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0:02I love you. I love you. I love you.
0:11What is wrong with you?
0:19Hola, amigos. In today's YouTube video,
0:21we'll be discussing the art of curation
0:24and how to actually start curating
0:26rather than copying, aka how to use
0:29Pinterest properly. Dang, say that five
0:32times. Now, I don't want to do a whole
0:34bunch of rambling because today's video
0:35is going to be different than most my
0:37other videos where it's much more of a
0:39sit down, not a lot of editing, um,
0:41probably a little bit longer of a video,
0:43which if you guys do like this type of
0:44content, let me know in the comments
0:46below. um cuz it is a lot easier to
0:49produce. Now for anyone who doesn't want
0:51to watch the full video, here is a TLDDR
0:54of what we are talking about when it
0:56comes to curation. There is three rules
0:58that I live by. First of which being
1:00don't copy but build. The second being
1:02see the beauty in the obscure and
1:05unusual and the third being a question
1:08of do you feel something and if you do
1:10what is it? These three simple rules are
1:12the foundation of how to start to curate
1:15and give you a deeper knowledge and
1:17understanding of kind of what makes you
1:19tick, what makes you like the things you
1:20like and uh gives you a much more deeper
1:23and rooted understanding of those
1:25things. Now, if you want to understand
1:27what each one of those rules do, watch
1:30the rest of the video. But if not, then
1:32those three simple rules should give you
1:34a pretty good jumping off point on how
1:36to start curating. Now, enough with the
1:39rambling. Let's go ahead and get into
1:40today's video. Now, for the majority of
1:43the video, I will be using my own
1:45Pinterest as a reference point for
1:47everything. So, we'll just be here for
1:49basically the whole video. Now, this
1:51isn't going to be how to curate a
1:53aesthetic looking Pinterest because when
1:55you go to look at my saved, you'll see
1:58I'm not doing that, okay? This this is
2:00just how my brain ticks to keep things
2:02categorized so that when I go into
2:04Pinterest, I kind of know what I'm
2:06looking at. And as you can see, I have a
2:08whole lot of pens. So, I kind of have to
2:10organize it in this way, but it doesn't
2:11look pretty. It's not good on the eyes.
2:13Now, you'll realize these pins or
2:16categories kind of set up how I'm going
2:18to do this video where it's not just me
2:22copying outfits, which leads into the
2:24first point of me saying build, not just
2:28copy. Now, the first thing you might see
2:29a lot of people do when they get on
2:30Pinterest is they'll look up something
2:32like Timberland outfits and then they
2:34scroll through here and then they'll go,
2:35"Oh, you know, I really like I like this
2:37outfit." and then they save it and they
2:39put it in their outfit inspo or they see
2:41this and then and then they copy the
2:42outfit. But the the problem with this is
2:46it's very shallow. It's very shallow
2:49because when you just go through here
2:51and you see an outfit and you decide,
2:53you know, I like that outfit and then
2:54you copy that outfit, you don't really
2:56know what made you like this outfit to
2:58begin with. All you really know is you
3:00like Timberlands and that's all you're
3:02really getting. Now, some may say that
3:06what I'm doing here is a lot of work.
3:08It's a lot of work when all you want to
3:10do is get fly. Now, I would understand
3:12that if all you want to do is you want
3:14to put on dope clothes and you want to
3:15look cool, then honestly, keep doing
3:18that. This video might not be for you.
3:21However, what I find more interesting in
3:24the fashion space is clothes for me
3:27offer a opportunity to do storytelling.
3:30But not just storytelling and how you
3:32would see on the runway, but
3:33storytelling of how I feel during the
3:36day. So clothes to me make me feel
3:39certain types of way. When I throw on
3:42white denim, I feel sophisticated. I
3:45feel if I put on white denim with a pair
3:47of brown boots, I feel sophisticated. I
3:49feel a little bit, you know, um, clean.
3:53If I decide to wear on my nylon cargo
3:55pants, I feel like I can take on the
3:57day. anything that's thrown at me, I I'm
3:59ready for it. And it's as crazy as that
4:02may sound, clothes provide those
4:04opportunities. And you can even
4:06downscale it. When you've gone to a
4:08wedding and you throw on a suit, do you
4:10feel some type of way? You feel nice? Or
4:12even think about like prom or any type
4:15of moment you felt incredibly good. I
4:18guarantee you clothes has some part in
4:21that feeling. So what I'm trying to do
4:24when it comes to curation is find the
4:27things that make me feel something so
4:30that I can understand how to pinpoint
4:33those things and replicate it. So if for
4:36me white denim is the thing that makes
4:38me feel sophisticated, makes me feel
4:40clean, makes me feel good, then by me
4:43going through this curation process, I
4:45was able to find that. So that's the
4:48main reason why I view curation as
4:51important as it is because it allows you
4:53to express yourself in direct feelings
4:56because of your clothes. So that's the
4:58main reason why I say let's let's curate
5:00and let's build rather than copy. When
5:02I'm scrolling through Pinterest, the
5:03main things I kind of look for is I
5:05categorize certain items. So I have
5:08clothes, shoes, accessories, even stuff
5:11like home decor, you know, things of
5:14that sort. I curate into these sections
5:16because you're not trying to just copy,
5:19let's say, the outfits, even though I
5:20have some. I'm not saying don't do it at
5:22all because there is things to take
5:24away, excuse me, from just a good
5:26outfit. But what I like to do a lot more
5:30rather than just sitting here and
5:31curating a list of all these different
5:34types of outfits that I liked. What I
5:36like to do more is go, you know what I
5:39really saw? I saw this jacket and I like
5:41this jacket. Why did I like this jacket?
