Not Fashion but Clothing
One of the suggestions I received since my last post was to write more about clothing; I read this as, not fashion so much as the clothing itself. In other words, enough about fashion. What about style?
As another friend recently said while we were browsing the multiplying vintage stores in the Chinatown mall, “I’m overwhelmed by the thought, there’s so…much…clothing in the world.” Surely enough to last all of us a lifetime, for the rest of Earth’s existence.
That concept doesn’t comply with our habits, now. We can’t imagine never shopping again. Hence window-shopping: skating by and resisting purchase, for the sensation of seeing the purchasable. And purging for the purpose of purchasing more.
Another friend started a newsletter that lists auction lots he’s looking at while shopping for his store, mainly artworks and furniture that is too pricey or far away. I love it, but it made me think, is anyone doing the opposite—recommending (vintage) items she would buy, with no barriers to stop her and no incentives to share?
On TheRealReal (other resale sites are too chaotic for me), I find endless items I want and can afford, but at the moment, have enough of. Hearting them, as one does with digital mood boards and rating sites, gives me a small sense of ownership, anyway.
Does recommending satisfy in the same, or another way? I am curious, because it seems that just about everyone does it, with kickbacks or not. So here are some of my own “obsessions” (under $60 each, which I might still buy them if no one else does):
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