“Good clothes look better when they are nearly worn out than very cheap clothes look when they are new.”
—Edward Spencer in Clothes & the Man (1901)
(Both image and quote via Put This On. And yes, I realize the image is of shoes and the quote is about clothes, but for the purposes of this juxtaposition I don’t think the distinction is important.)
Related post: “Repair Your Own Jeans.”
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