Wow I'm so glad you randomly commented on my note, and so glad that I checked out your newsletter. This is such a good essay!! Really beautiful rumination on clothes and fashion and how they should fit into our art. I've been struggling to figure out how much i want clothes to fit into the fiction that I do, so this was a really great and helpful essay to sit with. I'm going to keep revisiting it as I'm working on my stories. Thank you!!
I'm in a constant limbo with my style. I've never had enough money to fully express my identity through clothes, and now, at age 42, I lack the patience to search for the affordable for me perfect garment that reflects even the slightest notion of who I am or want to be. As I was reading your essay, I couldn’t shake the nagging thought that my biography—told through the clothes I’ve had and worn—would mainly express scarcity. I know exactly what I miss in certain combinations, but the details have never had the financial means to be expressed :)))
Thank you for this great essay and amazing food for thought!
Wow I'm so glad you randomly commented on my note, and so glad that I checked out your newsletter. This is such a good essay!! Really beautiful rumination on clothes and fashion and how they should fit into our art. I've been struggling to figure out how much i want clothes to fit into the fiction that I do, so this was a really great and helpful essay to sit with. I'm going to keep revisiting it as I'm working on my stories. Thank you!!
Thank you, Michael! I'm glad to hear this. Do you often feel compelled to write about clothes in your fiction?
I'm in a constant limbo with my style. I've never had enough money to fully express my identity through clothes, and now, at age 42, I lack the patience to search for the affordable for me perfect garment that reflects even the slightest notion of who I am or want to be. As I was reading your essay, I couldn’t shake the nagging thought that my biography—told through the clothes I’ve had and worn—would mainly express scarcity. I know exactly what I miss in certain combinations, but the details have never had the financial means to be expressed :)))
Thank you for this great essay and amazing food for thought!
Such a cool and thought provoking take on fashion and identity! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for reading, Olga!