I am very comfortable in admitting that I love clothes.
I equate great strides forward in my self-image, identity, confidence, sense of daily play, and imprint upon others with the moment I started seriously giving a shit about clothes. My approach is never to look "nice" or like a "lady" but to experiment with silhouettes and build different personalities, historical or invented. Thrifting has always appealed to me because it's an inexpensive form of time-travel, a way to model how the past felt to the hand & body.
I love trying on a new me!
Sometimes I can't believe I get to wear new outfits every day as I invent them!
It's a game for each morning. Sometimes I change over the course of the day.
I almost always buy thrift, or I use my $$$ to support designers who I feel are doing interesting things with the form. I love boutiques, seeing each curator's buying technique, the story they are creating with their mercantile museums of cloth. I love dressing for myself and no one else, except perhaps other weird girls. I love seeing a movie or reading a book and then trying to copy a "look!"
My closet is in perpetual flux. I sell, donate, and trade clothes almost monthly, to clear space and force constant reimagination.
A vintage boutique owner I love said to me recently, "you get me because you love TEXTURE," which is true. The feel of brushed, thick silk, of neoprene, of a 90s linen dress pockmarked with raffia buttons. I love to pair science and nature (nylon and jute, silk and rubber) and voluminous forms with the skin-tight. My favorite technique is the juxtaposition of monochrome of either color, texture, or silhouette, with one fantastic element, the fabled "splash of color!" A conservative pinstripe suit with zebra-print creepers. A nice modest skirt paired with a Susan Powter-esque power sports bra in neon.
I feel most comfortable when I'm wearing at least $3,000 worth of clothing. They don't have to look elegant or fancy, I'm just happy to know they are expensive. I throw away clothes after one use, but not before I wash those clothes 3-5 times before it hits the old garbage disposal (a really fun way to get rid of clothes).
Truffle Sweatpants (don't knock em till you tried em ((and then eat them)))
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I equate great strides forward in my self-image, identity, confidence, sense of daily play, and imprint upon others with the moment I started seriously giving a shit about clothes. My approach is never to look "nice" or like a "lady" but to experiment with silhouettes and build different personalities, historical or invented. Thrifting has always appealed to me because it's an inexpensive form of time-travel, a way to model how the past felt to the hand & body.
I love trying on a new me!
Sometimes I can't believe I get to wear new outfits every day as I invent them!
It's a game for each morning. Sometimes I change over the course of the day.
I almost always buy thrift, or I use my $$$ to support designers who I feel are doing interesting things with the form. I love boutiques, seeing each curator's buying technique, the story they are creating with their mercantile museums of cloth. I love dressing for myself and no one else, except perhaps other weird girls. I love seeing a movie or reading a book and then trying to copy a "look!"
My closet is in perpetual flux. I sell, donate, and trade clothes almost monthly, to clear space and force constant reimagination.
A vintage boutique owner I love said to me recently, "you get me because you love TEXTURE," which is true. The feel of brushed, thick silk, of neoprene, of a 90s linen dress pockmarked with raffia buttons. I love to pair science and nature (nylon and jute, silk and rubber) and voluminous forms with the skin-tight. My favorite technique is the juxtaposition of monochrome of either color, texture, or silhouette, with one fantastic element, the fabled "splash of color!" A conservative pinstripe suit with zebra-print creepers. A nice modest skirt paired with a Susan Powter-esque power sports bra in neon.
Life is a game!
Dress to win!
They don't have to look elegant or fancy, I'm just happy to know they are expensive.
I throw away clothes after one use, but not before I wash those clothes 3-5 times before it hits the old garbage disposal (a really fun way to get rid of clothes).
Truffle Sweatpants (don't knock em till you tried em ((and then eat them)))
AF1s? I don't wear those shits more than once
Guys:what's a underclothes