I have always loved the classic, minimalist, no-logo look. You can always add something trendy to that look, but if you look back 10-15 years, it still looks good and elegant. After all, a classic will never go out of style.❤
As far as trends go, I’ve always loved that “. . .streamlined elegant look with comfort.” That’s for me! And, I found that throughout the decades (I’m 81), whenever minimalism rose in popularity to the point of being a trend, there would always be some tweaks that made it relevant to the times we were living in. (As you humorously pointed out, no one nowadays would regard tossing out a corset as being a nod to minimalism 😊) But, like all trends, the pendulum eventually begins to swing in the opposite direction and our fashion once again becomes more structured, more embellished, more print centric, etc. Fortunately, for those of us who love a more minimalistic fashion approach, the look never dies out. It just becomes much less apparent. Sometimes there is an abundance of clothing that is both luxurious and minimalist; other times such clothing is veritably impossible to find. That’s just the way it goes with trends.
Completely agree. I would add “COS” to the retailers that have simple but chic (even cutting edge) fashion and accessories. Thanks for another thought provoking video!
Great subject Jennifer🙌 I think women these days, especially young ones, are craving inviduality. And thats where simplistic fashion thrives. It becomes not about the brands you wear, but how you wear. Your style is first thing, that ppl will notice, and i am not even talking about logos… Taking Chanel, its over stuffed brand. Its hard to style with other brands or byitself, that your style would be on the front. Now if you live in normal climate and work in the Office, then that can work…. But not for me, in South FL I swiched to OG Genius Phoebe Old Celine, and never was happier. A lot of people compare to the row😳😜 Lets get it straight here, Phoebe is why all these brands exist, and by searching for čertain Old Celine pieces, you can see so many elements from Phoebe’s design. The Row is just simplistic brand, but i would not put in high Fashion category. Its oversized clothes, and some pieces are nice. Great quality, but its not Phoebe Philo. Thats high Fashion. And yes she is starting slowly, with her new brand, but everything she did so far, its high Fashion. And when it comes , to oversized clothes, i dont know how she did it, but somehow, i a few sweater, tops, and shirts from Old Celine, which are oversized, but looks so good, not like wearing Mumu lol 😳😝 And lets face it, Old Celine, is the only brand, that is so coveted its still selling high, and some super rare pieces, i think as high as was retail price or higher. Phoebe Philo new edition, that coming in 2025, its very beautiful. And once she develops further, i think that a lot the row customer, will go back to her like. Prices are similar, but the row oversized simple styles can not compete with high Fashion- simple but edgy style of Phoebe brand😉 Have a blessed day🙏❤️
I still enjoy dressing up a bit for my one day a week in the office - I actually look forward to getting out of casual clothes and getting into heels and "hard pants" one day a week lol.
I love that you talked about this. I wear all kinds but , sadly I don’t have a ton of the known luxury brands of clothes. With my weight changes and all. Spending a lot , isn’t something I would want. I have some. But , I don’t want to buy a luxury which won’t fit in a year You get it. Jeans , foot boots shoes and some blazers nice tops are my jam. I’m retired so
I’ve always been a minimalist at heart, so I love the “trend” if it is one. I’m interested in classic, elegant type styles that stand the test of time. Im an attorney as well, New Englander. Just suits me the best. Either that or I dress as a teenage boy from the 90s in sneakers, jeans and t shirts (as my sisters say!)
I think it’s a response to how complex modern life has become. For most women juggling work/kids/home/aging parents etc means we are under constant stress and decision fatigue. To add insult to injury at a basic level we are just ‘slightly smarter hairless apes’ grappling with status and where our place is in the hierarchy around us. We shop to ease stress (wanting the new new is wonderfully distracting) and then feel overwhelmed by too many choices in our life (decision fatigue). Brands are tapping into our overwhelming desire to simplify, yet still denote status albeit more subtle than in the past. Comfort, ease, gender fluidity/inclusiveness are the tenets of a modern wardrobe. Many high luxury brands have missed this trend, hence the rise of mid tier fashion houses that cater to broader demographics who want to look chic but know spending too much and trying to hard negates this outcome.
I am certain that minimalism and discretion are the trends now. I'm older than you and things have really changed from the ideas of 40 years ago when it comes to clothes, jewellery, hairstyles and makeup.
I have several pieces by a NY company called Lysse (not Lysset??). Very comfortable & more affordable than other brands I wear!! But Theory was the original comport/power suite company!! It’s definitely all about comfort these days!!
Absolutely agree! Love The Frankie Shop, Loulou, Dries, Isabel Marant Etoille for the wide pants and easy care tops! And the dress shoes that feel like sneakers honestly oof love! Styles fluctuate imo but I think there's innovation to uphold comfort and sustainability for some brands. I do see more marketing on recycled wool/cashmere into some pieces. Thank you for overviewing this topic, learned a lot!
