Your Aesthetic Style BLOG
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You’re an aesthetic - someone who prioritizes aesthetics over order & function. Or if you’re like I was for years…
You might be a suppressed aesthetic, trying to minimize/push down how important aesthetics are to you. ❤️🩹 But going back to capsule wardrobes…🤓 As an aesthetic you likely own a lot of stand out beautiful pieces that are harder to style together. Sooo trying to identify a few key staples to repeat is much harder with the type of items you have. Hence feeling constrained by capsule wardrobes. 😕 Here’s what to do instead 👇🏽 Focus on defining what attracted you to the pieces you own… there’s a red thread of design elements and principles that ties them together (psst it’s your aesthetic style 🤗) and that’s how you tap into outfit inspo that feels like ‘you’. How do you find your aesthetic style? Inside my signature program: YAS Stylists where you’re the stylist your home & closet need most ;)
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 Instead of seeing your Pinterest board as a shopping list, see it as a recipe 🤓
Our eyes see the recipe but we’re overthinking it 🫠 too much in our heads because most style advice is fixated on items - wide leg pants or skinny jeans, mid-century modern or farmhouse… Okay but the real question is: what do those items indicate about what you find personally beautiful? Shopping is easy 👉🏽 styling (pulling it together) takes vision. That’s where I can help 💗 with a one-of-a-kind VISUAL quiz to block out that mind clutter and see the red thread in all those different styles on your Pinterest board 😍 Read more about the YAS Quiz here and how to take it inside YAS Stylists.  LINE 🤓 Is it implied or actual? Geometric or organic?
4 terms used to describe the design element ‘line’ and, more importantly, what types of lines you find most beautiful! 😍 Implied line = illusion of line created like the edges of the dresser or the edges of the lamp shade in the photo above. Actual line = drawn lines like the borders on the bed frames or the lines of lamp base. Geometric line = straight, smooth edges, curves or angles *almost* all the lines in the photo are geometric. Organic line = flowy, all over the place think plants, wood most natural things. In this photo, if you look closely, in the bottom corners, the creases/wrinkles of the bedsheets are organic lines. Now it’s your turn to observe your home & in your closet. 👀 What types of ‘lines’ are most dominant? P.S. If you notice lots of actual lines (geometric, organic or both) ‘Line’ is likely one of the design elements in your aesthetic style 😍 Finding out the other design principles and/or elements of your specific aesthetic will give you more ideas for accentuating ‘lines’ in your outfits & interiors. Those intentional details that bring you JOY is what personal style is all about, yas!  AFTER: Gina's redesigned living room When your home feels like Pinterest but better because it’s your stuff, styled by you. Gina was one of my first interior redesign clients outside of my friend circle. She was intrigued by the idea of a new look in her home without buying new stuff but didn’t have high expectations. She'd hit a rut with her home & felt pretty hopeless about it. When I came for the initial consultation, I asked if she had images of homes she loved. Her reply “What’s the point if we’re not gonna buy anything?” Fair question! So we talked about design elements & principles and how knowing the specific ones you’re most drawn to (aka your aesthetic style) helps you create that ‘vibe’ with anything. Style isn’t what you have, it’s about how you bring it all together 😉 Gina finally showed me ONE magazine cutout, which we used to create a Pinterest board. We looked especially for some bookshelf inspiration because she wanted help styling her bookshelf. We observed that she was most drawn to images with subtle contrasts and lots of spaciousness.  Gina's bookshelf inspiration on Pinterest A week later, I came back with ideas for rearranging & styling Gina's bedroom and living room based on observing the design elements & principles that she loved most = her aesthetic style from her Pinterest board. Gina's aesthetic style: CONTRAST= black + white, square + round forms. UNITY = repeating colors + shapes spread evenly around the room SPACE = between books and objects on the shelf. We got to work restyling her furniture based on these design elements & principles. Below is Gina's living room before and after, 5 hours later. No shopping needed, we only used the items in her home ;) Rearranging based on her aesthetic style and placing the black lamp as the focal point, achieves a similar look to the Pinterest inspiration image above.
I love Gina’s story because it’s a great reminder that beautiful personal style is more about intentionality 😍 than how much beautiful stuff you buy. YAS!
If you want timeless style, start with a timeless source: design elements and principles. Read more about design elements & principles and what aesthetic style is here.  Often a new event is equated with a new outfit. But what if you’re invited last minute or you have no time in your schedule to buy or rent an outfit?
How can you put together something you’re excited about especially if you don’t own a lot of occasion wear? Funny story, this exact scenario happened to me last December going to a friend’s wedding. Watch this reel to see how it turned out. 😘 What surprised me most is how much fun I had, compared to a few years before where I would’ve resented having to shop my closet last minute. Here are 3 ideas to make your closet work for you in those last minute panic moments. Hint: they’re all about tapping into the power of styling!
Which of these three would you like to try? Leave a comment here or message me on Instagram. I'd love to hear how it turns out for you. *This article was originally written for People over Product a sustainable fashion magazine that I'm an Associate Style Editor for. You can check out the lastest issue here. |
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Yun-A (rhymes with 'fun' 'Ah') CEO of Your Aesthetic Style. 
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