Some time ago, I decided to leave the high street and fast fashion behind, and start buying designer and luxury fashion only. The logic was simple. The more expensive, the less I can afford. This would curb mindless shopping and the amassing of stuff I hardly wear, much less love, and bring me closer to the ideal wardrobe I’ve been dreaming of for more than a decade. My voluntary price minimum so far is hovering at about half my monthly fun budget, and the fact that just one clothing purchase should eat up so much of my money indeed made me question my choices a lot harder. I’m much less willing to compromise and much faster at dismissing anything that does not truly wow me. I don’t give in to impulses any longer, but mostly delay potential purchases indefinitely – in case I need the money for anything else. Turns out, though, I want exceedingly few things for really real and just forget what it was I delayed most of the time. In fact, just …

A few years ago, I felt compelled to move on from fast to luxury fashion simply because it seemed like everyone did. And it also made half sense, you know the gospel. Quality over quantity and yaddah yaddah yeh.. Turns out, however, I was really bad at buying luxury fashion. All my expensive purchases from the time I never wear! So for the last two or so years, I consciously settled for high street and didn’t bother with high end. But lately, I keep thinking about this article. I’ve actually mentioned it on the blog before. It advocates the benefits of a more painful shopping experience: Set yourself the goal to buy only things that are actually too expensive for you, and you’ll a.) think twice about each purchase, and b.) will very likely end up buying less. Considering I’m trying to buy really only things I love now, isn’t this also what I want? So looking into designer fashion again, especially labels that create the kind of unique clothing I like, seemed the right way …

Quick update: This will be the beginning of, I hope, a more comprehensive series in which I will try to analyze and better my personal shopping habits and behaviour in order to deeply improve my wardrobe. I’ll write about my old and new shopping philosophies, strategies, and just thoughts I have about the process. Hope it helps! I have a set of shopping rules supposed to help me pick better clothes: It must be something that I truly love and feel genuinely amazing wearing It should feel unique and uniquely me, complementing what I already have Comfort is key Natural fibers preferred No passing fads, no one hit wonders However, I feel like I’ve always been a bit too casual about sticking to them. I’ve spent so many years trying to build my ideal wardrobe, preaching about downsizing and decluttering and shopping smarter on the blog… while feeling I only did a mediocre job of it. From now on, however, I am newly determined to do much, much better! I’ve already started implementing a few changes, and am …

I’m trying to build my ideal wardrobe. Yes, I have been trying for a while. It’s an on-going journey. On and on it goes… In my mind, what I want is clear: I want my wardrobe to consist of solely things I love! Clothes that are special and unique, that fit me, my style and my lifestyle perfectly, and that are comfortable as well as practical as well! The problem, however, is that besides those things I truly love, I’ve a bunch of super simple, super boring stuff in my wardrobe too. They’re neither in any way exciting nor do I particularly love them so. It’s just that, one way or the other, I need them. To turn an otherwise risqué look around, or simply make an outfit more practical… Just now, I decluttered my wardrobe a g a i n. Yes, I feel like saying this every other month. But this time, even items I was on the fence with landed in the bin, and my wardrobe now has shrunken considerably. Which is great! …