Quiet luxury screams elegance and sophistication. A 2023 fashion trend, it has seamlessly transcended into 2024. If you are someone who has had a penchant for simple things in life including fashion, we got fashion pundits to dissect this trend and suggest ways to help you weave this trend into your fashion world
Radhika Apte, Vidya Balan and Alia Bhatt are among a few celebrities who have been focusing on quiet luxury. Their choice of outfits has always been minimal, sophisticated, and elegant. Photo Courtesy: AFP
Key Highlights
- Quiet luxury is mainly a combination of understated elegance and exclusive taste
- Loud and quiet luxuries can offer insights into people`s fashion preferences
- Fashion experts dish out styling tips to ace the quiet luxury trend
‘To sit with people of the high-class society, you need to look high-class’ – This has been the perception of many who have always yearned to be counted as rich. Wearing garments or accessories that flashed logos of luxury brands were access cards that allowed entry into the upper class. This obsession led to many burning a hole in their pockets. Come 2023, the world witnessed a change in this perception bringing back quiet luxury in fashion.
The reasons for quiet luxury to gain popularity are myriad. However, for most of us, this term largely remains just a fashion trend that we read about now and then instead of becoming a way of life – simply because we don’t know how to make the shift, even though we wish to give it a try.
Mid-day Online sat down with fashion pundits to dissect this trend and get tips to help you make your wardrobe ‘quiet luxury-friendly.’
Loud luxury vs quiet luxury
As the words go, loud and quiet luxury are strikingly different. Loud luxury involves making a bold style statement. According to fashion designer Sahil Kochhar, “Loud luxury is a bold declaration of opulence, a style that revels in extravagance with big logos and monograms that are attention-catching.” Similarly, fashion designer Shilpi Gupta states, “Loud luxury gains more attention as it uses vibrant shades, bold patterns, and visible branding.”