What Is The Quiet Side of Beauty?

Even after dropping style language and doing all the decluttering, I realized I still liked clothes. I just didn’t like my relationship with them. One thought I kept wrestling with was why I still felt so drawn to beautiful clothes. That pull toward beauty shows up in other areas of my life too. The way I curate […]

How to Use Your Style Inspiration

I think style inspiration can be useful. It can point you in the right direction, you just don’t need to replicate everything or interpret it symbolically. For a long time I treated inspiration images like puzzles to solve. I would stare at them trying to decode the aesthetic. What style was this? What cultural reference […]

How to Declutter Clothes

I did a lot of decluttering once I decided to start dressing somatically. Depending on how lazy I was feeling, I either donated or sold things (warning: you will not get most of your money back). I mainly focused on what I call my performance pieces. These are the items that quietly ask me to perform something or […]

Why I Tried Color Analysis But Refused Style Consults

I’ve had five color analyses. Two in person and three online. At the time, that felt completely reasonable for a few different reasons. One major reason is that color analysis is presented as artistic. It’s about light, value, undertone, and harmony. It sounds both technical and creative. My dad is like that. He’s a retired […]