Danielle Vermeer
@daniellevermeer
Co-Founder & CEO of Teleport. Writer of Goodwill Hunting, a newsletter hunting the best pre-loved fashion finds, insights, and jobs. 11+ years of buying no new clothes.
Danielle Vermeer
RepLadies is a sub-Reddit dedicated to counterfeit luxury goods, and where a community of mostly millennial women gather to acquire them. Exquisite replicas of everything from designer shoes to Rimowa suitcases are available, but the bags are the real attraction. You can get just about anything in any color for one to 10 percent of the price of the... See more
The Cut • Reddit’s RepLadies: Would You Get a Fake Birkin From China?
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.
bbc • The new, subtle ways the rich signal their wealth
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.
Anne Helen Petersen • The Expanding Job
Fashion is the favo
rite entertainment category for US Gen-Zers to spend money on, outranking other categories like dining, video games and consoles, and music.
Business of Fashion • Gen-Z and Fashion in the Age of Realism | BoF Insights
Over the past 15 years, clothing production has doubled while the length of time we actually wear these clothes has fallen by nearly 40%.
The Guardian • The Guardian
What might be most impactful for students is a value shift away from today’s culture of waste, where we buy more clothes than ever but never keep them for long.
The Cut • Can Fashion Designers Really Learn to Be Sustainable?
Core Is the New Chic
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Notice how the decisions you make regarding your spare time and money indicate clearly what you care about.
Substack • How to carve a career path on your own terms
Kai McPhee (@knawt.kai, 260,000 TikTok followers) has been promoting sewing on TikTok since 2020. “The biggest thing I try to push out is that you don’t need a lot of money to dress how you want. Instead of just spending all my money on clothes, I decided to invest in a sewing machine and go thrifting and make my clothes.