Embracing outfit repetition with elegance and style.

What am I going to wear today? Ohh definitely not this top, I just wore it last week. Does that ring a bell?

98% of people in the world are guilty of incessant fast fashion trends. We feel the pressure to not be the person known for repeated outfits. Research has shown that, 25000 barrels of textiles and fabrics are wasted every year just to stay up-to-date with trendy outfits.

Let me give an incite. A few years back, while I was still in high school, I would set up a line of outfit to be worn for the next one month to avoid any form of repetition, and I’d beat myself up once I ran of outfits to wear screaming in my wardrobe ‘I have nothing to wear!’ .

At times, I’d intentionally fake an illness to skip school because I didn’t have an outfit. 

On the other hand, I watched my sister rock her pair of jeans three times a week without feeling any form of guilt or shame: not minding what anyone had to say.

Fast-forward to now, I have embraced my outfit repetition; not feeling condescended or newsworthy by individuals on the street or my workplace. You are probably wondering how this ‘fast-fashion’ enthusiast transitioned to an outfit repetition guru, right? 

Here’s the tea: fast fashion trends are inherent of celebrities and fashion brands we look up to, mostly, and following their feed subconsciously taught us that ‘outfit repetition’ is a bad thing, which is not true. 

How about unfollowing their misconceptions 

about outfit repetition? You can love their work without following it, right? 

That way, you don’t feel the surge to always hit the store searching for a new outfit.

Rather, stay inspired: follow content creators that promote outfit repetition. Creators that restyle outfit in different ways.

Rematching outfits: another way outfit repetition can be embraced is a rematch of outfit. What makes a complete outfit? A blouse, a skirt/pair of trousers, right? How about rematching the blouse with another skirt and the skirt with another top? That has become another complete outfit.

Clothing accessories: accessories enhances the distinctiveness of every outfit. Accessories like; shoes, bags, jewelries, and hats brings out the elegance of every outfit. They are greats tools to improve your self-esteem while repeating an outfit.

These are better ways to propagate outfit repetition in the fashion industry, unapologetically!

Let’s rock our outfits in elegance with the hashtag #orws (outfit repeated with style).