I think about clothes, a lot

I thought I like’d it. But I don’t wear it.

DRAFT — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:38:21 GMT

This might be the central issue with managing possessions under consumerism.
Is this me? Is this not me? Is there something out there that is more me? Should I get rid of this, and get that instead?

What if I don’t know what it is that I wan’t, I just know this isn’t it. When I say “it’s just not me,” what does that even mean?

Can clothes ever be meaningful?

DRAFT — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 20:23:31 GMT

A placeholder for meaning?

We can’t live without money. We work, so we can have money. We work so we can buy things.

We need to now pay for our own existence, because we don’t live free in nature anymore. Instead we have currency and ownership of land.

A lot of our time is spent acquiring things, maintaining things. The things we buy, are things that we …

I hate packing, but I love delusion.

DRAFT — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:26:38 GMT

One day I wish to become one of these enlightened beings that is never affected by the travel delusion, but until that happens, here is day 3 review of what I packed:

One of my favourite things about clothes is that they have the capacity to act as a catalyst to envisioning a different future. They let us rehearse possible selves. And nothing brings out …

The struggle of wearing the clothes

DRAFT — Mon, 11 May 2026 15:39:43 GMT

Some things are easier to wear than others. Exhibit A, IKEA bag..

I HAVE this idea. If you wear your clothes enough, they stop being clothes you own, and become yours. There could, in fact, be a route to a “perfect wardrobe” after all—something I had personally never given up on, even though my attempts again and again had proven less than fruitful. How …

Your life is not going to start when you have better clothes

DRAFT — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:09:59 GMT

I was watching Real Housewives of Beverly Hills last night (S15E11), and it unexpectedly delivered advice that has nothing, but also everything, to do with clothes.

Erica is talking to her therapist. People keep telling her “things are about to get better”. Erika is tired and wants to know “but when?”

The therapist responds something along the lines of : …

Nepotism is natural in nature

DRAFT — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 12:04:36 GMT

Natasha Poly by Terry Richardson (nepotism is the only sin he didn’t commit) / Vogue Paris Jan 2005

“Natural”, however, is very different from “moral”. What does the casual not-so-quiet acceptance of nepotism say about the fall of moral? What does the fall of moral say about where humanity is headed?

Ever since the watershed moment of Hailey Bieber’s “Nep…

Era of diet glamour/beauty/sparkle

DRAFT — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 16:31:34 GMT

The human need for beauty is real; already the ancient Greek philosophers tried to tell us this. Recognising this need and attempting to fulfil it has implications for your well-being, as does ignoring it.

Beauty isn’t a word or a concept used in fashion anymore. We are much more comfortable with irony or subversiveness. There is this elitist connotatio…