How to Build a Dark Academia Wardrobe from Scratch

Starting from scratch building a dark academia wardrobe? Here's 6 tips to make it easier on ya ;)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00:00 Intro
00:40 1) Pick a subset
01:35 2) Finding Inspiration
01:59 3) Quality & Versatility
02:58 4) BASICS
04:57 5) Personal Flair
05:40 6) Maintaining your Wardrobe

ABOUT DRESSRELIEF
My name is Mariel, and I started getting into fashion in the past few years and am learning so much about it. I'm drawn to fashion as I believe it is an art form that not only allows individuals to express themselves but also creates a history and record of different time periods and generations. I've had a lot of fun learning how to put together outfits and use different styles to tell a story through the way I dress. I started this channel to share what I learn along my fashion journey and hopefully help others learn and find their style as well.

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[dressrelief]

If you live in a warmer climate, I have a video up on building a dark academia wardrobe for hot climates! Link in description box :)

[sydney_rose]

dark academia in the fall/winter and cottagecore in the spring/summer 🥰

[no-name-euew]

‘i just wanna be a sexy dark academic and meet the cottagecore lover of my dreams’ ASGDHFJFJFKGKG you didn’t have to call me o u t

[cursedbybee]

Dark academia is so mature without looking grannyish if you know what I mean :)

[goblinkingofpotatoes]

Me being torn between two the aesthetics of “pinterest, perfect, cozy, vlogger girl” and “raging gay, satanist, emo theatre kid”
Dark academia: well hello there

[carmellawhipple]

love this! Unfortunately i live in a place that's so cold dark academia coats don't even keep me warm enough!!! :0

[courteneyskye]

The basics list is so helpful! And my girlfriend is very cottagecore so I’m trying to be the dark academic in the relationship lol

[laurenpaintz]

I’m in love with this aesthetic but I live in Florida. I would love some ideas for summerish dark academia outfits

[AliceCappelle]

I really liked what you said in the last part, on avoiding impulse buying etc :) There are new aesthetics, new trends emerging all the time and it's tempting to completely change your wardrobe to suit that new "identity", new aesthetic. I also made a video on the more problematic aspects of dark academia, if you want to check it out 😊again, thanks for that video!

[jeannette]

when you kicked poor Eeyore it physically hurt me

[Hesil]

Oh my god, you are a blessing! I’ve been trying to figure out a way how to look like the art-dark academia aesthetic, but my wardrobe has got only a few pieces which match with that aesthetic.

[korviscapetrova]

I'm a lawyer so I live and breathe dark academia

[nicolodeon]

I live in Miami, Florida it’s almost impossible to dress dark academia 😭😭 I recently got a haul of some light academia clothing that include skirts and thicker shirts so I can wear them still in warm weather, thank god.

[zahrashelton]

My dad was so lucky when he was younger! His school was 'Kimbolton Castle' in Cambridge, and he boarded there until he went to Cambridge uni. It was awfully nice when I visited it. He must have studied there for about a decade, it has court yards and old paintings 💕💕

[kamerplant.]

Can I just say....I love how you categorized the video with like the time stamps of what you talk about. It makes it very organized and I love that hahah!❤️❤️❤️

[cat-wpkh]

I am Brazilian, so it is very difficult to follow a dark academia aesthetic (here in Brazil it is almost forty degrees, it is very hot and generally the clothes of this style are sweaters or pants, which do not match the climate because they are too hot) the calmness with which you speak, i am not fluent in english but i managed to understand a lot of the video (despite having subtitles in portuguese)

[momoz]

omg this channel is a blessing i finally have the money to start this aesthetic. i’m really getting into it ✨

[jibsjensen]

I lean more writer and romantic mixed with a touch of darkest and chaos academia. I am just working on starting my wardrobe.

I am also a closeted trans male leaning so I really like that this aesthetic is easy to do in a masculine way without making my parents suspicious.

Thanks for this guide! Can’t wait to attract my gay cottage core husband.

[oliviatomlinson]

if you live in Canada, Simon's has a surprisingly large selection of things that fit a couple of the academia subsets' styles :)
and a lot of their cotton clothes are organic and most of their polyester options are made from recycled polyester!

[misscastellum]

as a wee baby 12 year old, it’s quite difficult to achieve wardrobes like this! 😭 bc everything feels like it’s supposed to be for older people and stuff agahwhhshwjsg

aside from that, your outfits are so lovely and you personality is rlly rlly sweet :))