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A Letter to (and from) a Maximalist

Details: hand-me-down sweatshirt, vintage Wrangler jeans, Le Tricoteur hat and Nike trainers.  It is very difficult to condense an individual's personal style into a single outfit, but I'm (fairly) sure that most people could do it. (What would yours be? Let me know in the comments!) But what can be done for the eclectic, flaky folk that just can't settle?  It's me! I'll tell you what can be done. We shall reinvent, refine and distill ourselves into a vast, unwieldy wardrobes that takes up half a room (or at least mine does). We cannot settle because we are never in stasis. We are different every single day. And that's absolutely A-OK.  We don't need a 'personal uniform' or a 'capsule wardrobe' because we cannot be contained in such terms. We are too (excessively) expressive and want to take up space in a world where only concise is nice and only 'small' and 'thin' and 'tiny' are acceptable ex

Louise's New Clothes (And no, they're not invisible)

Good evening folks!  (Earrings: Miss Selfridge) Today (well, tonight) I wanted to welcome two new pieces (that I absolutely love) into my wardrobe. Admittedly, minimalism is not going very well for me; even the whole 'New Year, New Me' concept isn't driving me forward enough to curb my clothing habit. That being said, I have definitely cut down on my buying, and am being far more careful about what enters my closet.  The two new (and definitely far from invisible, do you get the reference?) pieces that I'll be talking about today are both very "statement" (I don't like to use that term all too often as I like all my items to be "statement" items!) and both very "Louise."  In light of this new (to you) information, and the sneak peak in the above photo, let's get onto the outfits! Not So Mellow (Yellow) Cardigan Throwing together this outfit was honestly so much fun! I mean, what could be better: glit