Am I a minimalist? ◻️
I don’t think I am a minimalist. Maybe I am
Like, why are you here?
I know, there are some shocking truths about to come your way. Like, why would you call yourself a minimalist. Listen, they’re an ease to things because THEY DON’T MATTER.
If we are going to be serious and define Minimalism:
Minimalism is not a lack of something. It’s simply the perfect amount of something.”
-Nicholas Burroughs
Fashion is going in the direction of the minimalist. It’s about perfect simplicity. Sometimes, I feel like I am happy that it’s happening because less weight and distraction. But this comes with the caveat of neglect and laziness as the ghosts that haunt Minimalism. The bare necessities. But what is necessary?
So obviously, I have already spoken about Jil Sander and the Helmut Lang Debut but I really wanted to talk about the engulfing wave of minimalism in fashion
Saint Laurent
Anthony Vaccarello and the skinny agenda persist into his exploration of the safari jacket. It’s all about utilitarianism. I am bored though. This is not minimalism because there’s nothing there? Thank you for showing me your line sheet I guess. Now I know I can get a few of these safari jackets in different colours.
This could’ve been an Email.
The Row
While Mary-Kate and Ashley have really decided to make it about the clothes. They make good clothes. They make GOOD clothes that aren’t boring and that I would like them to continue to make. There’s obviously the necessary but when they throw in the curiosity it creates an aberrant excellence. Not their best but definitely good.
Ferragamo
At first, when I took a look at who I was going to talk about, I thought, damn. Like who is giving nothing. Foolishly so, I forgot about how Jil Sander really wasn’t about nothing. Like the quote I used earlier it is about the perfect amount. So when Maximilian Davis really opens the collection with a coat dress that has an attached sleeve that I wouldn’t particularly call a cape but here I am.
Davis really dives deep and toys with parallels between Italian and Caribbean dress. There’s a duality of the laissez-faire and structured tailoring that flirt with Escher creating shape when needed and relaxation when asked for. It’s a the detail to know when to pull in and to let go from the drapery to the pseudo armour. It’s a feast.
CFCL
CFCL has never tried to do too much. It’s in the name: Clothing For Contemporary Life. While the Lucien Pages team proves to be the toughest nut to crack when it comes to getting someone to send you a press kit so you can adequately discuss a show, I prevailed. (This has been made to screenshot so I can post it on social media and tag them because why? Do you think that getting information about a collection in order to write about it isn’t necessary?)
CFCL's seventh collection evokes the complex colors of nature, materials translucent to sunlight, and a radiant future that we have yet to see. We pursue Knit-ware as clothing that fuses a tangible reality with the new dreams we envision.
I have always loved the mission of CFCL and for them to be BCorp certified is truly iconic. I think their technological edge (namely, 3D printing a garment from start to finish and yes, no sewing) is UNMATCHED and I just wanted to celebrate that.
Gosh, you got what you needed?
I am definitely not a minimalist. I’m too cerebral
Have a great day and remember to catch Lucien Pages Outside how about that?