https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-between-minimal-and-maximal Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:06:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-between-minimal-and-maximal#post-799685 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:12:35 +0000 Suz 799685@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Minimax. Love it! </p> <p>But what does it consist in. If maximal is more, more, more, and minimal is about less...then maybe my outfit today is minimax. I'm wearing: slouchy trousers, simple chelsea boots (in same colour), a dark red cowl neck sweater and a denim jacket. But I'm also wearing a snakeskin belt that peeks out of a faux semi-tuck, and a couple of bracelets, and small earrings. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-between-minimal-and-maximal#post-799647 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:24:57 +0000 Lisa 799647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great question! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-between-minimal-and-maximal#post-799340 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:02:28 +0000 Deborah 799340@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I knew you would have a term for this... and you just made it up! Im going to start using it in the very limited fashion circles I move in and see what response I get ... will report back. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-between-minimal-and-maximal#post-799337 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:57:37 +0000 Charmian 799337@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not sure there is a term! But I think it's a great idea to attempt to label it, and I think "moderate" is a good attempt.</p> <p>As humans, I think we tend to label the extremes of a spectrum even thought the majority of us fall in the middle. Think politics ("liberal" vs "conservative"), weight ("fat" vs "skinny"), or just about any property that can be described in degrees. I think your observation is great: knowing what the boundaries are is certainly useful, but one must be careful about those labels when most of us occupy the middle. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-between-minimal-and-maximal#post-799336 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:57:11 +0000 Angie 799336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Minimax.</p> <p>To me it's a continuum thing with polar sides. If you're in the middle, you have minimax style. </p> <p>(Yes. I just made that up). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-between-minimal-and-maximal#post-799334 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:55:01 +0000 Deborah 799334@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is really good question Ariadne. It's like we acknowledge two extremes but what constitutes a middle ground between the two. Is that middle ground in fact what the general populace (? spelt right?) might call "the norm"? There must be a word that describes this... bet Angie has one! What about "Mass" style as in what the 'masses' are wearing. I would suggest that it is a minority that wears either a maximal or minimal style but "the masses" wear something inbetween that meets a broader stereotype. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-between-minimal-and-maximal#post-799324 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:37:55 +0000 Ariadne 799324@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie's thread about the preponderance of maximal style bloggers got me wondering about this. Is there a middle ground between minimal style and maximal style? I'm thinking there has to be--there's always a field between two fences, right? I feel like some of the bloggers I listed as minimal in the other thread probably fall more in this nameless middle ground, as well as some YLFers. What do we call it? I've never seen it described or named.</p> <p>Is the middle ground, by definition, the realm of the typical, and therefore not worthy of its own term?</p> <p>"Moderate" is one possibility that comes to mind, but it doesn't feel quite right, and it's not a descriptor I've ever seen someone employ with regards to style. </p>