What to Buy This Month

I’ve said this before, but I do think it’s worth reiterating: nothing revives the quality of your closet so well as a trip overseas for a 5-day period with only a carry-on suitcase in tow.

Because of the limitations that, abroad, your run-of-the-mill black shirt and white jeans and red brogues provide (they were great on day 1, still good on day 2 but by day 3, you missed nothing so much as you did the variety that is presented by the closet — no matter how big or small — that you left stateside), suddenly, the burgundy knits and light wash jeans, green polos and weird, metallic single-strap sandals that you thought about selling on The Real Real seem like the best bets any closet has ever known.

Only no other closets have known them — they belong to you.

So you get home, you look into that familiar cube (What? Your closet isn’t shaped like a cube?) with fresh eyes and there it is: the world’s best department store replete with already-paid-for clothes rendered only in your size. What a dream!

When I got home from London, this is what I wanted to wear: a striped poplin bathrobe (I walked by an English shop called Budd and they were selling pretty cool ones for like 374852 GBP), which, if you don’t already have, you can get from Sleepy Jones, to wear with a horizontally striped turtleneck underneath (mine is from Topshop, if you’re interested) and a pair of baggy but straight leg brocade pants (Marques’Almeida for the win unless you’ve got funds set aside for Dries — it should be noted that neither are actually cheap, but don’t forget we’re slow fashion partisans now) and the official Gucci loafer of the season. They are sleek and will look tremendous with your pants falling all effortless surfer meets French gallerist over them.

Oh! And although I don’t own it yet, I did think a great deal about trading in my beach bag for a wicker basket proper, which as the Internet would have it, was available in excess via the good folks at Amazon. Imagine that.  Now all in a favor of a photo contest (you wear your version of this, I wear mine), say: Dbuiwetfgbajdbhafyqgbn! Or, you know, follow us on Snapchat.

Hey, PS: Want to shop without spending money? Nope, it’s not called stealing, sneaky mom! Glossier and Totokaelo want to give you a $1000 shopping spree. You’re welcome.

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