I spent two years in a cramped basement studio pinning hems for a bridal shop, and if there’s one thing I learned, it’s that people are being lied
The Complete Guide to Denim
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Author: Neve Okonkwo-Barr
The industry wants you to believe style is a shopping problem. It is a fit problem, and fit is mostly fixable for the price of a coffee and a trip to someone with a machine. I will tell you which fabrics survive a year, what a good alteration costs, why the expensive coat is sometimes worse than the cheap one, and how to build a wardrobe that works on a Wednesday. I will never tell you something is 'investment' unless I can show you the maths.
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