Nora Finds

The essentials and the quick trends

<All pictures by Justin Lee>

In my mind, clothes/shoes/accessories are generally divided into two categories: the essentials and the quick trends.

The essentials are one of those pieces that you’ve had for or plan to keep for years. The pieces you might find hidden in the back of the wardrobe, which then you wear for months and then go back again into the black hole of your massive collection. They are the classic piece that you pick up when you don’t know what else to wear, when you’re doubting whether you look too trendy or too ridiculous. They are the piece that will always make you look good.

The quick trends are the ones that you purchase because you were brainwashed after seeing them in every display of every store. The ones that you buy because you saw on a magazine/blog once and then more the next month and 100 more the following month. They are the ones you shouldn’t spend too much money on, because after the trend passes they’ll be the first to go into your Salvos pile. They often don’t have the best quality, you often ponder “this doesn’t really go with anything else” and you might get a buyer’s regret right away.

I have to say my wardrobe is about 50-50. When I put together this outfit on the weekend, I thought “this skirt doesn’t really go with anything” and “these shoes aren’t the most comfortable”. But that obviously didn’t cross my mind when I got them. I got the skirt because I was brainwashed by everyone wearing fishtails, and I just had to buy them shoes because Solestruck was having its massive sale. They weren’t expensive, but I could’ve done it without. 

I constantly think that I should be wiser when purchasing stuff, but I also need to keep recycling because I quickly get bored. I did come up with a rule though: no buying stuff for over $100 a piece without thinking twice, three times, four times. Quality is supposed to win over quantity, but in this world of fashion and blogging: how many times can you really wear the same thing? And how many of us can actually afford buying numerous quality pieces on our pay? Well, maybe some can but I’m a poor scientist!

I apologise for the essay, but if you do make it til the end, let me know what you think.

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Top from boutique in Jakarta, Free People fishtail skirt, Cory Child necklace, Ego and Greed Bowler (via Solestruck), OPI Green-Wich Village nail polish (via Adore Beauty) ASOS skull and pyramid bracelets, silver studs bracelet from Bath UK, bead bracelet from China.