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Fun fact related to Monopoly, the creator was a woman, originally called the landlord’s game, to illustrate the injustice of unchecked capitalism.

This does show how the brand name affects people's opinion on the bag, I like how chanel can be roasted for it's craftmanship (wonky alignment on the front) and people still buy it 20x the price of polene, whereas polene is such an up and coming brand that people are losing interest once they fall back a bit on quality/price ratio.

U TALK TOO MUCH WITHOUT GETTING TO THE POINT. & WHY MENTION BAGS U REFUSE 2 OPEN. U R PSYCHO.

When they say "You deserve whatever" it always annoys me. 6:39

That s a important thought. I See my grandma who is at the end of her Life and she s struggeling because she feels Like she s Not worth anything because she cant provide value anymore and it s a big issue for her. We should change this way of thinking because alot of us will become unable to provide value.

What I really appreciate about your videos is that I always have some ideas to think about after watching. You create amazing content. I found your channel because of the makeup declutter video but I stayed here because of the content evolution. I clearly see that you changed thanks to your no buy year and it inspires me a lot !

I don’t like to share personal information to get a coupon, or have a coupon app from a store try to lure me to a different isle while in the store looking for the coupon. I’d rather pay the extra 40 cents.

I frequently find myself dressing in the "comfortable and fun" category more often than "looks good" these days. My style has really shifted these past few years from minimal to maximal, which is kinda funny bc I strive to be unnoticed and normal 😅 perhaps it was the pandemic, or ive spent too many hours watching the lord of the rings, but i dress like a hobbit art teacher/swamp witch/ Frankie (from grace and Frankie). But I'm a 34 year old in the capital of the conservative-business-casual fashion sphere, Washington DC 😂

There’s something radical, especially as a women, in wearing something that isn’t flattering. This is a great video, and a convo I have with myself all the time. I gained weight a few years ago and even more than ever have this convo/struggle. I LOVE fun things that are purposefully kitschy (aka not conventionally flattering), but some days I don’t have the self love (strength? something else?) to wear them. And maybe that’s ok. As humans, and as women, there are many times we can use dressing conventional (read: attractive) to our advantage. And I think it’s ok to deploy different strategies on different days. It’s an ongoing journey and such a big part of personal style.

I'm with you, feeling distinctivly myself is above "looking good." But, I still lean on my kibbe and color types because it limits the range of things for which I desire 😅

I’ll advocate for the removal of Tik Tok for you!!

Things that can't be repaired! Grrr.

The explosion of self-storage facilities all over the US strikes me as proof we have too much shit. That and the garages too full of other crap to park a car.

Those "articles" that have lists of things that you must buy-- they're ads; generated by AI authors. They're not even real.

Your channel has inspired and helped me so much. I did a low buy year this year and I actually ended it early and just switched to a no buy for the remainder of the year! Whether we really truly buy *nothing* or not, my spending habits have changed dramatically and I am totally focused on creating experiences with my loved ones over just buying more STUFF. I've also found that digitally cataloguing my wardrobe has been a real game changer. I'm finally actually wearing all of my clothes and having tons of fun creating new outfits every day. Anyway, enough ranting. Love and appreciate your channel <3

So many great points to think about in this video! I will add a third dimension, there are outfits that appear to have intentions behind them and people who consistently wear outfits that appear to be intentional and regardless of where I fall on the spectrum of good fit and self expression, I want to be seen as someone who thought about what I’m wearing on any given day. Therefore, both good fit and interesting pieces are important to me. This means a couple of things: I’m super picky about what I bring into my wardrobe. I take care of what I own. I invest in altering my clothes so they better fit me. That being said, although there are some tells in the intentionality of how one dresses (again fit, state of clothing pieces, good structure, and good fabric are big tells), intentionality is arbitrary. It is way easier to come off as intentional when you’re skinny and attractive (doesn’t necessarily have to be conventionally so). An over sized t-shirt is a lot more likely to be viewed as an choice on a skinny college girl than it is on a woman who is older and larger. In other words, although I try my best to dress with intentionality, I don’t ever want to put too much stock behind how someone else dresses.

Great observation!

