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Vent: Realized I was keeping clothes for "someday" instead of admitting they were cheap junk
I had this moment last month cleaning out my closet in Nashville. Found this dress from one of those TikTok-famous haul sites, tags still on it from 2 years ago. I kept telling myself I'd wear it to a nice dinner or a party. But the fabric was so thin you could see through it, and the zipper was already bent. That's when it hit me. I wasn't saving it for a special occasion. I was lying to myself because I didn't want to admit I wasted $30 on something unwearable. Anyone else have that closet full of "maybe" pieces that are really just fast fashion regrets?
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charles_baker288d agoMost Upvoted
Yeah but fixing a bent zipper on see-through fabric feels like polishing a turd.
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jessem598d ago
Saving a dress for a special day sounds like a smart way to keep good stuff nice. Those haul sites gave you a deal and the zipper is probably fixable for less than 5 bucks if you cared enough to try.
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young.thomas8d ago
I read this article in the Atlantic a few months back about how fast fashion is basically designed to fall apart after a few washes, so you feel like you have to keep buying new stuff. That see-through fabric and bent zipper are exactly what they were talking about. It’s wild how we convince ourselves we’re saving something for later when really we’re just hiding a bad purchase from ourselves. Your dress sounds like a perfect example of that cheap construction, not a one-time mistake.
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