What's old is loved
It started way before Super Bowl Sunday night when Kendrick Lamar rocked a pair of flares that we haven't seen since the likes of the 90s. While on Sunday I might have led a mini round of applause for his choice in denim silhouette, I've spent the last year kicking myself whilst watching all the trends reappear that have come and gone from my closet. Why didn't I keep the basic cardigan sweaters that I had bought in the early 2000s? Or the low rise, wide leg jeans that I bought around that same time? Or even crew socks??? I know the answer is that most of the things I purchased around that time - when I was either in college with no money or starting work with only a little more money - did not have any staying power. They weren't garments made out of quality materials and would have languished 20 years in my closet slowly turning into a moldering mess. The socks would have holes in the toes, the cardigans would pill or have moth eaten edges, and the ...
