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the first outfit is more simple than minimal. &nbsp;The distressing and stripes keep the outfit from being minimal. &nbsp;Anyway that's at least the way I define it, and I actually think very few people truly have a minimal style. &nbsp;Or maybe I don't know what minimal is!!</p> <p>But I relate to this because I feel my style runs the gamut from Boho to Modern Classic to Avant Garde to Rocker to Western(ish). &nbsp;Sometimes I wonder if I should stick more to consistent, signature style though. &nbsp;It's like, should I be a fashion peacock (Miroslava Duma)&nbsp;or have a uniform (Tonne Goodman). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149472 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:35:56 +0000 Suz 1149472@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't see why not.&nbsp;</p> <p>"I am large; I contain contradictions."&nbsp;</p> <p>As long as you are having fun with fashion it's all good.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-be-maximal-and-minimal-at-the-same-time#post-1149460 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:11:09 +0000 annagybe 1149460@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So I pretty happy yesterday in this minimal outfit.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://noscrubs.lookfab.com/post/wiw-124-stripey-fuzzy-wuzzy">http://noscrubs.lookfab.com/po.....uzzy-wuzzy</a></p> <p>But I'm also equally happy in today's much more maximal outfit.&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://noscrubs.lookfab.com/post/wiw-125-maximal-mix">http://noscrubs.lookfab.com/po.....aximal-mix</a></p> <p>Does it boil down to my emotion/visceral reaction to fashion? I just go with what I feel like that day, I suppose.<br />I thought I was getting more consistent, but I guess I'm not. </p>