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Current mood 📷 @alique_studio #styledby @elissa

Current mood 📷 @alique_studio #styledby @elissasantisi for @voguemexico #stayinghome #stormyweather #ambervalletta

It’s something I’ve been trying to wrap my hea

It’s something I’ve been trying to wrap my head around. With a pandemic that, if you live in the US, sadly isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, how will we want to dress in the near future?
Sure it’s deep summer right now, but that early September “back to school” vibe is something I always look forward to. Now, it all just feels confusing. Unless you live in New York, and even if you do, there will still be a lot of WFH happening, possibly for months. Who really wants to put on sweats again when the weather cools down? Or only get half-dressed for endless Zoom meetings? Or wear the same tee and jean combo at home with the kids day after day? Then again, how much of the clothing sitting in your closet have you recently worn? And what are you dreaming about wearing that you haven’t since this began? What is going to make you feel good now? Something simple and timeless? Something colorful that gives you an emotional boost? A hint of something indulgent (say a piece of jewelry) that might be at once have-forever and over-the-top? Or something sentimental, perhaps a talisman or two? One thing seems guaranteed—the #buylessbuybetter credo I am constantly harping on seems more pertinent than ever before. Even if you are lucky enough to be in a relatively good financial place, wasting money on clothes that will sit in your closet is just that, wasteful. There are two words I use to define how I want many aspects of my life to be, they are small and exquisite. Perhaps a better word choice is edited and exquisite. What does that mean? Whether it is the clothes in my closet or the home I live in—I try to keep the number of things I bring into my life to a minimum, and when I do, I try to make them things I truly want. It takes patience to wait for the right thing. Sometimes I’m good at it, sometimes I’m not. Sometimes I slip up and want what she’s having, even though it’s more her than me. And exquisite in my eye doesn’t equate with money, it’s something that is the purest essence or ideal of what you are searching for. It can be as basic as a gray tee. (See comments for rest.) ⬇️

A simple summer dress like this. #biancajagger #su

A simple summer dress like this. #biancajagger #summerstyle #simplicity @vogueparis

Still so good. #stylethattranscends #keepitclassic

Still so good. #stylethattranscends #keepitclassic #charlotterampling #denim #capsulewardrobe

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