from the vault: rewear your clothes
(Originally posted in October 2020)
Where did we come up with this idea that we have to always be wearing something different? For every event, every work day, every social media post? And what is having a different outfit every day meant to say about us? That we can afford an endless stream of new clothes? That we never do laundry? That our clothing is disposable - one wear and it’s done? From the impression I get from other cultures, this is mostly an American construct, which makes sense - the goal of consumer capitalism is to make us think we need new stuff all the time. I feel like this is one of the easier perspective shifts we can do which results in a vastly easier time getting dressed.
It’s simple. If you have an outfit you like, rewear it often and DGAF about who notices.
I promise you, other people will not no…