I just shoved two reusable shopping bags filled with unworn garments into my closet because a guest is coming over my house! Thank u for sharing, look forward to reading more.
Thank you for writing this, sorry about your bug problem, legitimately had nightmares about it happening to myself.
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You mentioned people who have limited amounts of clothes (and they really got that shit on fr). Friends of mine who are this way actually have immense anxiety about trying to have the perfect outfits. Similarly to trying to retain a minimalist home, have the healthiest meal prep, the most optimal workouts, etc.
I don’t know anyone personally who has a limited amount of clothes (and doesn’t care about clothing) while still looking cool. I know these people exist but I assume they must be generally removed from our society or specialized in something unexpected.
There is a whole can of worms to unpack about what revolves around taste and class in that last sentence, but moving on LOL.
I also see you’re trying to dig into why you have these clothing needs… I am able to point out at least a dozen key moments or desires in my adolescence to what impacted my feelings towards clothing or wanting to be cool. Can you pinpoint any for yourself? I definitely recommend trying to figure those out if you can, its helps me keep my current day ADD/wide variety of fashion interests in check.
I also haven’t had feelings of envy or intense desire other people’s clothing in since I was a child, and it always surprises me when I hear people having these feelings when the person is already cool. You’re obviously cool.
I feel similarly to you in terms of having an array of hobbies, interests, and taste. I feel like it’s reflective of the amount of clothing I own/different styles I wear, and I’m comfortable in that. BUT EVEN STILL I feel crazy amounts of guilt that I’m still sorting out. And similar to you it has more to do with my spending habits than my actual clothing interests.
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These over-consumption/capitalist/self-loathing conversations around clothing are common within my friends who work or are deeply entrenched in fashion.
I think fashion as art and expression can be fully void of these feelings and archetypes. There is a lot of historical evidence of this. But like most art and expression we are reflective of our current societyyyyy blah blah blah.
I wish you luck on your journey figuring this out, we’re all in the same boat.
I just shoved two reusable shopping bags filled with unworn garments into my closet because a guest is coming over my house! Thank u for sharing, look forward to reading more.
So many garment bags 😭
Thank you for writing this, sorry about your bug problem, legitimately had nightmares about it happening to myself.
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You mentioned people who have limited amounts of clothes (and they really got that shit on fr). Friends of mine who are this way actually have immense anxiety about trying to have the perfect outfits. Similarly to trying to retain a minimalist home, have the healthiest meal prep, the most optimal workouts, etc.
I don’t know anyone personally who has a limited amount of clothes (and doesn’t care about clothing) while still looking cool. I know these people exist but I assume they must be generally removed from our society or specialized in something unexpected.
There is a whole can of worms to unpack about what revolves around taste and class in that last sentence, but moving on LOL.
I also see you’re trying to dig into why you have these clothing needs… I am able to point out at least a dozen key moments or desires in my adolescence to what impacted my feelings towards clothing or wanting to be cool. Can you pinpoint any for yourself? I definitely recommend trying to figure those out if you can, its helps me keep my current day ADD/wide variety of fashion interests in check.
I also haven’t had feelings of envy or intense desire other people’s clothing in since I was a child, and it always surprises me when I hear people having these feelings when the person is already cool. You’re obviously cool.
I feel similarly to you in terms of having an array of hobbies, interests, and taste. I feel like it’s reflective of the amount of clothing I own/different styles I wear, and I’m comfortable in that. BUT EVEN STILL I feel crazy amounts of guilt that I’m still sorting out. And similar to you it has more to do with my spending habits than my actual clothing interests.
~
These over-consumption/capitalist/self-loathing conversations around clothing are common within my friends who work or are deeply entrenched in fashion.
I think fashion as art and expression can be fully void of these feelings and archetypes. There is a lot of historical evidence of this. But like most art and expression we are reflective of our current societyyyyy blah blah blah.
I wish you luck on your journey figuring this out, we’re all in the same boat.