Minimalist Wardrobe

[Kfz]

I have broad interests, ranging from heritage to dressing & modern sportswear. I have been following Carl Muraswki, Stridwise, Almost Vintage, Bootlosophy, He spoke, Kirby Allison, and more. It's just too many to follow and to acquire & wear them.

So I set myself a limit to the absolute minimal:

5 Shoes(including slippers!): Nike Vapor Lite2/ Adidas/Clarks/Edward Green Berkeley/Viberg 2030

5 Pants( dress to Jean): Ralph lauren wool blend/Levis 541/Arcteryx MX/Filson Draftsman Canvas/Prana Zion

5 Jackets(including coats!): Arcteryx/ 67 Naval Officers( replacing w a Suit/Blazer) /WWII Naval/ Aero Vincenza /Schott 613S

I try to keep the minimalist concept through out my other interests so my house won't became a storage place

Shoe us how minimal your wardrobe can be

 

[Tom71]

One of the most impressive personalities I ever met optimixed you’re approach.

He owned various properties in (i.a.) NYC, Nantucket, Miami, Zurich and Tuscany. In each house he stored the exact same pieces of clothing in multiples:
- Sand Chinos
- Sky blue Oxford Shirt
- Navy Blazer
- Navy Down Vest
- Stone Trenchcoat

He also had a Mountain Bike at each location.

He said he couldn’t bother with what to wear every day. Absolute legend!

 

[belfastboy]

I have broad interests, ranging from heritage to dressing & modern sportswear. I have been following Carl Muraswki, Stridwise, Almost Vintage, Bootlosophy, He spoke, Kirby Allison, and more. It's just too many to follow and to acquire & wear them.

So I set myself a limit to the absolute minimal:

5 Shoes(including slippers!): Nike Vapor Lite2/ Adidas/Clarks/Edward Green Berkeley/Viberg 2030

5 Pants( drees to Jean): Ralph lauren wool blend/Levis 541/Arcteryx MX/Filson Draftsman Canvas/Prana Zion

5 Jackets(including coats!): Arcteryx/ 67 Naval Officers( replacing w a Suit/Blazer) /WWII Naval/ Aero Vincenza /Schott 613S

I try to keep the minimalist concept through out my other interests so my house won't became a storage place

Shoe us how minimal your wardrobe can be

Sorry, does not compute!

 

[MrProper]

I am also a minimalist. At least deep down inside. It's just the realisation that's a problem.
So I triple or quadruple your figures and everything is fine.
The easiest thing would be to simply have 7 sets of identical clothes in the same colour. But also kind of boring.

 

[Kfz]

Same idea of “ if you could only keep one leather jacket, coat, boots , dress shoes, snickers ,….. “
just to experiment how minimal one could live on, So that l could keep many interests, beyond wardrobe.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Sorry, does not compute!

I am in agreement - this does not happen at any of my houses.



Kfz; Shoot I may have black dress shoes equal to the number of shoes, pants and jackets you listed above. I appreciate your choice, but I am so far from your "normal" that I am not on any kind of comparable scale.

My spouse has motivated us to begin looking at "Mini-home design" for a new property we have acquired. I think it would be enjoyable. Enjoyable knowing that we do have other "normal " residences to "retreat to."

Interesting to think about.

Cheers, Eric. -

 

[belfastboy]

I am in agreement - this does not happen at any of my houses.



Kfz; Shoot I may have black dress shoes equal to the number of shoes, pants and jackets you listed above. I appreciate your choice, but I am so far from your "normal" that I am not on any kind of comparable scale.

My spouse has motivated us to begin looking at "Mini-home design" for a new property we have acquired. I think it would be enjoyable. Enjoyable knowing that we do have other "normal " residences to "retreat to."

Interesting to think about.

Cheers, Eric. -

Early in our retirement we considered moving to a new home......one with more room for our stuff!

 

[Kfz]

Not asking anyone to agree or follow. As long as you are happy, congrats!
I just happen to have many more interests.
Just to name a few: photography, high end audio, Sport car, diesel tractor, custom designed house, and many more

Cheers

 

[GHT]

Early in our retirement we considered moving to a new home......one with more room for our stuff!

Exactly, when you have no kids it leaves a bedroom each, not to sleep in, we still share a double bed, but we have a rather large, walk in wardrobe apiece. Inside the lady's room, on the left hand wall, are some of her shoes. I say some because further along are more shoes.

Given her talent with a sewing machine neither of us could be described as minimalist, but I can claim one thing. There's not a denim jacket or a pair of jeans in my wardrobe, there you go. Okay, so I am not taken with denim, but you couldn't get more minimalist than none.

