If I had to describe my personal style in two words, they would be comfy and vintage. I gravitate to basics — but let me be clear: basics are not minimalism. The “less is more” mantra has never been mine. There is another way to express your inner self, darlings, and it is accessories — the thing I never stop buying and never seem to have enough of.
Where the personality lives
A plain outfit is a sentence; the accessory is the punctuation that tells you how to read it. At the top of the list: a great oversized foulard — the painterly, layered prints of someone like Pierre Louis Mascia — thrown around the neck. Then sneakers, a true and permanent addiction; the designer Puma capsules that turn a sports shoe into a small sculpture, the Clyde rendered nearly aquatic, the Dr Martens finally available in the right pink. The basics are the stage; these are the actors.
A little surrealism never hurts
Jewellery is where the real mischief belongs. A necklace shaped from Salvador Dalí's moustache — Dannijo's “Salvador” — in silver, ready to start a conversation. A gold-and-enamel bracelet made of tiny bookworms from a project like Vernissage, gothic and a touch Tim Burton. These are not afterthoughts; they are the argument. An accessory with a sense of humour tells a stranger more about you than an entire wardrobe of tasteful neutrals.
And the bag that finishes the sentence
Bags deserve their own paragraph: the mustard briefcase that lifts an ordinary coat, the Cambridge Satchel in a colour it has no business being, an Italian maxi-shopper in green apple or electric blue, a sophisticated carryall by a young name like Paula Cademartori for the occasion that earns it. The point is never the logo. It is the small, decisive object that makes an outfit unmistakably yours.
The case against minimalism, read again in 2026
After a decade of austere capsule wardrobes and algorithm-approved neutrals, the pendulum has swung back to exactly this: dopamine dressing, maximal accessorising, the joy of the single odd object that makes a look cohere. Minimalism flatters the garment; the accessory flatters the person — you stop seeing the fabric and start seeing the human being. It is the same conviction that runs through our notes on restrained, personality-first fashion. Buy the basics, yes — then ruin their good behaviour with one perfect, slightly ridiculous accessory. Simplicity was always the biggest transgression; the accessory is how you commit it.