What it means to get dressed with intention. A closet that earns its keep.
She does not read the labels anymore. She reads the seams. She turns a jacket inside out, the way you might check the stitching on a hem, and points. "That is a hand. A machine makes them perfect. Perfection is the tell.
There's a reason the Italian blazer felt snug and the French one felt loose. Neither was wrong. They were built on different philosophies of what clothes are supposed to do.
A great tailor looks at how you stand, how you move, where you carry tension. She tells you when something can't be saved and when something cheap can be made to look expensive with thirty dollars of adjustments.
