By: Gabriela Yareliz
One of my favorite things Nina Van Horn warns about in Just Shoot Me! is her theory that J.Crew and casualwear are destroying society. She had no idea it would be so much worse than J.Crew. J.Crew is formal compared to what we wear on the reg.
It was the 90s after all. And now, here we are. Everyone is watching Love Story and trying to imitate JFK Jr. or CBK.
While most written pieces about the Love Story effect focus on people’s inclination to imitate and not have any sense of personal taste, or the idea of the “power of mystery” (as someone who has gone down the Kennedy rabbit hole— was it mystery or just plain toxic?)— I am more just wondering if this will have an effect on how we show up.
I am full convinced our environments affect how we show up. Bad culture, systems that fail— none of this inspires us to show up in a dress or heels. We dress for survival, oftentimes. I mean, Tampa’s airport (TPA) just banned wearing your PJs to travel. Truth is, though, that with the state of travel (chaos), you are 98% likely to be delayed, stranded and/or sleep in the airport or in some unplanned location.
Suddenly today, I saw ads for Charles Tyrwhitt in my train car, and about six guys who looked like they were dressed in Charles Tyrwhitt from head to toe. This felt different.
Do people care more about how they are showing up? Will 90s fashion or just formal dress have a renaissance? And if it does— what does this say about us? What is changing inside of us? Do we feel this will fix something else that is broken or is it a sign of healing?
GABRIELA YARELIZ 