The Case for Buying Less Clothing
For men with overstuffed closets, now’s the ideal time to purge those impulse buys and pointless discount pants—and learn to shop smarter
IF ANY MAN reading this wants a down jacket, email me: I have four. I discovered this when I found a forgotten L.L. Bean puffer smushed in the nether regions of my closet. Why, you might ask, did I buy a jacket I didn’t need? The eternal reason: because it was on sale. Last February, I’d wandered into an L.L. Bean in suburban Maryland to kill some time before dinner with zero intention to buy anything. Then I stumbled on a deal that felt too good to pass up and, just like that, I was down $75 and pointlessly up a down coat.
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