I’ve been doing a lot of thinking over the past few months about winnowing down everything stuffed in my closet. I’m starting to feel a little silly wearing some of my clothees. What I wear and my current conception of my identity is beginning to diverge.

So this has led to a lot of introspection on how to bring my changing perception of my identity back in line with what I see every morning when I push the closet door back. Really, I keep returning to the desire to dress in a manner that in five or ten years time will still feel and look congruous. I want a closet and a dresser full of interchangeable but sharp pieces with a few more adventurous things, because I don’t want boring! Well, this has of course resulted in me thinking generally and specifically about who and what has/had style I admire.

I’ve posted about the inspiring influence of Andrei Tarkovsky’s work on here previously, but haven’t discussed the appeal of the costuming in every one of his films. It’s all a bit more romantic than how I myself would dress, but what I find most attractive is how right it all still manages to look almost 30 years later. I wanted to share some screenshots from his 1983 film, Nostalghia because it’s a favourite and the costuming in this film I think is some of the best . Anyways, I’ll be posting more about styles and pieces I think are deservedly influential and classic later this week