Curation Over Capital

I went thrifting for the first time in my life—simply because I couldn’t find any retail options for what I was looking for. The item cost $8, and I wore it today. A WASP saw me in it and didn’t look too happy. That, in turn, made me extremely happy—because not many people with my last name can unintentionally trigger a WASP aesthetically or intellectually.

It wasn’t about price.

It was about taste and curation—

an organic vision.

This is the beautiful nuance of success in the West.