Issue 6 - I have divine fashion timing; change my mind.

Plus, I'm unhinged!

I’d like to start off by saying: eeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

I truly am sick and insane!!!! But believing I’m reasonable is on you though!

Here’s what happened; we were walking through Heathrow and Beau said “oh look, Loewe.” That’s when I became a person who makes insane purchases at the airport.

It was 700 dollars (US) less than it would have cost in Miami, when I wrote this. But now I’m not buying anything for the rest of my life (I’m lying). I have answered my own question about how you justify a purchase; wait 4 years until one day you walk into an airport and it’s cheaper than the last time you saw it + impulsivity + jet lag. Some things are better left unknown.

This was the day before they announced that Jonathan Anderson is leaving Loewe, which is actual divine fashion intervention. I will be scouring TRR and eBay for anything he touched in the last 11 years. Dior better be grateful!!

Me and my baby

Things I like:

• This t-shirt Ayo Edebiri wore recently—if someone can ID it, please comment below or let me know, I’m looking everywhere.

• The Leigh Bowery exhibit at Tate Modern in London (running until August 31st) was pretty much the best show I’ve ever seen. Obsessed with his description: “fashion designer, club monster, human sculpture, nude model, vaudeville drunkard, anarchic auteur, pop surrealist, clown without a circus, piece of moving furniture, modern art on legs.” (he hated being labelled)

Leigh Bowery's clothes (most of it handmade, look at the copper shoe laces)

• Shoutout to Georgia who told me about the opening of Printemps, a 160-year-old Parisian department store that for some reason is located in the Financial District?

• r./ (←Benny typed that when he jumped on my laptop)

• This sweater from Bye Jeremy that I bought in London at Bankrupt (I’m wearing it currently, there’s already a mystery stain on it).

Things I’m resisting buying:

• Anything from the Dime X Canadiens collab, it’s so 🤷‍♀️. And I say this when my Canadian pride is at an all time high.

• This Undercover skirt. Also, look at this Undercover coat I tried on at Dover Street you’re gonna die—there’s a cashmere scarf attached to it.

I’m sad in this pic because the coat is thousands of dollars

Also, I had a good idea:

My friend Delphine is looking for pinstripe pants, and today we walked into Mirth and she found the most perfect Barney’s pinstripe suit but the pants couldn’t be bought separate. The suit was $200—she wasn’t looking to spend that much (“I wouldn’t have spent $100 for the pants alone”), but they were exactly what she was looking for. Side note, she found the suit on Poshmark for $60 after, it’s always worth checking.

Anyway, the idea I had: a vintage store where you can leave offers on items by giving the store your name and phone number + the price you’re willing to pay for an item X the amount of time it sits unsold.

Let me explain using the $200 suit. Imagine Delphine could offer $120 if it doesn’t sell in 2 weeks. Maybe another person then comes in later, and says they’ll pay $150 if it doesn’t sell in 1 week? Then the store owner could call the best offer on day 7 and tell them to come in and pay up.

It’s like slow form bidding with surprise wins. Vintage stores need high turnover, everybody hates seeing the same neglected pieces every time they go somewhere, it’s sad. Better to let the piece go for slightly less, have a happy customer, create an exciting thing around “getting the call,” and get fresh inventory in the store. Store owners don’t need to accept each offer but they can choose which ones they do. Spread this idea until it becomes mainstream.