What Memories Live in Your Wardrobe?

On the sentimental value of clothes

I spend a lot of time—admittedly too much time—thinking about clothing. It’s not the urge to shop, or the desire to follow trends (absolutely not)—it’s what clothing means. It can be armor. It can be artwork. It can be—it is—the way you express yourself to the world. But above all, to me, clothing is sentiment. My style errs towards the traditional, an…