Multi-functional clothing
- Jacquar Michael
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 7, 2021
Making use of smaller carbon footprint through collabs
A good modern way to practice minimalism is to adopt multi-functional clothing to your wardrobe. Clothing premade to be worn for multiple uses can greatly downsize the need for excess clothing and makes choosing what to wear easier and simple.
“It’s become so popular in culture today that it actually has its own category now, athleisure.”
The best example that I can think of that fits this concept are clothing collaborations, namely athletic clothing. It’s become so popular in culture today that it actually has its own category now, athleisure.
Athletic brands like Nike, Adidas, Air Jordan and Puma have teamed up countless times over the last decade with both streetwear and luxury brands like Off-White, The Northface, Supreme and Bape to give a either a luxury or rugged twist on athletic clothing. While they are usually pricey, given the name brand and quality of clothing, they typically can aid in multi-use settings from working out, sports, comfort during seasonal change, to just pure hype and fashion. This can also encourage you to buy less. They typically sell out quickly as well due to combining styles of brands and clothing (which attracts fans alike) so it’s noted to be on top of advertised releases if this is something that you feel can help keep your wardrobe downsized or even shop less.
Not just athletic-wear
Luxury streetwear and workwear can also be put into this category for multi-functional use, as they can provide decent on-the-job clothing that can also be used for other things like formal events, a club, social functions or even religious settings. Like the Comme DES Garçon Man and Supreme collaboration which included two dress shirts (slide 43 thru 45).
Rapping Up
You don’t need a set amount of clothes to practice minimalism. It doesn’t even have to be done with a mindset that you have to stop buying what you think looks good or what you have the easiest access to. What’s not okay is the fact that greenhouse gases, namely carbon, continue to affect and degrade the planet we live on, and it’s gotten worse over the last century. It doesn’t necessarily have to be minimalism as suggested in this blog, but we should all find ways as individuals to reduce our carbon footprint, however small or gradual, and take better care of the place we consider home, so we can continue to do so.
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