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There’s a certain level of myth-making that goes hand-in-hand with the luxury fashion produced by heritage brands. To make collections in the image of a maison’s enigmatic founder—well, that person must be painted as iconoclastic, intriguing, and innovative at the least. At Chanel, there is plenty to rhapsodize about from Coco Chanel’s own life of drama and decay, as well as from the near-40 year work of Karl Lagerfeld. The brand’s current artistic director Virginie Viard, the I’m A Kayak Girl Just Like A Normal Girl Except Much Cooler Shirt right hand to Lagerfeld, has kept a relatively low profile in terms of press, limiting her exposure out of respect for her famous forebears. One of my biggest worries was that my coworkers would begin noticing how often I was wearing things. It’s vain and it’s silly, but working at a fashion magazine, I want to dress up—even if it’s just for a 10-minute Zoom meeting. But even four months in, I still have coworkers complimenting me on my tops (despite having worn them a bajillion times since March). “I hadn’t noticed,” one colleague recently told me. “Is that new?” another asked. Long story short: we are conditioned to think people will judge us for re-wearing things, but in fact, nobody cares. Live your best recycling life!

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