Looking for a way to become a minimalist and look sharp at the same time?
In this article, I would like to introduce the minimalist fashion technique " 3 clothes 2 colors rule ".
Minimalist owns 3 clothes per a category
I have only 3 clothes for each category and most of the clothes that I have.
The best thing about this idea is that you will have the least items that you need, but you do not look like you can't afford to buy enough clothes.
The tip I'm going to introduce is called the "3 clothes rule"
The 3 clothes rule was invented by me and it defines the rule as having clothes up to 3 in one category.
For instance, you can only own 3 T-shirts because the T-shirt is one category.
This applies to every category of clothes and once you follow this rule, you should never break this rule to be a minimalist.
I assume that the only reason that you keep purchasing clothes is that you don’t have any rules about clothing.
If you have trouble with your shopping habit, please utilize the article Minimalist Lifestyle Tips; Do not buy many cheap things but buy that last for a lifetime for the improvement of your shopping habit.
So once you are on the rule, it’s very easy to prevent yourself from shopping impulsively.
Now, let's count how many clothes you own for each category.
Minimalist has only 2 colors for the clothes
You may wonder "Hey, with these small amounts of clothes, how do I look decent enough?"
Well, there is a very useful saying from Italy “Azzurro e Marrone"
This is translated to blue and brown.
Basically what this saying tells us is that blue and brown go together really well so if you’re not sure about which color to choose for your outfit, you can always go for blue or brown.
For example, if you have nice-looking blue jeans, then your T-shirt or sweater will be either blue or brown.
I’m not a fashionista so please don’t ask me which blue goes well together with which brown...
As a minimalist, my point of view is that you want to look decent but at the same time you don’t want to own a huge amount of clothes.
If you follow the “Azzurro e Marrone" method wisely, you can achieve the goal to reduce the amount of cloth and at the same time, you look sharp.
If you don’t know what to choose always go for blue or brown.
This is the only hoodie that I have and it's black
Another piece of advice for choosing the color of your clothes is much simpler than the blue and brown method.
What I do for my outfit is extremely simple; only black.
Before reaching this idea, I was always wondering why sometimes I don’t look nice with some combination of cloth, and the reason was always because of the color choice.
So I thought that what if I focus on one color; the color which always looks cool and decent.
My answer was “Black”
Choosing the color black all the time for every single cloth will solve this problem so easily.
If your outfit is all black, you don’t need to worry about how to combine your trouser and T-shirts together in terms of colors because technically you don’t have any choice for the color.
You may have heard the story of Steve Jobs having the same T-shirt and wearing it every single day.
This makes sense so much because reducing the resource for choosing clothes will enable you to spend the resource on other important purposes.
The only negative point of choosing a black color only for your outfit is that sometimes you don’t feel fun.
I’m not picky about clothes or fashion so this method works for me pretty well, but if you still want to have fun with your clothes, please remember that you still have the blue and brown method.
“Azzurro e Marrone"
You only have seven days a week
At the end of the day, you’ll notice that you only have seven days a week; if the Beatles are right, maybe we could have eight days a week though.
If you want to become a minimalist and enjoy the minimalist lifestyle comfortably, then knowing The 3 clothes 2 colors rule is very important.
As you focus on the things that you really should focus on, gradually you’ll notice that most of the things are not necessary for you and clothes are not the exceptions.
For example, if you have three T-shirts and two pairs of trousers, the combination is six patterns.
And you only have to rotate this combination without even thinking.
You may look exactly similar twice a week if you have six patterns, but who cares?
People are busy enough to focus on their own things, so nobody remembers how you looked last Monday.
Do you remember The outfit that your boss was wearing on the previous Monday?
I don’t think you can recall immediately, so this is a reason why you don’t have to worry about your clothes so much because nobody cares that much about how you look.
Now, if you want to know about concrete methods to clean your belongings and your house simultaneously below articles will help you.
I have written three articles about the method of cleaning your house so please utilize these articles.
I hope you can decrease your belongings, especially clothes, and clean your house simultaneously.
Thank you for reading.