Basics Handbook
To me, basics are those building blocks you can't live without. The pieces you can throw on without thinking about it and just know you're gonna feel good. You're gonna feel like you. Which is why I loathe the idea that everyone needs the same basics. Or that you need to be constantly purchasing new ones. How are you supposed to have foolproof pieces that make you feel like you if they're designed to go out of style quickly or make you feel like everyone else?!
Basics are the pieces that you lean on when you find something really out there and have no idea what to style it with. Your reliable workhorses that ground you in your own sense of self, no matter what you pair them with. I like my basics with personality. This often means paying good attention to details like fit, fabric, wash, color, and cut more than what’s in style. Your basics don't have to be basic. Learn how.
To me, basics are those building blocks you can't live without. The pieces you can throw on without thinking about it and just know you're gonna feel good. You're gonna feel like you. Which is why I loathe the idea that everyone needs the same basics. Or that you need to be constantly purchasing new ones. How are you supposed to have foolproof pieces that make you feel like you if they're designed to go out of style quickly or make you feel like everyone else?!
Basics are the pieces that you lean on when you find something really out there and have no idea what to style it with. Your reliable workhorses that ground you in your own sense of self, no matter what you pair them with. I like my basics with personality. This often means paying good attention to details like fit, fabric, wash, color, and cut more than what’s in style. Your basics don't have to be basic. Learn how.
To me, basics are those building blocks you can't live without. The pieces you can throw on without thinking about it and just know you're gonna feel good. You're gonna feel like you. Which is why I loathe the idea that everyone needs the same basics. Or that you need to be constantly purchasing new ones. How are you supposed to have foolproof pieces that make you feel like you if they're designed to go out of style quickly or make you feel like everyone else?!
Basics are the pieces that you lean on when you find something really out there and have no idea what to style it with. Your reliable workhorses that ground you in your own sense of self, no matter what you pair them with. I like my basics with personality. This often means paying good attention to details like fit, fabric, wash, color, and cut more than what’s in style. Your basics don't have to be basic. Learn how.