Good taco 🌮 Tuesday Jennifer it's early morning 🌄 here in Vegas sunny 🌞 and still hot 🔥 for October is strange this year we should be high 80's not low 100's 😮still anyway can't wait to hear 😀 you have to say about fashion these days not so much here 😢in Vegas they're all Laid back west coast weird 😀 since I'm originally from upstate NY 🗽 on northeast side but now we are more comfortable especially for me now I'm older 48yrs old lol 😆 and health is bad 👎 so now I need more comfort for me too lol 😆 but I do miss the casual dressing 👗 might at times but comfortable way lol 😆 have a great rest of your day !
Watching this while in the middle of a massive clear out of clothes, makeup and shoes. I have so much that I never wear, or is out of date, or just plain superfluous to my needs. I am 💯 in favour of paring back to what I need, what I will wear, and what makes me happy! Will I succeed? I do hope so.
I’m not a fan of minimalism. I don’t like full-on maximalism either, and most people don’t live in these extremes. The part that really bothers me is the aesthetic of it. Having an extreme lack of detail on things tends to look mass produced and cheap, no matter how much it cost, vs something like a well-cared for traditional antique piece of furniture that someone hand carved for many hours. A boxy silk blouse with no detail vs a silk blouse with much more seaming and just the right color or print for the wearer. These things aren’t better for the consumer but they are better for companies to promote as trends because there is more profit in things that cost little to make in only a few colors or one color. What I really don’t understand is why so many people are willing to buy countless beige eyeshadow palettes. Maybe they are giving them as gifts to people and just assuming it will be liked because there is nothing offensive about it, otherwise I don’t know. But there’s nothing great about it either. I am also very confused as to why so many people like to decorate their homes with various shades of white paint and white/beige/gray furniture as if they are very fearful to do anything interesting. Very often the same people are more concerned with what potential buyers would like at some unspecified point in the future, in case they ever decided to sell.. so they decorate their house with this trend, instead of expressing their own personality… I find it hard to believe that all of these people actually have personalities as bland as their houses. A lot of this blandness and being afraid to offend anyone with anything interesting… seems to be coming from some kind of anxious psychology, maybe since the economy has been crazy since covid. People en masse create trends that reflect their personal emotions, and if zoomers generally feel financially hopeless as the surveys say they do, a trend that says not to have many material items would be comforting, etc.
I agree, mostly. The bottom line is I love color. I also love pattern and design. I'll never understand why colorless is supposed to be more classy in the US. I love good fabrics and comfortable clothing in colors. Brits and Europeans seem to have some good colors in nice fabrics, esp wools. As far as interiors go, people have long been trying to be more classy by being boring in the US, so I don't think that's new. I'm old enough to remember what I used to call the white palaces of the 1990s- big houses with white carpets, white furniture, everything white or off-white or beige. In the UK people don't seem to be as afraid to decorate with color.
@@Christine-uf3oj 100%. It’s honestly nonsense. Many people think having everything be white (especially clothing) signifies wealth because it is so hard to keep clean, you couldn’t be doing much of anything in it besides living a life of leisure. But honestly when most people don’t even go outside and don’t know how to cook etc, it isn’t that hard to keep stuff clean in reality. The average cubicle dweller can do this just fine. Royalty wore flamboyant, opulent clothing all through history, vibrant jewel tones in brocades and velvets, with literal jewelry sewn into it. Marie Antoinette’s bedrooms (there was more than just the one at Versailles) were always covered in tapestry type fabrics with depictions of all her favorite things like flowers and birds. The walls were covered in extremely lavish materials as well, all the moldings and fixtures were ornately sculpted. By the most basic logic these were the highest status choices someone could make because someone literally spent months and years carving these things and weaving the fabrics.. but now we just skip all of that, make a small number of any cheap thing and sew in a designer tag and price it with a 20x markup and people are supposed to recognize it as luxury. Sorry but people’s $1500 sweater looks like $250 to me. If it was custom made and hand knit for them and one of a kind, as in actual bespoke, it would probably still be cheaper than that. Edit: genuinely wealthy people in America also do not typically go for the modern all white and beige aesthetic. They have nothing to prove so they do whatever they want, which is usually traditionally detailed or even eccentric depending on the person.
