How To Achieve The Minimalist Style

Having the audacity to create a personalized minimalist style is the challenge that some of you have to achieve every day. Minimalist fashion is not necessarily risk-free. Quite the contrary. It’s much easier to make a splash with bright colors and graphic patterns. Distinguishing yourself with more subtle changes, refining your look by limiting the palette of shades in your dressing room, focusing your preference on cuts, textures and volumes… All of this will call on your creative skills and it’s a real challenge. Here’s how to achieve the minimalist style.

how to achieve the minimalist style

You would think that the minimalist style is based on simplicity or ease, while it is a perpetual challenge to create the right associations. If we observe what constitutes the minimalist style, we note that the cuts, the volumes, the lines are not chosen at random. It is a delicate complexity that must be faced in order to achieve harmony based on different textures, different shades of the same color, contrasts, symmetry or asymmetry.

Some basics to know to succeed in your own minimalist style.

– A Neutral color palette

The ease with which you will be able to coordinate, mix or match the different shades is an essential step in the process of creating your style. The most representative colors are black, white or ecru, gray and beige. For those who like brighter colors you will be seduced by burgundy, navy blue or green.

– Basic pieces

The minimalist style consists in highlighting the often underestimated simplicity of apparently basic pieces: A simple white T-shirt, black cigarette pants, loafers, a loose shirt… But at second glance, we notice that there is nothing fundamental about them. The fit of the pieces together, their quality, a subtle detail… so many elements that can lead to an outfit that is just as remarkable as an eccentric or colorful outfit.

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– The flagship piece of your look

Not all pieces of a minimalist outfit have to be basic. In this case, you would risk a rather bland and boring outfit. To avoid a monotonous outfit, do not hesitate to associate original pieces with basic clothes. Dare to select more extravagant pieces to reinforce your style such as a maxi skirt, a scarf dress, a mini handbag or even very high heels.

– The feminine-masculine look

Watching the fashion shows with a trained eye, we see that one of the most inspiring minimalist trends is based on the marriage of clothes borrowed from the men’s wardrobe with pieces logically reserved for women. These garments are distinguished by assertive cuts or details but which have the ability to create a very elegant ensemble. A controlled masculine-feminine style ensures an absolutely remarkable result.

– Minimum accessories

Too many accessories will lead you to the opposite of a minimalist style. Avoid overloading your outfit with unnecessary accessories. Simple and delicate jewelry, a scarf, a hat, a large belt, or a leather bag is all that is needed to add a little pep to your outfit.

– Subtle texture contrasts

One of the many tricks at the base of a minimalist style is to play on strong contrasts by combining different fabrics and textures. Try pairing silk or wool with leather, pairing chiffon with wool, pairing tweed with lace or denim. This combination works all the better with monochrome pieces.

– Playing with the proportions

Add structure and a bit of extravagance to your style. Do not hesitate to play with the proportions of the clothes at the base of your outfit. For example, you can combine skinny jeans with a loose top, leggings with an oversized coat, fitted shoes with loose woolens, an oversized top with palazzo pants… These interesting contrasts and the different thicknesses will allow you to obtain a look worked and remarkable.

– A Personal signature touch

Complete your minimalist look with a personal touch to confirm an elegant and unique look. To achieve this, think of asymmetrical cuts, original cutouts or use original overlays.

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