Fashion: Your New Lockdown Hobby

As we slowly overcome this strange year, we find ourselves with several coping

activities. The time to ourselves has allowed for different hobbies from the most sophisticatedly

creative to the slightly peculiar obsessions. Don’t worry, no one’s judging! Collecting several

skills under our belts certainly doesn’t mean we are indifferent about world events. These

activities are healthy. They uplift us and keep us hopeful.

Besides pursuing new things, we can also look into improving what feels second nature

to us like dressing up and accessorizing. We might already have resigned ourselves to a

specific style but we can use this time to rediscover fashion, renew interest, and challenge our

creativity.

Masks are now our most important accessory when we go out. Cloth face coverings are

necessary for preventing the spread of the virus. As for other pieces of clothing, there are no

hard and fast rules as long as we are conscious of how we remove our clothing once we get

home. We also have to promptly launder and clean everything worn outside as soon as

possible.

These rules may restrain our clothing choices to the very basic. It actually limits the

accessories we can wear to almost zero but these slight modifications to our routines stretch our

creativity when it comes to expressing ourselves through clothes. At the same time, we become

more conscious of other people and our own health.

Though we have to deal with new limitations outside, we now have so much freedom at

home. We may have had a fashion formula to avoid the hassle of choosing clothes in the

morning or to avoid a style blunder at the office. But now that there’s no one to judge, we can

allow ourselves to play dress up for our big comeback once we can safely go back to the office.

There is no question that the clothes we wear influence how others view us and the

same is true for ourselves. What we put on influences how we feel about ourselves. However,

during these times when our interactions are limited to the people with whom we are

comfortable or not surrounded by people at all, we might find ourselves endlessly lounging inthat 10-year-old oversized t-shirt. Comfortable clothes are selected because they are effortless

but effortless can easily put our moods off or our productivity in a slump.

The quickest pick-me-up is dressing up! Wearing your favorite dress pants or that cute

skirt will definitely trigger positive feelings. It’s not being petty, it is a simple hack to boost one’s

mood and performance. It’s a sure way to device ourselves into productivity as we find our way

into a proper work from home routine.

Fashion is a good challenge to have whether you are rediscovering or redefining your

style. Clothes and accessories are somewhat low-risk investments that allow for huge room for

mistakes, especially now that we’re just at home.

Have you always wanted to try a mixed print outfit or any trend that seems to look pretty

in pictures but takes a lot of getting used to seeing in the mirror? Feeling a little awkward might

be the case for most styles we want to try. We just have to get used to seeing ourselves wearing

it. You can try subtly adding prints to your wardrobe through scars like this colorful, floral

Los

Angeles Scarf

from Stylesource.

Of course, not every style will fit us. A rewarding way to use your time now is to

experiment. find new styles that will flatter our assets as we push our personal style boundaries.

Starting a new hobby can be expensive. No matter how small the first project is, it’s likely

that you would have to shell out some cash at the beginning. That is not the case when trying

out trends or discovering styles, especially now that we find old-school fashion to be making a

comeback. We could just simply rummage through our (or mom’s) old clothes to be up to date

with the latest trends. Also, remember those pieces that we have only worn once or twice or

never? Now is the best time to face our fears and finally make them one of our staple pieces.

Pushing our style doesn’t require making big changes or huge purchases. It could simply

be wearing colors that you’re not used to or clothes pairing that you have never tried. The

investment is pretty low. It only asks for a few fun hours of going through online fashion sources,

your current clothes collection, perhaps a little help from online shops, and a lot of courage to try

something new.