What Happened to Our Clothes? Part II
"The climate crisis is such a spiritual and emotional crisis."
By the time you read this, I will be in Japan through early May for some much needed R&R (who am I kidding, I will be exploring every last vintage shop and drinking all the sake). It feels like everyone on Instagram is there right now, so if you’re one of them, let’s hang! This also means I’ll have a series of fashion observations and discoveries to share over the next two weeks,.
As I was planning my wardrobe, I thought about how our image-obsessed culture makes us terrible packers. Okay, this may only apply to fashion creators and clothes-obsessed people like myself, but I’ve been guilty of overlooking comfort and weather-appropriateness for outfits I call “visual clickbait.” This means, I’ve regretted packing impractical heels and one-hit wonder outfits (like this Christopher Esber set) that had a certain wow factor, but ultimately should’ve stayed behind.
I feel obnoxious for admitting this, but I want to be honest with you my dear readers. All this to say: I’m a recovering “Instagram-first” packer, so my style challenge is to start with what I have and mix in those wearable, middle ground-but-still-fab pieces I can style in multiple ways. I’ll be documenting what I’m wearing in Japan on Instagram, so you be the judge. In the meantime, this look from my recent trip to Istanbul aligns with the new direction (I promise I kept everything the same after the photo; kitten heels forever amirite!)
Until then, please enjoy the final part of my sustainability panel takeaways. We heard some hard truths about the state of circularity (there’s just too much consumption to recycle all disposed garments at the moment), learned a new way to think about shopping (from buying brand new to borrowing from each other’s closet), and learned about promising legislation (SB 707 and The Fashion Act) that would set a global precedent for supply chain accountability.