I treat clothing or a piece of jewelry like it was a piece of art, even though people who collect clothes get a bad rap because they're told it's all vanity.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm a bit of a clothes hoarder, admittedly. I try to weed out stuff. My girlfriends come over for cheese and wine and go shopping in my wardrobe. They especially love it when they get stuff with a tag still on.
We've forgotten to respect clothes and consider who made them and where the material came from. We've been encouraged to buy things and, if we don't like them, bin them. When I grew up, we'd repair things or alter them.
A lot of people still think caring about clothes is a dubious, unserious, frivolous, girlie thing.
The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashion, and placing value on ourselves by them is one of the most childish pieces of folly.
When I give my jewelry as a present, I feel like I'm giving protection to someone I care about... I've given pieces to my mom, my aunts, my friends. I've even made bracelets for my dad and my uncle.
When we strip away the clothes, the jewelry, that's who we really are. I walk around naked in my house.
For me, clothing is nothing without the story behind it. Everything I own evokes some kind of memory.
I clear my wardrobe of anything I'm not wearing and give the clothes to charity.
I shop for candy instead of clothes!
I don't like to treat a piece of clothing like an object of art because I don't consider myself an artist. I'm a designer.