This is fabulous. I don’t know how you do it but you consistently nail it. Pure pleasure, insightful, well-intended, humble and moves me to where I feel joy in my toes.
I feel like this is another one of your pieces that evokes different thoughts and emotions every time you read it. Sparking new and innovative ways to look at the ordinary and the unordinary. Dressing from the gut and having a still closet is the perfect way to describe it. I too am going through that phase though for different reasons, circumstances, and time in my life. I find myself putting together outfits that I normally would not and pulling out items I had not planned on wearing though having them together and wearing them has never felt more me. Or the new me? I also have items I had all the intentions of wearing by now that are just sitting in my closet waiting for their moment. Though instead of trying to get out of a fashion rut I am more in a mental funk and finding myself in a constant wave of new ways to "self-care" and dressing well is one of them as of late. In regards to the still closet, I was so focused on building a capsule wardrobe I find myself overwhelmed with maybe too much new and life itself is moving in a pace where items I thought to be a foundation in my wardrobe are landing in the donation pile sooner than expected and I am questioning my growth and identity in a way I did not expect. I appreciate the way you can put a label on things that I do not even think to honor with much more than a passing thought or solution, just part of the chapter I am on. It brings a much needed mindfulness and an added reminder to take a moment and a breath. To be grateful for where you are at in the moment. Like you were talking about on your last newsletter. I now see that in a different light as well. Thank you thank you. xx Adding that dressing from your gut suits you in a way that inspires me to intuitively fall into how I wear my clothes as well. Dressing from the gut looks good on you. I think it is also an inner glow which is what navigates the gut feelings. Present softness. Assured. 💫👑🐝
Relating to this so hard, Leandra. I've noticed a little change away from what I used to think getting dressed -- I'm Bold! Fuck what anyone thinks! I'm wearing this! -- into something different, something you've (beautifully) named intuitive dressing. Which is more like - this is how I feel or want to feel today. Sometimes I do not wish to stand out. And that too, is me. I can be me and be experimental and out there and I can be me and want to fit seamlessly into my environment; that is a calming lovely feeling. The point is that gut -- what do you *actually* want. And lately I find I like getting "in touch" with that intuition by touching. Literally! Like I run my hands across the pants, and it helps me feel without brain. And know. I have been writing, working it out here: https://heymrssolomon.medium.com/do-i-look-fradiculous-c617e6570c5d xoxoxo Rachel
I have to say, I LOVE these outfits (bar the gold dress/ orange leggings one, which is too high-falutin for me) - which means to say they feel very authentically you, not remotely over-wrought or trying to do something specific. And I also think this nails how I feel about social media, as a similarly porous person who cannot have apps on her phone, in a way that I haven't been able to articulate:
"even if you don’t compare yourself to others, even if you don’t care what they have vs. what you do, even if you don’t generate output for the apps you visit, they pull you out of yourself"
That Cawley Studio coat is calling my name! Love the whole look, really. Totally with you on the ability of music to bring you back to yourself. Maybe I'll throw on some music later, and show all the Lovelies on Geneva what outfit it inspired. This post has been very inspirational; I now want to go play in my closet (and maybe buy a new coat)!
A: I think you do the cathartic process for me (I was to write us... I think I could have written us)
B: sometimes I also feel in a rut and in a cathartic swirl after reading your newsletter and I think this is great. It creates a reaction.
C: although I reckon summer is great in all ways, your fall/winter dressing journeys are for the your most creative ones. I’m guessing because there is a lot more to play with.
Hi Leandra - who makes those navy trousers in the last photo? I'm 5'4 and having trouble finding a good pair of classic trousers that aren't itchy. Thanks!
E: intuitive and load of instincts. Anti-inflammatory dressing for that matter.
Can we see your closet?
I cannot figure out how to stay organized and I couldn't imagine how you do it...
Loved this piece. Do not quite get along these days with my clothes, for similar reasons...