5:43I like this jacket because of the stud
5:45design. I really really liked it for
5:47that. Or I liked it for the color. Or I
5:49sit here and I start to go I've really
5:51started to like this like croc or like
5:53skin leather type of of
5:56leather jacket or pink. As you can tell,
5:59pink has really been in my rotation
6:01recently. I've been loving a whole bunch
6:03of pink stuff. You can start to see a
6:06story in what I've been feeling over the
6:09last month or so. Pink is here a lot.
6:12Leather is here a ton. I'm really liking
6:15the leather, the weaving designs, the
6:17the complexity of leather. I've been
6:21liking a lot. It's easier to see what
6:24I'm feeling rather than me just saying,
6:28"I like that outfit." You see what I'm
6:30saying? This is why I prefer to do um
6:33categor cate categories, excuse me, of
6:37pins rather than just directly pinning
6:40outfits. It helps you have a better
6:42understanding of what you like. You
6:44start to develop a deeper understanding
6:47of your own feelings and emotions when
6:50it comes to clothing. Because when you
6:52go out and you start saving like things
6:54like let's say I'm going to stay in the
6:55clothes section. When you start saving
6:56this, you can easily pick up on patterns
6:59easily. Because when you're just going
7:01through the home feed and you're sitting
7:03there and you're scrolling and you're
7:05like, I like that and you save it or I
7:07like that and you save it, you know, so
7:08on so forth. like even now. And when you
7:11do that type of stuff, you don't there's
7:13there there might not be a a reason for
7:16why you're doing that. You're just going
7:17through and saving. However, when you
7:19can go back and you can look into your
7:21clothes section or wherever you're
7:23saving this, you can clearly start to
7:25pinpoint a story where it's like I said,
7:28the complexity of leather or the color
7:31pink is clearly here a lot or the fact
7:34that leather's here a lot or just in
7:37fact, I've been liking a whole bunch of
7:39wool sweaters. I didn't even realize
7:41that. But just being able to go through
7:43striped button-ups, that's a here a ton,
7:46right? It's easier to tell what you're
7:50liking so that you can start to pinpoint
7:52those things to go, "Hey man, you know,
7:54when I go shopping or when I go
7:56thrifting, I kind of know what I'm
7:58looking for here." Because they pop up a
8:00ton in my pins. Not because you saw an
8:03outfit, but because you start curating a
8:07concept of a wardrobe. Now, this comes
8:10to my next point. When it comes to
8:11Pinterest and when it comes to curating
8:13as a whole, it's all fine and dandy to
8:15look at outfits. It's all fine and dandy
8:17to look at clothes or to look at shoes,
8:20so on so forth. But what is really
8:23important to me is starting to curate
8:25what might be the obscure and what might
8:28be the unusual and finding the beauty in
8:30it. So recently, I say like in the last
8:33couple months, if you check my all pins,
8:36I have a ton of like fur or feathers or
8:42anything really. it it's more so things
8:45that are naturally found in the world.
8:47But like you might go, what does this
8:50have anything to do with fashion? To me,
8:53nature is the greatest source of
8:56inspiration because color theory is all
8:59fine and dandy, but seeing the
9:02naturalness of the es and flows of
9:05color,
9:07this offers something to me. It makes me
9:09feel something. You know what I mean? It
9:10allows you to see colors in a different
9:13way that I normally wouldn't because
9:15sure, could you see this in an outfit?
9:17Yeah, I'm sure of it, probably. But
9:19being able to see it like this, I go,
9:22you know what? You could blend this into
9:24an outfit. It's being able to see the
9:26beauty in something that otherwise you
9:28would have just kind of passed up on.
9:31And you can see that a ton in like my
9:34own pins where it can be the most random
9:36things like font styles or old posters
9:41or different type of accessories or like
9:44little details and outfits that
9:46otherwise might have been skipped out
9:48on, but for me it makes me feel
9:51something or it allows me to see the
9:53beauty in something that I can then take
9:56on and implement not just in your style
9:59but in, you know, life. And this leads
10:02to something also kind of similar is I
10:04see a lot of guys when they're on
10:05Pinterest, they only save things of
10:07other guys. And I think once again being
10:10able to look at the whole spectrum and
10:14being able to appreciate not just
10:16women's style, but being able to look
10:19and then at the same time save a guy's
10:22style or even then bouncing away and
10:25starting to just look at the obscure.
