MINIMALIST WARDROBE UPDATE

00:00 → INTRO
02:21 → LIFESTYLE MINIMALISM VS AESTHETIC MINIMALISM
05:15 → CAPSULE WARDROBE UPDATE
10:42 → MINIMALIST STYLE UPDATE
14:07 → FINAL THOUGHTS

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[kayafraser]

I just realized one reason why your declutter/editing videos appeal so much and make so much sense to me: I'm a librarian. Weeding collections is a basic tenet of the work we do: an unweeded collection is one that people don't want to use, and there's no room for growth or curation. A well-weeded library is a happy, well-used library, and your videos reflect this same principle 🙂

[tcwaxwing]

Long time listener, first time caller. I am not into makeup at all, or substantially clothes, so I'm always doubly glad for videos like these! But also, as a fellow appreciator of beautiful things who also wants mindfulness in my life and choices, I've long appreciated how rigorously you interrogate your own mindfulness and choices. Your journeys and decisions gives me different framework for my own sustainability efforts, and provide language and reasoning to use with friends who struggle much more than I do with acquisitiveness and the hollow envy this can create. So, continuing thanks for that.

I'm a quilter, and this year I set myself the challenge/goal to use as much from my "stash" as possible rather than running to the store every time I start a new project or have a new idea. I've felt a similar "oh, hello you!" thrill while going through fabrics I bought months-to-years ago, falling in love with them all over again while thinking about how to integrate them into a quilt I only that day envisioned, and enjoying the deep satisfaction of appreciating them all over again while finally giving them their purpose in a finished piece.

[cinemaocd]

I watch a fair amount of fashun content, everything from no-buy mimalists like Alyssa Beltempo to maximalists like Carla Rockmore and honestly I feel like HLP's wardrobe/styling videos are really excellent. I think the reason I love them so much is that it is the product of months of thoughtful "navel gazing" on the topic instead of listicles, hacks and other algorithm preferred garbage. I recently found a trunk that I packed away before our last move (twenty years ago!) and it's like finding a capsule of Y2k pieces that fit my eclectic style and my body, which is perpetually changing. I do store a lot of my vintage clothes, especially things that are for special occasions that shouldn't live on a hanger indefinitely. It regularly gives me that "sense of abundance" when I take a look in that storage. It's like I have a small, curated vintage store in my house.

[karmaleenash]

I have found myself going in the opposite direction. As I explore my no buy year, I find myself leaning into color, and print, shape, form. In my clothes and my home. I felt an ache for maxing out color in at least one piece of every outfit. A friend mentioned that since I am at the end of over a decade of a health crises, that I crave things that may scream a bit, I AM ALIVE! My minimalist daughter is having fits trying to rein me in lol! 💥🌟💥

[nuchithoj]

Video idea: show us your absolute favorite pieces of clothing/shoes/accessories and then style them all together! They may not all go together so you may look like a hot mess at the end but it’s okay, it’s just for fun 😊

[vanessaveeford]

Your way of articulating your process and discoveries are like rays of sunshine. It's like, Hannah speaks, and the little niggling thoughts in my head turn into shouts of triumphant validation.

[buzzik]

I feel like YouTube needs a video series where the audience suggests things for Hannah to describe... Flavours of crisps, new car smell, review of local libraries... This would all become excellent content.

[moshimoshiumeboshi]

Shopping one’s stash/creating a capsule collection (while not always decluttering unchosen pieces) is such a good way to scratch that “new stuff” craving. It works for make up, clothes, home decor, books, etc, I find, and this is a good reminder that I might be overdue for one of those sessions ❤

[makeup_onhermind]

I tend to dress more aesthetically minimal in the cold seasons, cause all the layering makes it so that you have to wear a lot of pieces at once and they somehow need to go together. Plus, warm clothing tends to be a lot more expensive and you will want to keep it for longer and for it to be more timeless, like your 2-3 wool and down coats or my one cashmere scarf. When it's hot it's much easier to just throw on a dress and call it a look, and for that I do still love color and pattern! But also need an all black and all white dress for the summer ;) I hope you're still gonna like and wear your dresses and feel refreshed by their whimsy instead of annoyed with their business. I find I can very much appreciate the two different characters of the cold and warm seasons that come out :)

