So Much Céline and Nothing to Wear

Hello hello!

I hope I’m not the only one here who experiences this weird feeling of nothing to wear, even when there’s a wardrobe full of nice or/and functional clothes. To be honest I hate this feeling and I’m trying to figure out where it comes from and what to do with it.

I was talking to my friends about these episodes and there were several outtakes that resonated with me, so I wanted to share their thoughts as well as mine.

The first outtake was remembering my Soviet Union upbringing. It’s a culture where you keep everything nice or expensive for a special occasion or just for better days. In our childhood we all had beautiful tableware sets stuck in the cupboards waiting for a New Year or another holiday, our moms had their special dresses or suits waiting for the reason to be worn, things could not appear easily in our lives and meant to be saved for many many years. Do I still feel like that about most of my things? Absolutely yes.

Then I hear a phrase that clothes are meant to be worn, and my first response is connected to the previous paragraph, but then another thing pops up - I really see some of my Céline clothes as a piece of art, and art is not supposed to be worn, it’s supposed to be looked at and that’s what I do! Honestly sometimes I feel like it’s enough for me to own those pieces, I don’t have to wear them.

And sometimes it just doesn’t make sense to me to wear Céline to the supermarket or to walk the dogs (though I have to do it every time we move somewhere as I tend to get rid of my basic clothes to reduce the amount of suitcases haha). I’m ok doing it in my more basic (and cheaper) clothes from Arket or COS. That also probably means that financially I’m not there yet to perceive luxury as a routine. I absolutely love the idea of Céline pieces being my uniform, but it’s really hard to explain that the occasion can be (and should be?) anything. And maybe it would be easier, if I knew that if something happened to this particular item, tomorrow I could go and buy the same one no matter the price?

My friend also told me that probably my occasion to dress up is now mostly to go and take outfit photos and I kind of separated it from my daily life which is also wrong and since it’s my only form of expressing myself creatively I should use every opportunity and going to the supermarket might also be it. But then I go back to my cultural roots and want to save rather than use. What a circle!

I don’t know if that is something you can relate to - but I’m glad I wrote this down and sorted some things out. Maybe it also means I should always buy backups to wear everything and not being afraid of the person with a cigarette or a dirty chair? :)

Please share you thoughts!

See you next week,

Veronika