buy books with someone else’s annotations. pick up old cook books for a couple bucks. check which pages have the most wear and tear, try those first. buy cheap sunglasses and antique jewelry. I buy almost all my clothes from thrift stores or vintage shops. I have furnished my dorms and apartments through thrifted plates, silverware, and other decor. almost everything is better quality than what gets made today.
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Trawl through Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, Nextdoor, OfferUp, Buy Nothing, eBay, etc; go to thrift and antique stores, estate sales (look for online estate auctions that are local to you too), flea markets; buy prints from local galleries; pick up random junk that catches your eye from off of the street but be wary of bugs. If you want something distinctive, unique, and well-made for a more affordable price that’s the way to go. (If you wanted to get spendy I would say 1stDibs but I don’t even shop on there because who am I, Norman Rockefeller)
Jan 21, 2025
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I just read the book "the world is on fire but we're still buying shoes." A short little read about how to be better shoppers in this environment. FUCK AMAZON if you've gotta satisfy your urge to get some cool new garb or stuff for around the house buy from local thrift stores and vintage stores! Just picked up the headboard of my dreams at Goodwill. Better for your wallet, too. Plus it's cool to be like "oh this? It's secondhand."
Mar 3, 2024
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I could spend hours browsing flea markets. You can find so much cool and unique stuff there. From vinyls over dvds and books to clothes or whatever you’re looking for, no matter how niche.
Love finding rare and old stuff there and talking to people about it. And you can safe so much money buying used stuff.
Apr 28, 2024
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this summer, we’re starting yoga, we’re learning a new language (being bilingual is now the standard, you need to know at least three to be truly chic), we’re going to concerts just because the tickets were cheap, we’re going to museums (especially the weird ones), hitting up the local library to ask for new recommendations, whether it’s a surprise or based on past tastes, we’re painting, collecting and collaging, sewing and embroidering our clothes, re-learning the harmonica, playing chess with strangers online and at the café, we’re taking up tennis and pretending it’s not just because of challengers. the only way to find what brings you joy is to try.
May 19, 2024
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full of bread and wine and guilt
Jun 11, 2024
money can’t buy taste, but it can apparently buy press coverage for your fiancée (now wife) in almost every major magazine and news outlet
however, maybe the famine of beauty amongst today’s tech billionaires will lead some people on social media to get a hobby other than trying to look rich, maybe they’ll even develop class consciousness while they’re at it
photo courtesy of Jerry Saltz, art critic at New York Magazine
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