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small talk #24: a style realization at therapy

+ tortoiseshell, gold accents & how I use AI

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Sydne
Jul 22, 2026
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I was walking into my therapist’s office and caught myself in the mirror. I realized that not one, but two, actually three pieces I was wearing were Old Navy. One was Banana Republic. And one was Steve Madden. Talk about mainstream. But you know what? I felt chic. I felt like I looked just as expensive as I would have had I bought something from Jenni K…

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