Let your style find you, as corny as it may be, is probably the most important. And “live your life” might be the most important piece.
To move it from concept to irl: let’s say I like workwear (I do, but fill in any style), but perhaps I’ve been a corp exec (I have), or I’m at a kid football game (or futbol), and sometimes I’m in the city, and sometimes I’m not. I can’t go hunting for what I consider the coolest pieces because too many won’t make sense with my lifestyle. So find what you need. What’s missing, then pick your own style/flavor of it. Piece it together. Change your mind because now you’re actually wearing it, and what you thought was great might not be, or that maybe thing turned into something you love now. Let it shift you.
I’m rambling, but it’s what’s helped me, as someone who has revamped a wardrobe a few times, and is now just rolling with it. Less declaring your style, more evolving into it.
I love this piece. I love how my style has developed as my tastes changed but there’s always pieces i come back to. I bought a bag from US brand called Nut Sac https://nutsac.com/products/jones-13. It’s beautifully crafted to last and it smells of leather. Beautiful crafted leather. The first scratch was like a knife to my heart but as it picks up more scratches and marks its personality grows. It mirrors my journey through life and makes me curious about how I can ingratiate it into my look. Eventually it will have a patina of stories and when I can finally let it go, my can begin his journey with it. Style takes time to inbed itself in some things. The trick is having the vision to see its future self and the willingness to put the time in to get it there.
This is well written. There is such a pressure now to find your “personal style” when people are really looking for something different. What fun is it if we all look the same?
Exact same theory that threads through book taste, dating, and finding a hobby. You can't be pursuing it directly- getting something cool is a side effect of trying to do something else that's cool. You only create if you've done enough outside of the small bubble you're pursuing to give yourself something to learn from. Finding your niche is a side effect but it shouldn't be your main goal. There's a reason architects, artists and chefs have fits that are so much better than the people who are paid to advertise clothing. You've gotta pursue something like this indirectly
Let your style find you, as corny as it may be, is probably the most important. And “live your life” might be the most important piece.
To move it from concept to irl: let’s say I like workwear (I do, but fill in any style), but perhaps I’ve been a corp exec (I have), or I’m at a kid football game (or futbol), and sometimes I’m in the city, and sometimes I’m not. I can’t go hunting for what I consider the coolest pieces because too many won’t make sense with my lifestyle. So find what you need. What’s missing, then pick your own style/flavor of it. Piece it together. Change your mind because now you’re actually wearing it, and what you thought was great might not be, or that maybe thing turned into something you love now. Let it shift you.
I’m rambling, but it’s what’s helped me, as someone who has revamped a wardrobe a few times, and is now just rolling with it. Less declaring your style, more evolving into it.
I love this piece. I love how my style has developed as my tastes changed but there’s always pieces i come back to. I bought a bag from US brand called Nut Sac https://nutsac.com/products/jones-13. It’s beautifully crafted to last and it smells of leather. Beautiful crafted leather. The first scratch was like a knife to my heart but as it picks up more scratches and marks its personality grows. It mirrors my journey through life and makes me curious about how I can ingratiate it into my look. Eventually it will have a patina of stories and when I can finally let it go, my can begin his journey with it. Style takes time to inbed itself in some things. The trick is having the vision to see its future self and the willingness to put the time in to get it there.
This is well written. There is such a pressure now to find your “personal style” when people are really looking for something different. What fun is it if we all look the same?
tysm! I fully agree haha the carbon copy approach is not gonna work long time for anyone
This was a refreshing email. Thank you for talking sense and imparting the message of DOING things rather than imitating them.
Glad you felt it hit home for you!
Great piece - timeless advice even!
appreciate it!
Well said! Personal style is also not a final destination...it evolves with you as you grow, right?
thank you fam!
great piece - was thinking about this topic for weeks, you perfectly encapsulated what I was feeling/ trying to say!
Exact same theory that threads through book taste, dating, and finding a hobby. You can't be pursuing it directly- getting something cool is a side effect of trying to do something else that's cool. You only create if you've done enough outside of the small bubble you're pursuing to give yourself something to learn from. Finding your niche is a side effect but it shouldn't be your main goal. There's a reason architects, artists and chefs have fits that are so much better than the people who are paid to advertise clothing. You've gotta pursue something like this indirectly
Menswear dorks need to read this, then read it again.