[eikawithac]

your comment about having a very cohesive/minimal wardrobe aesthetic makes it easier to resist buying stuff is so spot-on! there are only so many ways to make a black natural fibers knee length skirt or high-necked white lace blouse. eventually you've caught 'em all

[Oliveaceous]

I think aesthetic minimalism is so significant at the moment as a response to being overloaded by stimuli. I also find myself editing out colors or patterns that are just a bit too much for me. I'm so curious to know how the shift into spring and summer is going to change this! I may need an entire goth summer.

[staceyhookins]

It was really interesting hearing you say about the joy of finding a piece again that you had put away because it made me think of toy rotation 🙂 I rotate my toddler's toys, keep most in the garage and just bring a few out each week and put last week's back in the garage. That way he never gets bored, he's always pleased to see one of his toys back again. It's a common thing to do and works really well. What you described sounded like wardrobe rotation 🙂

[xDyxe]

Banishing clothes so they feel fresh again is just like the tip for cat toys to hide then so they feel new and exciting 🤣

[rebeccaalves]

Me and my tea and cozy couch are simply ready for a fashion moment with Hannah 🌚

[Nicole-rxfx]

I'd love to see a video where your flip the script and try full on maximalism, especially since you have so many wonderfully printed summer clothes. Maybe 2-4 weeks worth of this idea? With dresses being a single clothing item it might make things easier than needing to create full outfits.

[cabbagecrosby]

That’s fascinating! In Montessori parenting the same method is applied: Toys are at eye level to the children, and everything is out kind of decoratively, so it’s easy for them to put away themselves, unlike “out of sight out of mind” toy bin dumping, whatever is out gets rotated so it remains minimalistic and simplistic, but remains interesting due to the rotation aspect. :)

[anieth]

As a person on the spectrum, I always had trouble with too many colors, especially clashing colors. I love wearing the same color in different shades, again drawing attention to the textures. I do this in my garden and home, too. It's too funny that it's now part of this minimalism thing! :D

[NenaColada]

Hannah is the master of saying the same thing in her intro differently, every time.

[mimoleta]

You've been helping me a lot with shopping. I don't have an "automatic no" but instead I roleplay as a salesperson and try to "sell" the garnment to myself.

My immediate thought in a store usually is : oooh, nice english lace blouse.
My second one is : sell it to me then if you like it.

And that's when I usually realize that I like the garnment for what it is, but not on me.
And I won't be wearing it without a tank top under because it is transparent.
And It's not even my aesthetic. I'll probably wear it 3 times before decluttering it.
I don't even like english lace.
I eat way too many sauces on a daily basis to be allowed white.

If it still passes this initial phase, then I try it on. If there is one little thing I don't like, it's an instant no then. I refuse to compromise. If the top rides back up whenever I move, I don't care how much I liked it. It's still a no.

I've stopped buying clothes I find "okay" or "good" this way. If it doesn't make me jump in excitement and feel like the prettiest thing, it's a no.

And to be honest, it has made shopping difficult because I rarely find that one piece but getting dressed so easy as I mostly have clothes I would probably wear until my death.

[snailscourge]

Hooray for another insightful analysis and corrective to our commercial culture's "more will always make you happier" propaganda!

After a weight loss I did a monster clothes edit using the "sparks joy" and "fits me now" criteria. Left with a pretty minimal assortment - both aesthetically and in volume, I've added a few new pieces over the last year - but LOVED the visual space/breathing room and ease of decision making in my small closet.
I did start to miss visual satisfaction since it's a really tight color palette in there now, but found total visual glee by wallpapering inside my closet with a juicy, satisfying wallpaper and adding cedar paneling to the back wall for extra luxe. The whole project cost less than a pair of boots and now I feel so content each time I open those doors. Now I have both less AND more.