I agree with some , thats why i am not so excited about the row. But Phoebe Philo on the other hand, its simple, but edgy. Its Fashion forward, its not just neutrual colors, especially her at Čeline work, that is still so coveted😉
Minimalism was already boring in the 90s. So I'm not overly excited 😂but anyway it is a phase as everything else and will be over sooner than later with people wanting more again
I have always loved the classic, minimalist, no-logo look. You can always add something trendy to that look, but if you look back 10-15 years, it still looks good and elegant. After all, a classic will never go out of style.❤
As far as trends go, I’ve always loved that “. . .streamlined elegant look with comfort.” That’s for me! And, I found that throughout the decades (I’m 81), whenever minimalism rose in popularity to the point of being a trend, there would always be some tweaks that made it relevant to the times we were living in. (As you humorously pointed out, no one nowadays would regard tossing out a corset as being a nod to minimalism 😊) But, like all trends, the pendulum eventually begins to swing in the opposite direction and our fashion once again becomes more structured, more embellished, more print centric, etc. Fortunately, for those of us who love a more minimalistic fashion approach, the look never dies out. It just becomes much less apparent. Sometimes there is an abundance of clothing that is both luxurious and minimalist; other times such clothing is veritably impossible to find. That’s just the way it goes with trends.
My goal is to look good in jeans an a t-shirt, so better this trend just stay forever. If possible to be cheaper as well :)))
Completely agree. I would add “COS” to the retailers that have simple but chic (even cutting edge) fashion and accessories. Thanks for another thought provoking video!
Great subject Jennifer🙌 I think women these days, especially young ones, are craving inviduality. And thats where simplistic fashion thrives. It becomes not about the brands you wear, but how you wear. Your style is first thing, that ppl will notice, and i am not even talking about logos… Taking Chanel, its over stuffed brand. Its hard to style with other brands or byitself, that your style would be on the front. Now if you live in normal climate and work in the Office, then that can work…. But not for me, in South FL I swiched to OG Genius Phoebe Old Celine, and never was happier. A lot of people compare to the row😳😜 Lets get it straight here, Phoebe is why all these brands exist, and by searching for čertain Old Celine pieces, you can see so many elements from Phoebe’s design. The Row is just simplistic brand, but i would not put in high Fashion category. Its oversized clothes, and some pieces are nice. Great quality, but its not Phoebe Philo. Thats high Fashion. And yes she is starting slowly, with her new brand, but everything she did so far, its high Fashion. And when it comes , to oversized clothes, i dont know how she did it, but somehow, i a few sweater, tops, and shirts from Old Celine, which are oversized, but looks so good, not like wearing Mumu lol 😳😝 And lets face it, Old Celine, is the only brand, that is so coveted its still selling high, and some super rare pieces, i think as high as was retail price or higher. Phoebe Philo new edition, that coming in 2025, its very beautiful. And once she develops further, i think that a lot the row customer, will go back to her like. Prices are similar, but the row oversized simple styles can not compete with high Fashion- simple but edgy style of Phoebe brand😉 Have a blessed day🙏❤️
I still enjoy dressing up a bit for my one day a week in the office - I actually look forward to getting out of casual clothes and getting into heels and "hard pants" one day a week lol.
I love that you talked about this. I wear all kinds but , sadly I don’t have a ton of the known luxury brands of clothes. With my weight changes and all. Spending a lot , isn’t something I would want. I have some. But , I don’t want to buy a luxury which won’t fit in a year You get it. Jeans , foot boots shoes and some blazers nice tops are my jam. I’m retired so
You look extra gorgeous today. I’m here for a well curated minimal makeup collection.
I’ve always been a minimalist at heart, so I love the “trend” if it is one. I’m interested in classic, elegant type styles that stand the test of time. Im an attorney as well, New Englander. Just suits me the best. Either that or I dress as a teenage boy from the 90s in sneakers, jeans and t shirts (as my sisters say!)
I think it’s a response to how complex modern life has become. For most women juggling work/kids/home/aging parents etc means we are under constant stress and decision fatigue. To add insult to injury at a basic level we are just ‘slightly smarter hairless apes’ grappling with status and where our place is in the hierarchy around us. We shop to ease stress (wanting the new new is wonderfully distracting) and then feel overwhelmed by too many choices in our life (decision fatigue). Brands are tapping into our overwhelming desire to simplify, yet still denote status albeit more subtle than in the past. Comfort, ease, gender fluidity/inclusiveness are the tenets of a modern wardrobe. Many high luxury brands have missed this trend, hence the rise of mid tier fashion houses that cater to broader demographics who want to look chic but know spending too much and trying to hard negates this outcome.
I am certain that minimalism and discretion are the trends now. I'm older than you and things have really changed from the ideas of 40 years ago when it comes to clothes, jewellery, hairstyles and makeup.
I have several pieces by a NY company called Lysse (not Lysset??). Very comfortable & more affordable than other brands I wear!! But Theory was the original comport/power suite company!! It’s definitely all about comfort these days!!
Absolutely agree! Love The Frankie Shop, Loulou, Dries, Isabel Marant Etoille for the wide pants and easy care tops! And the dress shoes that feel like sneakers honestly oof love! Styles fluctuate imo but I think there's innovation to uphold comfort and sustainability for some brands. I do see more marketing on recycled wool/cashmere into some pieces. Thank you for overviewing this topic, learned a lot!
