Things You Can Do While at Home: Let's Create a [Delusional Closet]👗

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Things have turned out like this lately, and my heart is feeling restless. These days, it's hard to go out shopping with high spirits. That is precisely why this weekend is a chance to carefully and enjoyably work on things you can do for fashion while at home.

A recommended fashion self-questioning activity to do at home is the "Delusional Closet."

Delusional Closet

There are various names for it, such as "fashion scrapbooking," "fashion notebook," or "vision board," and the methods vary as well. I started scrapbooking magazines when I was 10 years old, letting my thoughts expand with ideas like "I want to wear clothes like this" or "It would be nice to become someone like this." I call this a [Delusional Closet]. In the "Self-Questioning Method at Starbucks" I wrote about previously, the focus was on thinking about real outfits before going shopping, but in a "Delusional Closet," you can go ahead and paste things that are way out of your price range or things you think might not suit you. After all, it's just a delusion.

First, Don't think, feel.

You don't need a reason for what you cut out. Relying on your vision is fine for now. I remember being struck when a local friend in San Francisco shouted "Don't think, feel!" at me like something out of a movie, and that's exactly it—you don't need to think. Let's collect things that catch your eye intuitively. They don't have to be things you wear right now. "Clothes I don't wear now but want to wear when I'm over 70" or "Clothes I'd want to wear if I were reborn as a boy"—anything is okay. After all, it's just a delusion. I also roughly scrapbook photos of interiors and people I'm interested in.

Think after you feel

When you create a [Delusional Closet], "what you like," "your ideal style," and "things that intrigue you for some reason" become "visualized." Similar tastes, designs, and images will likely gather together. That is where the journey of self-questioning begins. "Why was I drawn to this?" It is also good to turn the elements contained in those clippings into words. By thinking in detail, such as "Because the color is beautiful like the sea," "Because the design is beautiful like the Nordic furniture I saw a long time ago," or "Because it's simple but has a unique little detail," you will realize, "That's why I like this."

When do you open the door to your Delusional Closet?

I always look back at this [Delusional Closet] when I need to choose things, such as when buying new clothes or changing my interior. I, of course, review it when I am "uniformizing" my wardrobe, and when I choose clothes for clients, I expand their [Delusional Closet] while listening to their stories, choosing items while exploring their worldview. It is especially recommended for those who are buying expensive items or who want to perfect their "sense of self."

By the way, my [Real Closet] (not my delusion) is here↓

You can paste anything

Since I am a fashion stylist, I use the expression "closet," but you can paste anything, such as your favorite actors, favorite landscapes, words that caught your attention, or, of course, your own photos. Anything can be of great help to your fashion and your life. At moments when you are making major decisions about your career or life, countless scraps may cross your mind and give you a push.

How to specifically create a Delusional Closet

1. Create it with paper

If you have a lot of magazines at home that you don't mind cutting up, go ahead and cut out the parts that catch your eye. I use a MUJI file with plain loose-leaf paper inserted inside. (The file I use seems to be discontinued now.) Since you can't add pages by genre in a notebook, I recommend a type where you can freely swap pages. I've moved almost everything to digital now and don't make them with paper anymore, but there's something about a paper dream closet that really touches my heart when I look back at it.

This is what I used to make. (This is just an example.)

2. Create it digitally

Nowadays, I use a method of copying and pasting images into Keynote.
The good thing about digital is that if you have a computer or smartphone, you don't need paper or scissors, and you can do it quickly.

For example, here are some recommended sites. ↓

Pinterest https://www.pinterest.jp

Magazine official websites, etc.
FUDGE https://fudge.jp
Numero https://numero.jp
Oggi https://oggi.jp
CLASSY. https://classy-online.jp

Fashion sites
mi-mollet https://mi-mollet.com
AMARC https://amarclife.com
Fashion Press https://www.fashion-press.net/snaps/

This is what I am currently making. (This is just an example.)

How do you categorize them?

By the way, I collect items in detail by category, such as ・Shoes ・Bags ・Accessories ・Dresses ・Real clothes ・Menswear ・Interior decor ・Art, but it's also cute to roughly divide them by taste (cute style, cool style, natural style) and so on.

You can print out the completed 【Delusional Closet】 and stick it on your wall, or keep it in a folder on your smartphone that you can look at anytime.

What a Delusional Closet gives you

It's not uncommon for people to realize that after collecting things they like, they were all things already in their real closet. The blue bird of happiness is actually at home. Sometimes, changing how you wear the clothes you already have can bring you closer to your ideal.

If your ideal and reality are too different

If you find yourself only chasing outfits that are far removed from what you usually wear, it's a “chance for change.” In my 20s, I thought in reality that “neat clothes are well-received by those around me,” but I only posted “very gorgeous clothes” in my delusions, so I once realized, “Maybe I want to wear something intense...? But am I just telling myself it doesn't suit me...?”

And by actually changing my fashion, it became a catalyst for changing my work and way of life. Harmonizing the heart and appearance is always difficult, but by continuing this Delusional Closet, it is common to find that your thoughts become organized and clear.

Delusions are your future self's cheering squad

“I want to be a designer, I want to be an essayist, I want to wear the clothes I like.” Looking at the scrapbooks I've kept since I was 10 years old, it comes across so strongly it makes my heart ache. Of course, they also contain many dreams I've lost and goals I've adjusted as an adult. Looking at the path I've walked step by step, I can look forward again. The current me exists to fulfill the delusions of my childhood, and the future me will surely fulfill the delusions of the current me. I hope you all take this time to let your fun delusions run wild!

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