Great topic. Even a "basic" and "minimalist" style can still fail and look terrible. It could still feel contrived or overdone despite being a "simple" style. Also I think that a style could be elevated to "look good", and there are just good and bad ways to interpret a style. I see styles as genres, and if dressing up is a form of expression just like art and music, the outcome of the artwork will always depend on the artist and his/her skills.

I agree with you on Influencing as a way to make money - it is parasitic. It can only exist in rampant consumerism, contributes nothing to social well being, accomplishes nothing for humanity or the earth, and is built on a shiny shallow pretty facade that often hides rot.

Style is so complicated. I'm plus sized and I generally like to follow the trends because I like the challenge of translating current styles for my body. I am constantly wishing I could design and sew my own clothes because, I know what I want, and I can't always find it. I'm always more comfortable being "overdressed" for an occasion in order to disprove that old fat and sloppy stereotype.

I am passionated by this topic! I am a soft summer and hourglass, and i only learned this last year because I was taught to "hide" my body, and wearing black made me feel safe and kind of protected, because it felt like I was less visible..I am very tall so as a kid and teen I strived to look smaller?less noticeable I guess, and it stayed. Until I discovered those concepts and learned how visual effects work. So now, I subscribe to the color season analysis I got and the advice the stylist gave me, so much. I love the muted colors and after trying them on, I do feel better than wearing black. i still have a few black pieces but I admit that I feel better wearing muted blue and dusty pink more than anything now. Definitely changed my perspective and taught me to learn how to wear colors that complement me and make me look less "red" Also discovering I have hourglass shape made me love my body so much more and not be as ashamed of the curves, contrary to what I'd been taught indirectly! I know what looks good and what emphasises what parts of the body but I dont agree with "ideal body shapes" as in i believe it's better to emphasise what is unique about us. Making proportions look more exaggerated and cartoon-like is the best.

It seems interesting in terms of determining your priorities to look into your actual picks for dressing up in concert black. Sure, it should be black and “appropriate”, but as far as I remember you have quite a wide range of options, from “plainer” ones, as it were, to more, say, statement and fun. And I’m pretty sure you also have some pieces and combos you consider more flattering than others. So, how do you tackle this balance of dimensions in practice, on a regular? (What made me think of your concert black is another dimension I notice in my own outfits, which is while I’m all for fun and bold self-expression, and I also care about looking good, I’m not always keen to draw attention to myself with clothes. Sometimes I really want to exist out there mostly unnoticed, or rather being noticed not for my looks, but for deeds. And part of it has to do with being 5’10 to begin with, which you do understand 😅)

I never thought of it this way. All I can say for now is that I am a big believer in the "wow" factor. I don't know if it is about style, color, comfort or fun, but when what I wear makes me say (or think) wow, I am sure that this is a good outfit for me. Sadly, I feel that I have too much clothes that are fitting me, that are good for my body, but that does not bring that "wow" ... something to work on!

Thank you for this video. I find myself on a place between the things that looks flattering on me or my true love for “Free People” style that don’t really flatter but is super fun and comfortable. I’m not sure what is best and can not choose just one. 😮 edited to add: that red sweater looks 🔥 on you!! The color and shape really suits you!

I loved the ending of this video! The take home is BE ON GUARD! Let’s all just look at our mind as it reacts to the stimulus but let’s not immediately act on the impulse it creates!

I mostly keep in my colourseason which is true summer. I like that everything goes together. I have some black pieces like shoes out of practicality and some colourful pieces outside my palet because I love them. Flattery of bodytype I find very hard so I usually wear what feels comfortable and good even if I’m unsure whether it ‘flatters my bodytype’ which is short and curvy. I recognize the dilemma and choose based on how I feel that day. Thank you for bringing this up

I personally don't subscribe to colour season or body types at all. I know that black is not in my season but my wardrobe is all black because I'm just not comfortable wearing "true summer" colours. I like wearing outfits that completely obscure my curves and are very angular, even though I lean very hourglass. I've been down the rabbit holes of wanting to look "my best" so many times before, but it always ended up pushing me into a direction I wasn't entirely comfortable with. I didn't feel at home in my body when I conformed to what society deemed to look the best. Being comfortable in my body and in my clothes is my number 1 objective these days. This comes down to cuts, materials, silhouettes and cohesion.

