Our relationship with clothes is so interesting! Intuitive, analyzer, focussed...or a combination there of. I tend toward the inuitive, but have benefitted and enjoyed some analyzing as well, and I approach it with some focus but also I'm willing to be surprised! Whatever works, huh?
Even though fashion and style may not be that "deep", my relationship to and experience of what I wear is very meaningful to me. I was surprised to read on another blog I frequent that when her Pacific Palisades home burned to the ground, she, at least in print, did not mourn the loss of what must have been a very big wardrobe. She just started buying more things. Though my closet isn't a large one, I'm am quite attached. Everything has kind of a story to it. But I suppose in the face of catastrophic loss, one just has to let go. In the grand scheme of things, clothes weren't that important.
And what I hear in these women in the article is an attempt at letting go...of the idea of perfection, of being this or that in terms of style, and instead trying to listen and reclaim themselves (and their lives) in a world of digital noise. To have fun with fashion again! I think the idea of "letting clothes come to you", is as you said, Jules, a relaxing about it as opposed to a relentless seeking which it does seem they might have been consumed by. I have had my phases of this seeking, so it wasn't a foreign concept to me. I am happy to be in a more relaxed place too.
Speaking of digital noise and trends, and not losing ourselves...not trying to complicate things here, but another article, and a few videos, this time about GenZ . I share it to illustrate the overwhelm some people are dealing with in the digital space. It's no wonder the pendulum has to swing the other way. Hope this gift link works: https://www.nytimes.com/intera.....cle_code=1.