I think it’s hear to stay with some exceptions. Thanks for the thoughts.
Good taco 🌮 Tuesday Jennifer it's early morning 🌄 here in Vegas sunny 🌞 and still hot 🔥 for October is strange this year we should be high 80's not low 100's 😮still anyway can't wait to hear 😀 you have to say about fashion these days not so much here 😢in Vegas they're all Laid back west coast weird 😀 since I'm originally from upstate NY 🗽 on northeast side but now we are more comfortable especially for me now I'm older 48yrs old lol 😆 and health is bad 👎 so now I need more comfort for me too lol 😆 but I do miss the casual dressing 👗 might at times but comfortable way lol 😆 have a great rest of your day !
Watching this while in the middle of a massive clear out of clothes, makeup and shoes. I have so much that I never wear, or is out of date, or just plain superfluous to my needs. I am 💯 in favour of paring back to what I need, what I will wear, and what makes me happy! Will I succeed? I do hope so.
@@elainepaterson5310 good luck! Let us know how it goes.
I’m not a fan of minimalism. I don’t like full-on maximalism either, and most people don’t live in these extremes. The part that really bothers me is the aesthetic of it. Having an extreme lack of detail on things tends to look mass produced and cheap, no matter how much it cost, vs something like a well-cared for traditional antique piece of furniture that someone hand carved for many hours. A boxy silk blouse with no detail vs a silk blouse with much more seaming and just the right color or print for the wearer. These things aren’t better for the consumer but they are better for companies to promote as trends because there is more profit in things that cost little to make in only a few colors or one color. What I really don’t understand is why so many people are willing to buy countless beige eyeshadow palettes. Maybe they are giving them as gifts to people and just assuming it will be liked because there is nothing offensive about it, otherwise I don’t know. But there’s nothing great about it either. I am also very confused as to why so many people like to decorate their homes with various shades of white paint and white/beige/gray furniture as if they are very fearful to do anything interesting. Very often the same people are more concerned with what potential buyers would like at some unspecified point in the future, in case they ever decided to sell.. so they decorate their house with this trend, instead of expressing their own personality… I find it hard to believe that all of these people actually have personalities as bland as their houses. A lot of this blandness and being afraid to offend anyone with anything interesting… seems to be coming from some kind of anxious psychology, maybe since the economy has been crazy since covid. People en masse create trends that reflect their personal emotions, and if zoomers generally feel financially hopeless as the surveys say they do, a trend that says not to have many material items would be comforting, etc.
I agree, mostly. The bottom line is I love color. I also love pattern and design. I'll never understand why colorless is supposed to be more classy in the US. I love good fabrics and comfortable clothing in colors. Brits and Europeans seem to have some good colors in nice fabrics, esp wools. As far as interiors go, people have long been trying to be more classy by being boring in the US, so I don't think that's new. I'm old enough to remember what I used to call the white palaces of the 1990s- big houses with white carpets, white furniture, everything white or off-white or beige. In the UK people don't seem to be as afraid to decorate with color.
@@Christine-uf3oj 100%. It’s honestly nonsense. Many people think having everything be white (especially clothing) signifies wealth because it is so hard to keep clean, you couldn’t be doing much of anything in it besides living a life of leisure. But honestly when most people don’t even go outside and don’t know how to cook etc, it isn’t that hard to keep stuff clean in reality. The average cubicle dweller can do this just fine. Royalty wore flamboyant, opulent clothing all through history, vibrant jewel tones in brocades and velvets, with literal jewelry sewn into it. Marie Antoinette’s bedrooms (there was more than just the one at Versailles) were always covered in tapestry type fabrics with depictions of all her favorite things like flowers and birds. The walls were covered in extremely lavish materials as well, all the moldings and fixtures were ornately sculpted. By the most basic logic these were the highest status choices someone could make because someone literally spent months and years carving these things and weaving the fabrics.. but now we just skip all of that, make a small number of any cheap thing and sew in a designer tag and price it with a 20x markup and people are supposed to recognize it as luxury. Sorry but people’s $1500 sweater looks like $250 to me. If it was custom made and hand knit for them and one of a kind, as in actual bespoke, it would probably still be cheaper than that. Edit: genuinely wealthy people in America also do not typically go for the modern all white and beige aesthetic. They have nothing to prove so they do whatever they want, which is usually traditionally detailed or even eccentric depending on the person.
I agree with some , thats why i am not so excited about the row. But Phoebe Philo on the other hand, its simple, but edgy. Its Fashion forward, its not just neutrual colors, especially her at Čeline work, that is still so coveted😉
Minimalism was already boring in the 90s. So I'm not overly excited 😂but anyway it is a phase as everything else and will be over sooner than later with people wanting more again
ohh yes, rid of those heels and dresses. I can remember pantyhose, yuck! We can look professional and polished being comfortable!