A Gnarly Case of "The Wants": Spring Shopping Edition
Or, incredible inspiration.
Anytime I decide to take an intentional shopping break I am struck with a crushing case of “the wants”. Suddenly, the entire J.Crew website is calling my name (and on sale, UGH), a TikTok of the perfect spring vacation bag hits my FYP, and every IRL trench coat inspires me. A million new restaurants with the perfect photo aesthetic opened in the city, my list of must-visit boutique hotels tripled, and I NEED SOMETHING TO WEAR TO ALL OF IT.
THE WANTS! While the itch to purchase every new arrival can be exhausting, I welcome the feeling of inspiration. Finally! As much as I love shopping for coats, I never feel truly excited to get dressed when it’s cold out. I want to wear patterned dresses and soft white cotton blouses with a cashmere sweater slung over my shoulders. I want to let my hair air dry and swap my foundation for a moisturizer-and-bronzing-drop hybrid.
The spring and summer weather that I am craving is starting to appear, and clicking purchase on my idealistic shopping cart makes me think the season will magically arrive sooner.
I admit, I already caved and purchased a few things from my spring wishlist (like this Zara dress and J.Crew pants). However, I made myself add the rest of anything I was even remotely considering to my ShopMy without purchasing it.
For the purpose of this substack, I also took it a step further and created collages of my wishlist items. Wow, was this helpful! This exercise helped me to determine which pieces I was truly excited about and which pieces I basically already own. My shopping wishlist now also serves as my spring style inspiration—I’m excited to reference this when shopping my own closet.
If you’re in the need for some spring fashion inspo, please feel free to borrow mine!
My favorite spring trends so far:
Bandana print
Cheetah print
Shades of yellow and green
White boho blouses
