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Well, you say you wanted to maxxx fashion…
What are you really looking for?
If you say maxxxing, I take that as you want to masterfully craft your appearance, be on the latest trends, speak/understand fashion culture and buy a full wardrobe of trendy fashionable clothes.
Or perhaps you only want to have 1-2 outfits for going out that make you look cool.
Just understand that there is a world of difference between “I’m paying someone to give me one cool outfit” to “I have mastered fashion”.
I don’t think anyone can “master” fashion in less than 5 years.
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Now, if you really want to deep your feet in fashion, the first thing you need to understand is that essentially, fashion is more akin to talking a whole language… only this one is talked visually, not orally.
First, you need to understand the basic rules (akin to grammar).
You can search for color combinations, contrast, saturation, how it fits with your skin tone, balance and patterns.
And then fit (how does a good fitted cloth looks like, what is too big? what is too small? what is too long?)
Then you need to extend your vocabulary.
In this case is understanding the types and variations of clothes that are available to you, these would begin filling your toolbox.
Loafers, boots, sandals, coats, undershirts, pleated, overcoats, bomber jackets, chukkas, polos, sweatshirts, ties, bowties, shorts, watches, necklaces, bracelets…
Then you have the social context… what does each of these items (and its variations) communicate?
What associations do they have?
And inherently, when and where each of your clothes is acceptable or unacceptable?
Is it OK to wear baby blue pleated cotton shorts to an afternoon afterwork meeting?
How will you be perceived? What associations does the item carry?
Are they positive or negative associations given the context?
For example, wearing a cowboy hat in a bar in New York will bring bad attention… why?
Wearing a t-shirt with video game character in a date with a posh girl will hurt you… why?
This one needs a lot of trial, error and conversations to understand your own particular social context.
Here is when you start getting ocassional compliments and people tell you you know your shit.
But this is just the start.
Then when you are at this point (or before if your bold), you can start experimenting with taste.
What if I wear this item in a different way (shirt wide open for example)? What reactions do I get? What associations I am giving myself by doing it?
Are they positive? Negative?
Can I handle the heat?
Can I combine two items that usually don’t go together (like a suit and a T-shirt)? What reaction will I get if I do?
Then there the next level which is trend… are you going to stay comfortable with mostly “always relevant” kind of clothes?
Or are you going to spend more money and time to be fashionable with the trendy clothes?
Or are you going to invest in avante-gard designer clothes?
Or are you going to try to set trends?
Only at this stage is when you get posh women flabbergasted that you actually know your shirt better than they do.
And we are still not mastering this shit yet!!
Then there’s a level where you are cultured about fashion brands and start weaving appreciation for clothes because of their brand/heritage and values.
You appreciate the history and significance of clothes themselves.
You start appreciating fashion shows.
And then probably are even more levels that I have no idea because I am in no way a master of this stuff.
So yeah… saying that you can maxxx fashion in two days is akin to saying you can learn Spanish in an 8-hour flight.
