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I will say I have held off buying some things online so I can buy them at the brick and mortar when things open back up.
Yes, I know.
There is virtually nothing in San Francisco brick and mortar to buy that is
Style Forum-Compliant .
I have no problem shopping for non-essentials right now, provided I’m not buying from a seller in a state under strict orders to stay the **** at home unless it’s on fire. I want to help people keep their businesses afloat without putting them at risk, so I guess I‘m just trusting that people along the supply chain are taking the proper precautions. Maybe I’m just fooling myself that this is possible, and that the world isn’t full of monsters who will force minimum wage staff to put themselves in harm’s way for the sake of an extra dollar.
I have significantly reduced my spending, though. Where a couple of months ago I’d think nothing of buying a dozen items of clothing in a week - and topping it off with an enormous Amazon order of more random crap I really don’t need - I’m now buying only larger items that might have a significant impact on my wardrobe options. I don’t need more socks, or yet another blue dress shirt with a slightly more pronounced herringbone detail than the far too many I already own, but this week I’ve gone a little crazy on a few blazers in unusual colours and patterns I wouldn’t usually wear, including this fruity number from Zegna:
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(Sidebar: I think there may be a little psychology at play here. I’m not usually a flamboyant dresser in the slightest, but given the grim state of the world I suspect I’m subconsciously choosing clothes that are a little more fun than my usual navy blazer and brown tweeds)
My only issue is that I don’t live in the US. I’m directly next door to China, and my country has been almost completely locked down since late January. The only flights allowed in are special repatriation flights for citizens who need to get home, so my eBay deliveries are currently flying to Seoul from my forwarding service in the US (with branches in LA, Delaware and NJ, with orders directed depending on which are still able to operate right now). From Seoul my shipments are shunted to China before being loaded onto a truck or train north to the Mongolian border, where they’re held in quarantine for a number of days before being allowed up through the Gobi to my city. I could order something today that’s at the bleeding edge of fashion, and by the time it reaches me it’ll have become passé, then embarrassing, and now it’s once again ironically cool