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.
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.
In an age of uneasy affluence, luxury is becoming less and less about collecting highly prized items and possessions. “Today we live in the age of conspicuous egalitarianism. The trick is to signal discernment while conveying everyman casualness.” The new lessons of luxury 👉 https://t.co/2kb5QMLsrL
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.
The luxury secondary market was estimated to be worth $32 billion in 2020, but only 5 to 7 percent of resalable inventory globally was actually resold that year, according to BoF Insights research.
The product isuniquely focused ondriving one corebehavior within theapp that is central tothe vision laid out bythe founders. TheUI/UX for that singularfeature is effortless.
Ambition is the drive to play games that others have created. Climb the corporate ladder. Play politics. Work long hours. Lean in—to corporate feminism.