In many ways, it’s hard to even try to wear something just “for fun” when I’ve been so conditioned all my life to “look good” - so in that sense, it’s hard to separate the two. I wish I could know who I am without the male gaze. Also, I must have a scarcity mindset with my clothing for some reason that I can’t figure out - but I buy beautiful clothing, for cheap prices secondhand, and yet don’t wear them, but instead wear the same crappy few outfits because I don’t want to “mess up” the nice clothing. I wish I could change this about myself, but it’s really hard.

I fell into the cycle of declutter, rehome, and rebuy because I just kept doing mass purges, and then buying stuff again because I either wanted something back or forgot why I didn't enjoy that piece. Since finding this channel, I noticed the discomfort I felt with the idea of keeping items until I was ready to rehome them, but now it has helped me a lot with curating my style and keeping clothing and trying to work with it further and only rehoming them when I knew for certain I wouldn't miss them or be drawn to rebuy them.

"If you're vaccinated, the virus stops with you!" - Rachel Maddow, MSNBC propagandist, 2021 "Ready for a booster?" - Steve Benan, MSNBC propagandist, 2023

I have said this before, but I have to say it again, I love your channel! I love all your ideas, I love how you articulate them, and I love the mission. Thank you <3

🤣🤣 I love how you taunt them

I found your channel a few weeks ago and I'm so glad I did! Ive been thinking my struggle with stepping away from instagram and parasocial relationships a lot these past few days. I'm glad to watch these videos during my journey 🙂

I have, and use daily, a Singer sewing machine from 1937, made before planned obsolescence. It's all metal parts that just need a bit of oil and a quick cleaning to work perfectly nearly forever and they can be serviced by me with just a flathead screwdriver and a TH-cam video. Sure it doesn't do fancy computerized stiches but it does a perfect straight stich every time even through leather for the last 90 years. Consider buying vintage if you want out of the trap of planned obsolescence.

You know somehow your speechpattern reminds me of Obama. Dont know If I m alone with this -probably my mind is a Bit wierd.

thank you for saying it! we need a change. more humanity , real content !

I had cyme and numero mini and I don’t want to get any more bag from Polene. Like she said functionality is not good

Seems like you’re bothered by pretty much everything.😂😂😂

Beautiful message ❤

Thank you for your resonating insights. ❤

*I BOUGHT A €140,000 Mercedes S Class coupe* when I was wealthy. The excitement and happiness lasted 3 months before I was p!ss3d off it was not a Bentley You see - they sell your details and Bentley had bought them and started sending me an insanely high quality 1cm thick glossy magazine, they type you DONT throw away, you collect. And it worked, I wanted a Bentley Arnage. NOTHING YOU EVER BUY WILL MAKE YOU MORE VALUABLE and the more you spend the better they get at MAKING YOU UNHAPPY...!!!

Purchasing products with DRM. Realizing that a lot of e-content is really just a loan that can be removed at the will of the seller and you have no recourse in the matter.

I actually love these videos focusing on stuff, I feel deinfluenced.

I really enjoy how reflected you are. You have many good ideas. I feel I should Take notes.

what’s your background about? I’m curious about the things on the shelves and how they relate to your channel/what you’re exploring. Thanks 🙂

All of these come down to the same common denominator: people who are insecure, succumb to these. Capitalism isn’t bad, it’s certainly far better than any other alternative - but people being so insecure that they have allowed themselves to be molded into hyper-consumers IS bad. People need to take responsibility for their role in being duped. I did. And acknowledging the problems was the first step in correcting it. That was 9 years ago, and my family is now debt free on a modest income. It’s all a choice.

Just found your channel as I start my official "no buy" year. I've been only replacing essential items that have worn out for more than a year. From here on I'll be consciously on a "no buy" journey.

The yearly cell phone release is to make you buy the latest and greatest. Really, it's simply repackage bs. They also encourage shaming to get you to buy it.

Most recent purchase I regretted was a book. I went into Barnes & Noble INTENDING to get several, but I suckered myself into a pretty hardcover that I'm unlikely to actually read. And for full-price too. Ugh. Mostly it's nickel-and-dime stops at the grocery and hardware stores because I forgot something on the list or need 'just the one thing' for a project. I hate those stops.