Friday, July 13, 2007

Where have the days of cherishing your clothes gone?

And I'm an offender, too. You know, buy it today, wear it one season, chuck it? Buy so many things you never get to wearing half of them?

Whatever happened to saving your money for a special dress or pair of pants or shoes you really had to have? And when you bought it, you adored it and wore it again and again, and you wouldn't buy anything else for a long time. Where have those days gone?

I remember being a teenager and visiting Italy and being surprised at how little the gals there have in their closets. Maybe 3 outfits at most per season, but every piece was exquisite, coveted, cherished, impressive. They had one winter coat. Not 4. And that winter coat would be a Fendissima or a MaxMara, not some junky buttons-falling-off one season knockoff.

I'm just sayin'.

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