How Basic Is Your Wardrobe?

You might not know you’re basic. You might be reading this while wearing Spiritual Gangster or Dodo Bar Or and think of yourself as well dressed. So this may be a red pill moment for you - and you may discover you're a Cypher and wish to be re-inserted into the matrix. Alas you're just a sheep brainwashed by Insta models and "street style stars." 

I won't even take cheap shots at your Supreme garbage or your Anti Social Social whatever - anything hypebeasty is low hanging fruit. But your Calvin Klein sets and Off-White are fair game. 

Profligate spending does not preclude you from bad taste. High end basic is still basic - it's like eating at Nobu/Matsuhisa in every city. It shows a lack of imagination and a weak sense of self. How can you self actualize if your 'self' is derivative? You're pre-actualized. 

The goal is to avoid trends with short shelf lives - the type that are obsolescent on arrival (anything from Revolve). The ideal wardrobe is one in which nothing is knocked off - in which nothing goes so mass market that a version becomes available at H&M. Caveat emptor, right?

Read on and self loathe.

[Photo via @whowhatwear]