“The rapid cycle of trends has broken down the connection between clothing and flesh. Things move so quickly, it’s like we’ve barely made a mark in anything. Instead of pursuing a lifelong commitment to personal taste, a sense of style is simply adhering to newness: staying on top of trends or ahead of them. Instead of learning to develop your own taste and building a core wardrobe around it, we’re now encouraged to hoard everything in sight. Consequently, it doesn’t take long to come across someone’s weekly Zara haul on social media. Thrift stores are now stocked with Shein – tags still on. And influencers never repeat outfits. Their pristine white trousers never catch coffee or pasta sauce spills. Their t-shirts barely absorb their sweat. The leather in their handbags is barely cracked.”