Clothes and fashion

Every season I used to go through the shows at style.com, from the runways of New York to Paris, well that was some years ago. My interest has faded, mind you I never really cared about the big trends and I´m not in the fashion business either so that may have something to do with it. Nowadays I might summon up some interest only for the Paris shows. Yes , yes I´m smitten with Hannah McGibbons work at Chloé and Phoebe Philo for Céline. One thing I do like to follow though are the streetstyle bloggers like Maya Villiger and Tommy Ton,I find inspiration by looking at the style of the people they catch through their lenz much more than I do looking at the clothes on the runways.

Now that´s all good, but what I really wanted to write about was how I´m more interested in style and in clothes than in fashion.I find inspiration in films, music, litterature, photography and in people. But for me, style is foremost about being comfortable in your own skin, I want it to be me who wears the clothes and not the other way around.I know what I like and I know what I want to wear. I want beautiful clothes that are well made, where there is extra attention paid to the details. Clothes in natural fibers as they feel the softest against your skin. Classic, simple pieces that are made to last a lifetime, to be worn and torn until they fall apart. Perhaps that seems boring, but I like this utilitarian approach.