This is fabulous. I don’t know how you do it but you consistently nail it. Pure pleasure, insightful, well-intended, humble and moves me to where I feel joy in my toes.
I feel like this is another one of your pieces that evokes different thoughts and emotions every time you read it. Sparking new and innovative ways to look at the ordinary and the unordinary. Dressing from the gut and having a still closet is the perfect way to describe it. I too am going through that phase though for different reasons, circumstances, and time in my life. I find myself putting together outfits that I normally would not and pulling out items I had not planned on wearing though having them together and wearing them has never felt more me. Or the new me? I also have items I had all the intentions of wearing by now that are just sitting in my closet waiting for their moment. Though instead of trying to get out of a fashion rut I am more in a mental funk and finding myself in a constant wave of new ways to "self-care" and dressing well is one of them as of late. In regards to the still closet, I was so focused on building a capsule wardrobe I find myself overwhelmed with maybe too much new and life itself is moving in a pace where items I thought to be a foundation in my wardrobe are landing in the donation pile sooner than expected and I am questioning my growth and identity in a way I did not expect. I appreciate the way you can put a label on things that I do not even think to honor with much more than a passing thought or solution, just part of the chapter I am on. It brings a much needed mindfulness and an added reminder to take a moment and a breath. To be grateful for where you are at in the moment. Like you were talking about on your last newsletter. I now see that in a different light as well. Thank you thank you. xx Adding that dressing from your gut suits you in a way that inspires me to intuitively fall into how I wear my clothes as well. Dressing from the gut looks good on you. I think it is also an inner glow which is what navigates the gut feelings. Present softness. Assured. 💫👑🐝
Relating to this so hard, Leandra. I've noticed a little change away from what I used to think getting dressed -- I'm Bold! Fuck what anyone thinks! I'm wearing this! -- into something different, something you've (beautifully) named intuitive dressing. Which is more like - this is how I feel or want to feel today. Sometimes I do not wish to stand out. And that too, is me. I can be me and be experimental and out there and I can be me and want to fit seamlessly into my environment; that is a calming lovely feeling. The point is that gut -- what do you *actually* want. And lately I find I like getting "in touch" with that intuition by touching. Literally! Like I run my hands across the pants, and it helps me feel without brain. And know. I have been writing, working it out here: https://heymrssolomon.medium.com/do-i-look-fradiculous-c617e6570c5d xoxoxo Rachel
I have to say, I LOVE these outfits (bar the gold dress/ orange leggings one, which is too high-falutin for me) - which means to say they feel very authentically you, not remotely over-wrought or trying to do something specific. And I also think this nails how I feel about social media, as a similarly porous person who cannot have apps on her phone, in a way that I haven't been able to articulate:
"even if you don’t compare yourself to others, even if you don’t care what they have vs. what you do, even if you don’t generate output for the apps you visit, they pull you out of yourself"
That Cawley Studio coat is calling my name! Love the whole look, really. Totally with you on the ability of music to bring you back to yourself. Maybe I'll throw on some music later, and show all the Lovelies on Geneva what outfit it inspired. This post has been very inspirational; I now want to go play in my closet (and maybe buy a new coat)!
WHAT is the necklace with the big gold charms on neon cord, please and thank you?
Too many things on my mind:
A: I think you do the cathartic process for me (I was to write us... I think I could have written us)
B: sometimes I also feel in a rut and in a cathartic swirl after reading your newsletter and I think this is great. It creates a reaction.
C: although I reckon summer is great in all ways, your fall/winter dressing journeys are for the your most creative ones. I’m guessing because there is a lot more to play with.
D: still reading, expect more from this gal.
Hi Leandra - who makes those navy trousers in the last photo? I'm 5'4 and having trouble finding a good pair of classic trousers that aren't itchy. Thanks!
Beautiful thoughts. Its incredibly underrated how our closet needs time to mature and learn to work it magic, within itself.