Oh, man—it's been a full week since my last post. Am I turning into that guy? I'm turning into that guy.
There are a handful of reasons why blogging has fallen by the wayside in terms of my priorities. I finally got around to building a portfolio and am focusing on updating that and making it as robust as possible. On top of that, I sold off about half of my closet the other weekend and am not really feeling very "fashion bloggery" at the moment (though I have shamelessly GPOY-ed away on Instagram.)
I needed to have a fire lit under my clothes-hoarding ass, anyway. After moving at the beginning of the month it dawned on me that I have way. too. much. stuff. I have way too many pieces that I keep telling myself I'll wear eventually or maybe for an occasion. Truth be told, I don't have too many occasions to dress up for. I kind of avoid occasions, preferring instead occasion's awkward cousin, non-event. I've been spending more money on getting film processed than fashion sweatshirts or whatever the kids are into these days (though I kind of do want a fashion sweatshirt.)
The point is that I needed to get real and get rid of some stuff. Hopefully it all has a nice second life. In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out how to get more out of less. More looks, yes, but also more inspiration, more flexibility, more adaptability. I've loved traveling a good bit in recent months and it hasn't escaped my attention that I'm perfectly content jetting around with just a pair of black jeans and a striped shirt. (And always a hat. A hat elevates everything.)
This brings me to magpie mix master Doug Bihlmaier, who came onto my radar a few weeks ago after I interviewed John Devitt, VP of Advertising and Set Design at Ralph Lauren. Devitt was listing off the shops and people who've influenced him over the years and Bihlmaier's name came up, for obvious reasons. His look feels relevant to what I'm finding myself most passionate about now, even though I think his look is also very trendy at this point. It doesn't seem very "fruity" (my preferred looks have ben getting less and less so as of late, tempting me to change the name of the blog...but it's kind of a thing now, huh?) but I'll elaborate more on this point later—in the meantime I'm back to the grind.
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