10:28And being able to put all that together
10:30and being able to start to categorize
10:33what made you feel some type of way when
10:35looking at everything is the ultimate
10:38way to start to curate a aesthetic, a
10:42vibe, a feeling, or just a wardrobe of
10:47cohesion that really means something to
10:50you. It's it's a it's not just a copy of
10:53someone else's style or someone else's
10:55aesthetic, but it is much more a
10:57curation of you. Because at the end of
11:00the day, this all did something to you.
11:02It all made you feel something. Which
11:04leads to my third point, which is, do I
11:07feel something? When I'm on the home
11:10feed and I'm scrolling and and I'm I'm
11:13curating or I'm I'm saving things, I I
11:16don't save things purely off of how they
11:18look or what I might view as cool. I
11:22also just cave things because I think it
11:25made me feel something. And it makes me
11:26then go back through and ask why did I
11:29feel something? Like what what did this
11:31do for me? Like why did this move me?
11:33Why did this make me feel like oh that's
11:35that's pretty cool. I like that. And
11:37that could be seen everywhere. I call it
11:39my development pins where it's much more
11:42of me like developing my own style or de
11:45developing like certain aesthetics or
11:46things that make me feel something. And
11:48you'll see it's just a ton of random
11:50stuff, but it made me feel something. It
11:53moved me in some way. And those are the
11:55these are the simple things that I think
11:57otherwise get looked upon like like uh
11:59overlooked when you're trying to curate
12:01a image on Pinterest because the first
12:04thing and the biggest thing that
12:05everybody does is like I say you save an
12:07outfit and you call it a day. But these
12:09are the things that I think are much
12:11much more important is being able to go
12:14through and to categorize not just
12:16outfits but different clothing items,
12:19accessories, shoes, giving them their
12:22own unique category. And then on top of
12:25that, being able to understand why did
12:28it make you feel something, if it made
12:30you feel something, and then see, like I
12:32said, seeing the beauty and things that
12:34otherwise you might have skipped out on.
12:36I'll add my Pinterest in the description
12:38down below because I'm not going to go
12:40through all 1,400 of my pins. There's a
12:44lot, but I do like to be able to see the
12:46history and the growth of my
12:48progression. So, I like being able to go
12:50through my pins and seeing from 3 to
12:54four years ago what I saved compared to
12:56now. And you can even see that in some
12:58of my like boards like archive from
13:01three years ago where it's literally
13:02just me saving basically helmet lang if
13:06we're being real. But like this is what
13:08I liked 3 to four years ago, but then
13:11you know I'm here. This is this is my
13:13vibe now. It's cool to see that
13:15development, that growth all because of
13:19not just outfits, like I said, but just
13:21things in life you enjoy. So, I'll share
13:25my I'll put my uh Pinterest link in the
13:28um description so that if you guys want,
13:30you can use my Pinterest as a jumping
13:31off point or you can even start to see
13:34how I've even grown. So, it kind of
13:36gives you a blueprint of what you can
13:38do. Now, if you guys, like I said in the
13:41beginning, if you guys want to see more
13:42videos like this, let me know in the
13:44comments down below. I know this one's a
13:46bit of an odd one. It's kind of just me
13:47rambling for what? I've been recording
13:50for 20 minutes, so it's probably just
13:52been me rambling for 20 minutes. But if
13:54you guys like these type of videos, let
13:56me know in the comments below. I'm more
13:57than happy to do these types. Um, and if
14:00not, just tell me, hey, I I'm not really
14:03feeling this, you know, go back to the
14:04other stuff. And we can do that as well.
14:06Also, I want to start a video series
14:10where I do I call it style enhancements.
14:12Me and the boys were talking one day and
14:14they were asking me all these questions
14:16about style and how you can grow because
14:18a lot of people want to grow but they
14:19don't want to look like they're going on
14:20the Met Gala. You know what I mean? They
14:22want to just look better for everyday
14:24life. And when we were discussing this,
14:26I thought it would be cool to have like
14:28people submit almost like a portfolio of
14:31like styles they like, what their
14:35current style progression is, and almost
14:37like a quick description of, you know,
14:39kind of what they're liking and who they
14:41are. And then every video we would take
14:43one individual and just do style
14:45enhancements. This this isn't a
14:47makeover. This isn't a complete
14:49uprooting of what someone likes because
14:51they like those things. But it's more so
14:53just a helpful hand to take them up a
14:56level in that style progression. So if
14:58you guys want videos like that and you
15:00think that's a cool idea, also let me
15:02know in the comments down below. I'll
15:04start working on like a Google form or
15:06something that you guys can submit and
15:08I'll probably have those in future uh
15:10videos where I'll have it in the
15:12description or something like that. But
15:15my good lord, heck of an outro. But
15:17that's going to be it for me. Notice
15:20sunglasses on the way. Currently in
15:22production. I would give it about
15:24another 6 to 10 weeks. You thought I was
15:27going to say something else. But that's
15:29going to be it. I'll talk to you guys
15:31later. Adios, amigos.
15:36[Music]

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