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
Raeburn, a label based in London that focuses on responsible and innovative design, hosts a variety of workshops where attendees are invited to design and customise their own items, using off-cuts from the atelier.
Bel Jacobs • How to be a sustainable fashion lover – and why it matters
Off the rack clothes are not designed to fit you.
And I mean you, as in you specifically.
They are made to roughly fit 1000s of people who kinda-sorta share several similar body traits because it’s inexpensive, off the rack fashion, not bespoke custom and that’s how it works.
Cora Harringtontwitter.comSignaling and counter-signaling are hidden methods of communicating with each other. We do it all the time as a way to “prove” we are who and what we claim to be.
Farnam Street • Signaling: The Language Peacocks, Gazelles, and Humans All Speak
"Monochronic cultures [one thing at a time] may be more ‘efficient’ in their use of time, but in their treatment of time as a commodity, they lose the richness that comes with allowing tasks, conversations, and interactions to move forward at a more natural and sustainable pace."
"[And] because rapid-growth capitalism favors a monochronic
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