the whole closet's a rare European collection
I think the moment it clicked for me was when I realized my closet wasn't really a closet anymore. It stopped being where I keep clothes and started being something closer to a collection. Every piece in there I can tell you where I got it, what season it's from, why it matters. That's not normal behavior but that's where I'm at
I didn't set out to become obsessed like this. I just liked clothes. Started buying things I thought looked cool — Gallery Dept tees, Rhude hats, Saint Laurent shoes off the SSENSE sale. But once you're in that world long enough you start to notice things. Like why a Haider Ackermann velvet pant from 2019 hits completely different than anything on a rack at Nordstrom right now
Some of my favorite cops were under a hundred bucks cause I just happened to recognize what it was
the eye thing
This is the part that's hard to explain without sounding like a dick. There's this thing that happens when you spend enough time with clothes where you stop seeing labels and start seeing construction. Fabric weight, stitching, silhouette. You just absorb it over time without really meaning to
I've been deep in this since I was a teenager. Browsing Grailed listings late at night, reading about creative directors and which seasons actually mattered, learning why Hedi Slimane's era at a house is a completely different conversation than what comes after. Sometimes I'll pick something up at a vintage shop and only later figure out what it actually is
Le Carrousel and the actual hustle
So me and Cam started Le Carrousel and the whole idea was basically — we're already spending all our time in this world anyway, why not make it work for us. Sourcing pieces, listing on Grailed and Vestiaire, cross-referencing sold prices, hunting for undervalued stuff. Bowl drops where we're snagging hats for retail. Chrome Hearts glasses. It's a lot of random shit honestly but that's the game
The real edge in resale isn't the mechanics. Listing something and shipping it is whatever. It's caring enough about specific designers to track which seasons are worth hunting. That obsession doesn't feel like work
I keep going back and forth on whether Le Carrousel is a stepping stone to something else or if it's already the thing. Me and Cam talk about this sometimes. The music, the sourcing, writing about any of it — the medium keeps changing. I don't know. Still figuring that part out