Danielle Vermeer

But the “rockstars” of any profession usually have another secret: they’ve found themselves in a situation in which they’re able to still do one job. I don’t mean that they’re not doing several things at once. I mean they’re not trying to do the work that three or four people.

Online resale is growing 4X faster than offline.  ~$37 B (50% of total)—estimated share of online sales of secondhand fashion by 2024.  ~$28 B (43%)—offline thrift & donation (Goodwill, Salvation Army, etc.).

Given that everyone can now buy designer handbags and new cars, the rich have taken to using much more tacit signifiers of their social position.

We’re drawn to the products that signal they’re for people like us, and in turn, will signal our identities.