 

[belfastboy]

Not asking anyone to agree or follow. As long as you are happy, congrats!
I just happen to have many more interests.
Just to name a few: photography, high end audio, Sport car, diesel tractor, custom designed house, and many more

Cheers

So do you have just one diesel tractor? Just one sports car? Just one custom designed house?

 

[Kfz]

Yes one one one. With a pick up for winter

 

[handymike]

My life-situation recently changed, and now I am living in an apartment much smaller than my (former) home. I moved in with very few useful items and a lot of "stuff". it is difficult for me to keep reigns on the minimal approach, but a little clutter looks worse in a small space. I'm working on keeping things in balance.

 

[Ernest P Shackleton]

When I was a kid, the movie The Fly (1986) with Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis left a big impression on me. I don't remember the details well now, but I think he had three of the exact same complete outfit, so he never had to be bothered with making any wardrobe decision. I immediately thought that was such a cool idea. It hit me at my core. I don't live anything like that, but I do have a less is more approach in life. It's created some dissonance, as I've also been a collector of things my entire life, from baseball cards to comics to x, y, and z. I've never been able to allow the collections to get out of hand, and at some point, I always feel the anxiety to purge and reset. I connect with minimalism, while maximalism (?) actively flies counter to my sensibilities. I appreciate running into it in interior design, though it is a true rarity. Most people enjoy their stuff and are fine with clutter. It makes my brain go haywire.

Kudos to you folks who streamline your life.

 

[Edward]

When I was a kid, the movie The Fly (1986) with Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis left a big impression on me. I don't remember the details well now, but I think he had three of the exact same complete outfit, so he never had to be bothered with making any wardrobe decision.

Something along those lines, yes. It goes back to an oft-told story about Einstein, later in his life, supposedly wearing the same outfit every day in order to save time and brain capacity for his work. I've never been entirely convinced that that story was wholly true, but it is popularly accepted as such. Lots of well-known 'tech bros' have performatively done this ever since, claiming to be 'above' the material, though I've long suspected what they really want to do is project the notion that they are in possession of genius in the level of Einstein.

 

[FOXTROT LAMONT]

As a financial engineer and basic shirt, sweater, khakki casual slob I come and go as I please since leaving
the regiment at Aldershot for the LSE and City. I look more Croydon than Cambridge. Very minimalist-minded.

 

[litework]

Not asking anyone to agree or follow. As long as you are happy, congrats!
I just happen to have many more interests.
Just to name a few: photography, high end audio, Sport car, diesel tractor, custom designed house, and many more

Cheers

I can't seem to walk past my tractor without either getting blue or red grease on my pants or boots. No rough-cut leathers for me.

 

[Eagledog]

I'm quite minimalist. However, I have tee shirts, long sleeve shirts, shorts, raincoats, and many different camouflage patterns for hunting. They are far more numerous than my everyday pants shoes and jackets. I can easily get by with very few items in the everyday category. I have one dressy outfit for funerals.

 

[DogFacePonySoldier]

I have broad interests, ranging from heritage to dressing & modern sportswear. I have been following Carl Muraswki, Stridwise, Almost Vintage, Bootlosophy, He spoke, Kirby Allison, and more. It's just too many to follow and to acquire & wear them.

So I set myself a limit to the absolute minimal:

5 Shoes(including slippers!): Nike Vapor Lite2/ Adidas/Clarks/Edward Green Berkeley/Viberg 2030

5 Pants( dress to Jean): Ralph lauren wool blend/Levis 541/Arcteryx MX/Filson Draftsman Canvas/Prana Zion

5 Jackets(including coats!): Arcteryx/ 67 Naval Officers( replacing w a Suit/Blazer) /WWII Naval/ Aero Vincenza /Schott 613S

I try to keep the minimalist concept through out my other interests so my house won't became a storage place

Shoe us how minimal your wardrobe can be

How I would like to have this. I am a cluttered mess and am not keen on selling stuff. I live in a small place and money isn't my strongest suit.

I am sticking with a minimal set of pants 3 and mostly wearing brown denim I like the idea of working around fixed constraints.

My wardrobe planning future
-a good pair of brown engineers really leaning to Raland, Unsung for customs or Clinch Attractions if available.
-Black Jodphurs Clinch
--- Xbxs is a nice alternative if I can't find Clinch
-black denim - indigo denim - trousers -
-etc. ( meaning I dunno )

 

[Olumin]

There is just something very funny about some of us thinking 5 pairs of shoes is the absolute minimum when many men out there dont even own 3!

I could probably do with just one; some dark brown cap toe oxfords.