clothes tsundoku
Posted by Aloïs Guinut on Monday, February 8, 2021 · 14 Comments
In japanese, tsundoku means creating piles of book you won’t read.
After years of visiting women’s closets I can affirm women do the exact same with their clothes.
How many times have I seen wardrobe full of wonderful high heeled shoes whilst the only daily pair of boots was worn to death.
How many tops with the label on, still waiting for their maybe-maybe-not owner to choose whether they shall be adopted or returned to the shop (even though the 30 days limit was long expired, however oh well, perhaps I can resell them much better with the label on isn’t it?).
How many dresses for when I will decrease the pounds?
Some tsundokus can be explained: you bought clothes for a dream life instead of your genuine one…
But what about the ones you do not even understand?
What is this about this top that makes it so unwearable? Is it the color? The shape? The boring ironing that has to be done?
Sometimes, somebody will talk about this book that had been lingering on your shelf as well as make you want to checked out it for real. You will strike the dust as well as get it out of the tsundoku zone. however most will keep lingering.
Same for clothes. It may occur that you encounter a gorgeous woman, sporting a corduroy jacket like the one you have never worn in a method that makes you want to copy it. then you try as well as boom, the jacket it out of the tsundoku limbo.
But sometimes you get home, you try, and… still doesn’t work. Well the simple response may be it’s not your style. You may love it on somebody else as well as not be comfortable wearing it yourself. Thats’ ok.
One of the function of my task right here as a writer as well as as a wardrobe stylist is to make the most out of the clothes you own. likewise meaning discovering purposes for the ones you never wear. perhaps by styling down a gown with a jumper or discovering the color match you were lacking.
But sometimes there is nothing you can do as well as it’s time to let the clothes go. If you do not feel comfortable in the red beret your sibling gave you then… you won’t feel great in it no matter exactly how I style it.
In my own bookshelf tsundoku I notice a great deal of books that were offered to me.
This likewise works in closet tsundokus.
Sometimes it’s just our huge ambitions that get toned down when at home. lastly reading Ulysses James Joyces seems like a grand job when in the bookstore however when house there’s always much better to do. Likewise, getting this timeless trench coat sounds fantastic however when house it doesn’t feel like it belongs to you.
Buy clothes for the person you are as well as the life you live. sure a pair of Louboutins is great, however wouldn’t it be even much better if your daily shoes were just as stunning?
As a personal stylist, I am rather smart in my own clothes purchase as well as never do tsundokus. however is wearing something when sufficient to not be a tsundoku? After all it’s like reading just the very first pages of a book.
I must confess that I own a pair of glamourous high heeled pumps that I wore only once. The high end Pigalle shop as well as expertly crafted shoes sold me dream. They were on sales. I for the dream house as well as now the dream is sitting on the shelf.
Sometimes you like the concept of a book or a piece of clothing… however the thing itself is not meant for you to use.
And you? tell me about those clothes you bought however never wore in the comments.
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Cover collage: Marvelous shoes from Louise Paris, Tsundoku of Augustin Trapenard
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