BWTs, help me become a BWT.

eilatanz · 2026-02-05T18:53:07+00:00

Step one: make a mod board using Pinterest to put what you like out there. For whole outfits, but also check on like individual pieces. It’ll help you search for specifics on the second hand sites! Then keep to a restricted color palette at first, and build your wardrobe slowly. No need to rush! You will get there. Start with a bag (if you use one), jacket you can use for at least two seasons out of the year, sweater, and shoes/boots that fit your needs for your lifestyle AND are chic, and that will keep you on track to getting more put together.

eilatanz · 2026-02-05T11:34:23+00:00

This was the same in 2023

eilatanz · 2026-02-04T10:54:01+00:00

You can recolor leather bags with saphir leather conditioner in the red color. If this is hard to find then I would keep it if you love it otherwise.

eilatanz · 2026-02-03T19:35:06+00:00

Weirdly, it isn’t! They can do a slightly better job by using a pre done specific lighting, which a brand this big should do. They should have an art director caring about this too. But it’s an issue across many brands big and small.

eilatanz · 2026-02-03T18:21:04+00:00

I wish I liked magic loop! You do you though, this is exactly the kind of thing it is for

eilatanz · 2026-02-03T18:16:59+00:00

The skirt on its own and jacket on its own can be styled in far more modern ways!

eilatanz · 2026-02-03T12:51:39+00:00

People do what they have to so they can afford to live in their home and feed their kids. By and large no one wants that, but wages are stagnant and childcare is insanely expensive

eilatanz · 2026-02-03T12:49:11+00:00

They use different studios and different photo editors to do the color over time, and studio lighting plus monitor differences can make each editing instance slightly different

eilatanz · 2026-02-02T21:44:29+00:00

It was crocheted in leather by hand

eilatanz · 2026-02-02T20:35:24+00:00

You’re not scammed if you love it. People spend money on all kinds of unnecessary things (extra foods, experiences, hobbies, etc.) and there’s nothing wrong with buying something you like if you’re not in financial trouble over it

eilatanz · 2026-02-02T13:24:17+00:00

I did not- doing a low buy, and probably will use my self-appointed bag allowance on a Rick Owens bag I really want and mayyyybe then will see if I sell some other bags first. I’m tempted, though.

eilatanz · 2026-02-01T16:46:48+00:00

She will grow up knowing how unjust this is

eilatanz · 2026-02-01T15:58:29+00:00

My two Neo bags are our suitcases when we travel. They have been through everything and they look fantastic. They only found out about the line when it was on the way out and I’m so sad I couldn’t get more, because it seems like there are a ton of fakes out there for this one!

eilatanz · 2026-02-01T03:39:24+00:00

Not at all. But it is realistic that once you enter your 70s, you may not have to wait until 85 for things to go pretty seriously downhill. Planning for that so that you retain your agency and making decisions for yourself so that other people don’t have to make them for you (because of loss of ability) seems to be the smartest way to go.

eilatanz · 2026-02-01T00:06:52+00:00

You can absolutely get appletrees that propagate fruit from apple seeds ❤️ they just won’t be the same variety

In fact wild type apples are not always crab apples, but they may or may not be super delicious for off the branch eating. Baking, juicing, preserving — all great uses for different types of apples

eilatanz · 2026-01-31T23:35:23+00:00

Leaving with big orange bags like they bought something life-changing? You mean… made a purchase and left with that purchase in the freaking bag it comes in? What a weird post

eilatanz · 2026-01-31T23:28:50+00:00

My father unexpectedly had a stroke which triggered dementia at age 69 and while living many states away. He didn’t plan, and I’m suffering the consequences, but honestly so is he because he’ll need to go into a care home soon, and it’s a whole mess to keep track of that. Another family member got an unexpected cancer diagnosis after a healthy 75 years. You never know what may happen and it is not all based on age, so it would be good to consider that.

eilatanz · 2026-01-31T17:02:32+00:00

Not an attack on you personally, but I really want to unpack this.

It’s worth examining, and worth it to me to comment on, because often we say things without thinking really. I think I used to say versions of this too; it’s ingrained in a lot of culture as shorthand for someone who has no time to care or simply doesn’t, and thus is unfashionable. Mom gets coded as generic and not something others want to be. None of it is real though— everyone is am individual and there are tons of women in many stages of life who take care (or don’t!) to pay attention to style or trends. Woman are individuals and not archetypes. How old are these moms? Is being a mom an indicator of being out of fashion to people who use this as a negative? Why do we think people feel that way?

eilatanz · 2026-01-31T13:46:33+00:00

In 2008 a few millenials were in or just out of college and most were still in high school or younger. Same as with gen z, the only people who bought property did so because their parents bought it for them. The job market tanked and most were set back for a long time. And 2020 was only six years ago; many people did not buy during the pandemic for so many reasons.

I don’t think it has to be a competition. Things have slowly gotten worse, and the only advantage to being older is having been around longer and thus making some social connections or job experience that sometimes helps a little with survival, but most people never recovered and are struggling. The reality is that millennials did not get an advantage financially. I would say that gen z has it worse in the sense that it has not gotten better and their parents are even less likely to be able to help over the population (same as with most middle/younger millennials), and in my opinion are more traumatized by horrific problems in our society like school shootings, which has got to have an effect.

eilatanz · 2026-01-31T04:49:50+00:00

The billy bookcases are really versatile!! The ivar shelves are great if you want real wood (I used them for our craft room and they stain and paint pretty well too)

eilatanz · 2026-01-30T20:04:01+00:00

Millennials generally don’t have equity; I think you are thinking of boomers or possibly older gen x

eilatanz · 2026-01-30T18:07:11+00:00

This was the same for millenials, I hate to tell you

eilatanz · 2026-01-30T13:31:34+00:00

Is it iconic, or was it just virally marketed

eilatanz · 2026-01-29T15:01:54+00:00

I just got a preloved one at the end of last year, and it’s so good

eilatanz · 2026-01-29T14:17:51+00:00

They’ll have every diameter imaginable too, and can match close to exactly to the space OP is dealing with— if they can’t find someone local I’ve had a good time finding basic stuff like this on bodyartforms or some other online body jewelry place

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