“How Quiet Luxury Changed Dupe Culture” was Vogue Business’s most-ready story last month. In it, Jose Criales-Unzueta argues that “finding the look for less has become a flex, a sign of fashion scrappiness and cleverness that even the most particular enthusiasts are embracing.” Given the sudden proliferation of online articles about Walmart’s $80 Wirkin, I’m resurfacing Jose’s piece here, along with a timely collection of images of the real things—i.e. Hermès Birkins—hunted down by Vogue Runway’s street style sleuth Irene Kim. |
