jumper dweller

My capsule wardrobe!  Minimalism is, to many people, an extremely attractive yet lofty ideal. Own as few things as possible, only those that serve you and are functional for you and beautiful to you. For me, it was a concept I valued but I considered it entirely impossible, in practical terms, to implement in my day to day life. Maybe some you feel the same? Weighed down by possessions (literally so when moving from place to place) and unable to separate you from your stuff . Consumerism has been bred into us.  So, I hear you ask: 1) how are you going to implement minimalist ideals and b) why are you even trying since you are most likely doomed to fail? 1) Live with as little as is comfortable for as long as is comfortable. Ultimately, although I did a big wardrobe declutter and discarded (aka gave to charity) all the fallen apples (aka the clothes I really didn't care about all that much), I haven't abandoned the majority of my clothing though it no lon...

A subtle dash of rainbow..? You hear exhibitionist and you think narcissist.  These two can correlate, but they're far from one in the same. An art exhibition is not a display of the artist's internalised narcissism, but rather a message to the world concerning something they believe to be important and worthy of note.  A portion of my clothing collection!  Fashion is the same for me. I have often spoken on this blog about why our style is our initial message to the world about who we are, but take that one step further: what if our style could represent more than that? What if it could demonstrate a series of beliefs or an ethos that we wish to embody? What if by people looking at us we were in fact sharing with them what we hold key to our personal ethics? It's possible, certainly.  I am, in this sense of the term, a low-key exhibitionist. I don't shout or scream or act outlandishly to encourage people to look. I don't even really wa...