A Strip of Fabric - by Chloe Iris Kennedy

Sartorial rules are simple: Do not wear white after Labor Day, never wear business casual to the club, and most importantly, never become a fashion victim. The term fashion victim, as coined by Oscar de la Renta, is used to identify one who gets caught up in the excess of fashion, whether they are fad followers or hyper-materialists or that secret third thing… me. Though I do not monetarily invest in fashion in the way one would define a fashion victim, I do frequently find myself cashing in the entirety of one of my most valuable assets — my time. Fashion victimhood has always been used to identify someone who engages with fashion on a consumerist level, but I view temporal investment as capital that holds equal value to tangible wealth and frankly, for the better part of this year, I have wagered the full extent of my time getting caught up in this ambiguously defined excess of fashion. What they don’t tell you about fashion victimhood is that it is an inevitability. To make an inten

Sartorial rules are simple: Do not wear white after Labor Day, never wear business casual to the club, and most importantly, never become a fashion victim. The term fashion victim, as coined by Oscar de la Renta, is used to identify one who gets caught up in the excess of fashion, whether they are fad followers or hyper-materialists or that secret third thing… me. Though I do not monetarily invest in fashion in the way one would define a fashion victim, I do frequently find myself cashing in the entirety of one of my most valuable assets — my time. Fashion victimhood has always been used to id