What Spaniards wear
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What Spaniards wear
kev added
I am seeing a similar thing with ESPRIT—GenX comes to our stores and shares their stories of growing up with ESPRIT, and GenZ does the same from a nostalgia perspective. I want to connect with our fans through both of these sentiments.
To be clear, some people are great at making things and simply bad at dressing. But what inspires me about the examples above is the running theme of work and talent making you look better . Too often, when we desperately search for “the perfect jeans” “the perfect tee” or “the perfect haircut,” I think that what we are really looking for doesn’t a... See more
Do good work and your fits will follow
If all you’re doing is getting dressed in the morning to look cool and it’s not coming from a culture that influenced your style then you’re just a character. If you’re dressed up like a skater, but you don’t skate – what are you? If you can just buy whatever you want, you haven’t really earned much.”
Brendon Babenzien Talks Noah & Changing the Culture With Supreme
The way that someone dresses today is still dictated by a personal sense of identity as well as one’s own sense of style, pleasure, and comfort. It is dictated far less by social norms.
Debbie Millman • Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits
A shopper doesn’t go to Nike just because they want good running shoes; Nike casts an aura of youth and energy over everything it produces, whether sneakers or brightly screen-printed T-shirts. Zara makes dresses, among many other clothing items, and through them projects a sense of cutting-edge style without the cost of traditional luxury brands.
... See moreKyle Chayka • Filterworld
a little daring. What you see is self-definition rather than trendiness. Style is the intersection of what you wear with who you are.”
Sarah B. Breathnach • Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort & Joy
"Remember that buying s**t is not the same as having swag. Remember that having cool interests beyond cool clothes, and doing good deeds besides putting together sick outfits (which, to be clear, is a good deed), will make your clothes look better on you"
h/t BLKBRD_Spyplane
sari added
“Not at all. I find it liberating. I believe my life has value, and I don’t want to waste it thinking about clothing,” Malcolm said. “I don’t want to think about what I will wear in the morning. Truly, can you imagine anything more boring than fashion? Professional sports, perhaps. Grown men swatting little balls, while the rest of the world pays m
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