maybe it's us

what's fashionable is already what's in your closet 

if new is needed, well made garments with a distinction found by you is what's ideal 

the $5 shirt is just as valuable as the $200 shirt 

its cool to have what they have, yes

but what you have is cool too. nothing about clothes is special

you have the ability to put yourself into what you wear. even its something you dont want to wear 

or something that isnt fashionable 

or isnt new 

or isnt your size

or isnt your gender

because clothes can be art, as well as function, intentional or not. what's meant for one use, is perfect for another. this is not radical, this is reality. 

the ideas of fashion pushed by companies is just as much valid as you let them. copied fast fashion design ideas mix with thoughtful interpretations by an art house pomp, with minimalist function and guady costume, all slowly, or quickly dripping down to thrifts and landfills and yet the final decision on what to wear is yours. 

maybe you think its cool the way that it sits on your shoulders, or how they let you breathe or make you feel okay. 

a red shirt is just a red shirt until its more and what makes it more is you. your perception of it, the way you wear it, the way you feel in it, what it can express without words. 

detaching yourself from the ideas of fashion require an understanding that not many care to develop but all have. because all you have to know is whether you like it or not. 

but you can become more concious of this simply by knowing that your clothes were made without uneeded harm, to people or planet, with high-quality material, and can be fixed. polyester isn't inherently bad and nor cotton good. one can be made of recycled garbage and another drenched in skin irritating chemicals.