Through exploring Carrie Bradshaws' tank top habits, Elina Määttänen discusses distinguishing between dressing for private or public, to help stay away from the dreaded sweatpants.

In this episode, Elina Määttänen discusses the benefits of the wardrobe circulating system Project 333.

Link to the Project 333 founder Courtney Carvers website:

https://bemorewithless.com/project-333/

Welcome to Wardrobe Anxiety Club!

In this pilot episode, Elina Määttänen discusses the time period that led her from being a designer to a doctoral researcher. During that time, she started to think about her clothes in a wardrobe context. 

In case you are interested to learn more about the projects she discusses in the pilot:

Paintings Instagram:

⁠https://www.instagram.com/paintingsandpetaccessories/⁠

the year-long jeans-wearing project:

⁠https://tinyurl.com/lainavaate⁠

00:00 Intro, 01:41 Personal style when you have too many references, 09:19 Designed obsolescence, 16:47 Fashion, 22:20 Clothing domestication, 29:47 Saving clothes/Bday 1, 33:07 Saving clothes/Bday 2, 34:26 Clothes are context specific

00:00 Intro, 00:31 Wearing your clothes can be a heightened experience, 03:13 Getting dressed tired, 06:22 Life/fashion advice from RHOBH, 10:05 Feelign at home in clothes, 12:14 The need for sparkle

We view clothes as something that has the power to fundamentally change our life. That if we’d just have the perfect clothes, then our life would be different. That once I have resolved my wardrobe, then I can start living my life.

In a recent episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Erika has a discussion with her therapist. And what the therapist says is applicable to thinking about what you are tying to make your clohtes do. Which ultimately is something they can’t do.

This is a short ramble on finding yourself in your own clothes.