the other day i texted my best friend “i just bought the ugliest shoes i'm so happy” and like it was so true. some random sandals probably from a specialized walking store, thrifted them for 6.99. big ugly shoe person over here 👈
i see you your favourite pair of trousers. your best skirt. that jacket you‘ve been eyeing up for months that you just bought half price from the store that’s normally too expensive to shop at. the shirt that’s the perfect shade, sits just right on your body. and then the shoes… the shoes. an afterthought. the rest of the outfit is perfect, immaculate, a ten out of ten, so why worry? no one really looks at the shoes anyway so why bother to find the right pair. the ones that match, or clash, but in the best kind of way. the ones in the perfect shade, made out of the exact material to tie in with the rest of the look. charming, or classic, or cute, or fugly, or camp, or trashy, or polarising. the ones with character! those ones! where are they? oh, it didn’t matter to you? you figured nobody was going to look down anyway.
I feel like this place isn't about people but about recommendations, right? forget the influencer, forget the individual, just browse and talk about cool shit and whoever says something good, that's good. that's what I liked about reddit, back when I actually liked reddit. I haven't found many people I want to follow, and I'm not really looking.
for a while, when I wanted something expensive, I would think to myself, "oh, let me just look for a cheaper version of it." I end up settling for something that isn't good in any of the ways that made me want the expensive version. Throw that out. You can get fantastic pieces for cheap, you can thrift a wardrobe you love, but if you're trying to find a cheap copy of something expensive, it's not going to work.