Spring On, Price Off
Trends can sometimes feel like one-hit wonders. They appear as if out of nowhere for public consumption and become so pervasive, it seems like an impossibility that at the next corner you turn, you might actually stumble upon something different. Of course, when the trend is good — and I mean really good — you don’t care that you can’t escape it. In fact, you’re the one perpetuating its omnipresence. Championing it as if you’ve committed to both living and dying by it.
Then slowly, peanut butter syndrome sets in. The one-hit wonder proves itself as just that — a one-time hit, and now you’re sure you never want to see it again. Until, that is, the vicious cycle that is the life of a trend positions the fad back at the tipping point. Then you’re back in music mode, dancing and dressing like the previous death never happened. But there’s a way to get around feeling like the hamster in an equation you can’t beat, so figure this, right?
We’re approaching spring. Instead of entertaining yourself with the trend-driven offerings of the current season, why not dip into a buyable archive of seasons past? You will accomplish two things: more competitive (and therefore lucrative) prices and comfort in knowing that if you like it now, even past its shelf life, you’ll probably still like it seasons from now, too. So consider the following offerings from The RealReal, which has apparently sold over one million items (including a Chanel basketball), to reflect three spring trends to consider.
1. Florals for Spring are Groundbreaking. Specifically, I might add, when they are Dries Van Noten and you are liable to look like a retired potter who lives in a rent controlled loft on Greene Street, who feeds her cat smoked salmon and has jackets like the styled-with-satin Christopher Kane number currently flourishing over my forearm. If you have gumption and the sensibility of a seasoned New Yorker, you’ll wear hard black shoes (Proenza Schouler) to mirror your coffee and soul.
2. Not a Maxi, Not Not a Maxi. Hemlines are weird — and so inconsistent. Are you long? Are you short? Does it matter? Most recently, a length of the floor-grazing-though-not-exactly-touching persuasion has swept the industry as if by literal skirt tail and this one particular white and gray dress, set in wool and silk and by The Row, will transcend the multifarious permutations that a female body is wont to undergo and fancy itself the most reliable “I’m too tired to think about what to wear but too concerned with looking cool to not actually look cool” dress. Wear a purse cross-body style (and consider buying this exact tweed Chanel one, which is running for a steep, though I guess relatively speaking, vaguely reasonable, $1595). The sandals are Dries Van Noten.
3. Thoughtful Concealment: Legs Out? Neck In. Everyone is talking about balance these days — getting your chakra in order and shit. Before you can do that, though, don’t you think a reasonable precursor to internal balance is that of the external variety?
A good compliment for a spring-apropos turtleneck could be underwear (a la Proenza Schouler) as pants. You’re dressed casually so think about a satin bag (also by Chanel) because, hello, you’re on a balancing beam. Then because you’re a lady, you’ll want to accessorize with a pair of short-heel mules. They will flop as you walk and you will feel like a mom. One-hit wonder? Not in this record store.
In partnership with The RealReal.
