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What Is The Freewill Fashion Theory?
What Is The Freewill Fashion Theory?Get ready to hear the term “freewill fashion” for at least the next four years.
Freewill fashion is a term I coined that highlights a concept that has been around forever.
The loose definition of freewill fashion is choosing to wear whatever you want, whether that means getting dressed as an act of defiance, in protest, as self-care, in celebration of daily life, or for whatever you want to stand for that day.
What Does The Freewill Fashion Theory Look Like?
While freewill fashion is for everyone, it’s also not.
Because of “times like these” and the place or body you might be born into, freewill fashion is harder to achieve.
While one person can choose to wear head-to-toe animal print, another might have to settle for a colorful hair scrunchie to follow certain rules, regulations, and standards.
At its core, I want us all to embrace having freewill when it comes to fashion and getting dressed.
It goes hand in hand with the old adage that you shouldn’t save your best clothes for a special occasion.
Today is that special occasion!
Wear the thing you’ve been saving, wear your good vintage to the grocery store, style yourself like a freakin’ rainbow!
Tips For How To Wear Freewill Fashion
Whether you’re a minimalist or a maximalist, every day you get to wake up and choose a character from your closet.
A maximalist might use freewill fashion to “dress down” a ball gown with a t-shirt, jeans, and old beat-up sneakers. Their imaginations run wilder than the average person’s, and freewill fashion comes a little easier to them.
A great case of someone going against the grain is Sara Camposarcone, aka @saracamposarcone on the internet. She’s basically freewill fashion in human form!
A minimalist might choose a sweater with princess sleeves, a pair of dark palazzo pants, and pointy-toed flats with a hint of shimmer. Well-made basics, but still a little fun and a great use of freewill.
I love looking at someone like Rachel of @inspirsession or Valerie of @vallerinagirl as models of how this looks in real life. Their styles are impeccable and never boring!
Of course, style is subjective. If you feel like you don’t fit into either of those narratives but still consciously choose the most fab outfit from your closet every day, then you’re doing it right!
Here are some examples from my own closet where I really felt like this look was created just for me.
In Clothes-ing
In times like these, the rules are going right out the window, so why keep trying to follow them?
Let go of expectations set by others and take chances, make mistakes, get messy… or whatever Miss Frizzle taught us millennials on The Magic School Bus.
Give freewill fashion a try, you just might like it!
