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Cori's avatar

Okay but why did the gallery at the end make me sob? Wrinkled clothes, wrinkled skin all signs of living well.😭

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emily north's avatar

😭😭😭

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Lyriquediscorde's avatar

I love this so much!!! I feel the same about wrinkled clothing, and I'm not sure if a) I've ever used my iron and ironing board except for a boyfriend's interview shirts when he was job hunting, and b) I think I sucked at it and ironed in wrinkles.

xoxo

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emily north's avatar

!!!!! hell yeah.

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What Ever Happened's avatar

Wrote a similar blog a while back. Sadly clothes are treated like museum pieces—Veja sneakers that look like they’ve never touched the ground, essential hoodies being kept on ice for that one Raya date, shirts so stiff and starched they could stand on their own. Everything feels so deliberate, too precious, too clean. And it’s boring—deprived of character and individuality.

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emily north's avatar

don’t be shy drop the link !!! essential hoodies being kept on ice for a Raya date just sent shivers down my spine… couldn’t agree more you’re right on the money

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What Ever Happened's avatar

https://open.substack.com/pub/whateverhappened/p/your-clothes-are-too-clean?r=43wq78&utm_medium=ios

Here it is. Didn’t know if leaving a link on another’s article was uncool.

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Ellie Kime's avatar

Loved this from the off because I resonated so hard with the type a/b split and then even more for the wrinkles — I don’t even own an iron

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emily north's avatar

!!! and you don’t need one !!

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ruvy's avatar

uhm i think id want to look put together rather than clumsy tho. anyways nice write up

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emily north's avatar

and you know what, that is SOO fair - ty for reading !

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11am Saturday's avatar

emily i love the way you write <3

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emily north's avatar

😭😭 thank you so much ezgi this made me so happy !!!!

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Valerie Vandeveld's avatar

reading this just further reinstates why we get along so well

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emily north's avatar

🫂🫂🫂

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Francesca Belluomini's avatar

It's a thing, especially in the summer! The chicness. Love that you mention the wedding dress, I still wear the skirt on random occasions on days that I feel thin and my daughter wears the silk woven twin set.

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emily north's avatar

i love that!!!!! thank you for reading 🤍

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Carly's avatar

I adored reading this – I am very much the same in that I see my 'type a-ish' tendencies as a sort of base line, as though everything that comes after them are just natural deviations, but they are not to be touched (ie working out daily / keeping in touch with friends / managing 100 side hustles). Lovely to hear another ambitious-yet-not-so account! x

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🄻🄰🄳🅈🄱🅄🄶's avatar

i need to know how you find such perfect and not so obvious photos to end your letters with! i love them!

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Mariah W.'s avatar

So good. ❤️

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Brooke's avatar

I never iron my clothes! And on rare occasions when I’m going to an event or something I will steam them , but I always embrace the wrinkles on casual days.

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emily north's avatar

yes!!!!!

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maja roglić's avatar

obsessed. my mom rented her wedding dress for 1 night and then had to return it the next day lol which is also goals

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emily north's avatar

LOVE.

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

tearing up in the waiting area at the china consulate rn this is so beautiful

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sofia's avatar

this was poetic. as poetic as your chicest in the world co-worker who wore her wedding dress casually to the office. to me...that is true undone glamour in the best way possible. xxx

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Oatmilk Allison's avatar

needed to hear this after showing up to a wedding without getting my dress dry-cleaned <3

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