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Beyond Polo’s Oak Bluffs
Acquisitions No. 4: Sign Values, Outsider Status, and the Whitest State in the Nation
Sep 8
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Jesica Elise
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The Uncomfortable Truth of Ralph Lauren’s Oak Bluffs
Prompt No. 58: A Make-Believe World Gets a Makeover
Aug 11
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Jesica Elise
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What My Mother's Pottery Taught Me
Acquisitions No. 3: Bohemianism, Rick Owens' Favorite Novel, and Handmade Lace Button Downs
Jul 21
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Jesica Elise
23
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Anna Wintour is Fashion's Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Other Stories
Prompt No. 58: That Venice Wedding, That Departure, and That Princess Treatment
Jul 6
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Jesica Elise
39
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Deep Breath In: Finding Ourselves and The Middle Way in Fashion
Acquisitions No. 2: What Investing in Selfhood Teaches Us
Jun 18
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Jesica Elise
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Snagged: A Meditation (of Sorts) on Buddhism and Fashion
Prompt No. 57: We're back and I wrote this entire piece without a single Victoria Ratcliff quote.
Jun 1
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Jesica Elise
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We Understand It and We Don't
Acquisitions No. 1: Postmodern Consumption Case Study, Free Resources, Duran Lantink Fall 2025 Runway, and a Flamin' Hot Cheeto
Mar 10
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Jesica Elise
39
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Everyone’s Talking About the Same Thing (And We Are Getting It Wrong)
Prompt No. 56: The Unintentional Misinformation of Personal Style
Feb 24
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Jesica Elise
111
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Notes on Nothingness
Prompt No. 55: Format Changes Loading, Jennifer Tilly, British Status Anxiety, S/S Cashmere
Feb 9
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Jesica Elise
52
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Seat 46B Is Temporary...
Prompt No. 54: Status Anxiety, Airports, War... This is all over the place!
Feb 4
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Jesica Elise
77
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Luxury, Presentation, and the Myth of Widely Distributed Power, Part II
Prompt No. 53: The Inevitable, Allegedly Elitist Walmart Birkin Posts
Jan 26
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Jesica Elise
55
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My Favorite Things: The Omnivorous Taste Edition
Prompt No. 52: Drawing from the high, middle, and low brow is progressive, pass it on!
Jan 20
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Jesica Elise
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