Styles · An idea under Avant-garde
Maximalist fashion
Bold outerwear, loud prints, sculptural cuts, and heavy silver jewelry from independent boutiques for men and women who dress with more.
Maximalist fashion is an expressive way of dressing built on exaggerated volume, dense layering, vivid colour, and ornate decoration. Sculptural cuts, heavy wool, and rich velvet combine with bright red or yellow against deep black fabrics to produce high visual impact. Balance holds the look together through deliberate silhouettes where wide leg trousers anchor heavy outerwear rather than competing with it.
Fashion swings back to it after spells of minimal dressing: the colour and big shoulders of the eighties, and from the middle twenty tens the crowded prints of Alessandro Michele's Gucci. Chrome Hearts began in Los Angeles crafting leather motorcycle gear for riders before expanding into heavy sterling silver rings and pendants. Balenciaga exaggerates proportions with oversized outerwear and chunky sneakers, while Rick Owens adds outsized sneakers and heavy cargo trousers.
Pillars of this style include wide leg pants, textured skirts, heavy sneakers, and ornate sterling silver bracelets. Wear oversized velvet coats over relaxed cotton trousers, then finish the silhouette with stacked rings and statement pendants. Utopia, Due West and WDLT117 in Toronto carry these chunky sneakers, heavy trousers and silver.
