{"id":19060,"date":"2026-08-07T18:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/?p=19060"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:43:09","slug":"five-things-8-7-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/five-things-8-7-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Things (8.7.26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19061\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/five-things-8-7-26\/maison-margiela-shopping-bag-iced-coffee-on-tiled-entryway\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/maison-margiela-shopping-bag-iced-coffee-on-tiled-entryway.jpg?fit=825%2C1031&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"825,1031\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"maison margiela shopping bag + iced coffee on tiled entryway\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;maison margiela shopping bag + iced coffee on tiled entryway&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/maison-margiela-shopping-bag-iced-coffee-on-tiled-entryway.jpg?fit=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19061\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/maison-margiela-shopping-bag-iced-coffee-on-tiled-entryway.jpg?resize=825%2C1031&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"maison margiela shopping bag + iced coffee on tiled entryway\" width=\"825\" height=\"1031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/maison-margiela-shopping-bag-iced-coffee-on-tiled-entryway.jpg?w=825&amp;ssl=1 825w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/maison-margiela-shopping-bag-iced-coffee-on-tiled-entryway.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/maison-margiela-shopping-bag-iced-coffee-on-tiled-entryway.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/maison-margiela-shopping-bag-iced-coffee-on-tiled-entryway.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/maison-margiela-shopping-bag-iced-coffee-on-tiled-entryway.jpg?resize=600%2C750&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. The first week of August has come and gone\u2014as is customary for time to do\u2014and yet somehow, this year seems to move quicker than every other before. In the blink of an eye, I\u2019ve finished charting Q4 for clients and reviewing Holiday 2026 pitch decks as an editor, yet cannot seem to remember what I did for myself. All I have to show from these past few months are a pile of receipts from sprees fueled by acquisitiveness and anxiety. Logistically, it makes no sense. <em>Logically<\/em>, however, it does. If all that is good in the world\u2014art, literature, taste\u2014is on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/post-literate-age-why-fewer-americans-are-reading-for-pleasure\">the brink of extinction<\/a>, is it not my civic duty to preserve what I can?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2. One such acquisition: baby\u2019s first pair of Margiela Tabis. Not the classic flats, but <a href=\"https:\/\/go.shopmy.us\/p-77656093\">the little mules<\/a> made in the likeness of ballerina slippers\u2014elastic strap and all. I\u2019ve resisted the hoofed shoe for nearly two decades despite finding them curiously chic during my Tumblr days, but at the time couldn\u2019t afford them (I was a teenager) and later on, couldn\u2019t afford to be seen as too different (<a href=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/five-things-7-17-26\/\">something I\u2019ve touched before<\/a>). I still think I\u2019m not cool enough to fully pull of the Tabi, and always need to rally a bit of internal strength to wear them with confidence, but they\u2019re incredibly comfortable\u2014and the daintier silhouette (which shows more skin than shoe) is easier to integrate into my wardrobe than the full flat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I particularly love them with what might be perceived as \u201csexier\u201d outfits. Tabis may have become more mainstream with the TikTokification of fashion subculture, but in reality, they still add the perfect dose of \u201cweirdness\u201d to offset the slinky.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3. There was a brief period when I thought I\u2019d grown tired of fragrance, despite it being such a large part of\u2014and catalyst for\u2014my life and career. Some level of disenchantment is inevitable, unfortunately; the moment any good thing shows potential for profitability, capitalism sinks its talons and refuses to let go until its prey bleeds dry. Amidst this unprecedented industry boom, countless new perfumes have been thrust into my face and under my nose as both <a href=\"https:\/\/editorialist.com\/author\/kimberly-yang\/\">editor<\/a> and consumer\u2014much of which lacked soul, artistry, and perspective. Yet just as I was beginning to lose faith in the very thing that reinspired my own creativity, August brought a wave of launches that have restored my love for the craft. Brands like <a href=\"https:\/\/go.shopmy.us\/p-77657729\">Jouissance<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/go.shopmy.us\/p-77657872\">Discoth\u00e8que<\/a>, which invest in immersive world-building\u2014and are founded by people with impeccable, self-assured taste\u2014are enough reason to keep smelling, writing, collecting. The new Dries Van Noten, too! (I&#8217;ll be writing about that one, soon.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4. I have been lucky in love all my life\u2014platonic and romantic\u2014but it\u2019s only because I was so fortunate to have been raised with the fortitude to set high standards. It&#8217;s not because I&#8217;m some romantic idealist: I\u2019m so staunchly feminist that misguided men and women might label me a misandrist (to which I say, <em>so what?<\/em>), but there <em>are<\/em> good men. Never settle. Never stay for potential, or a hope that he\u2019ll change. (He won&#8217;t\u2014and you won&#8217;t even realize you will.) There <em>is<\/em> someone out there who will meet you where you are. Someone will build you a desk to write all your dreams upon, or go rifling through bins to find vintage, novelty Avon bottles because you love perfume\u2014and above all, will cherish you through thick and thin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@editorforwritersover50\/video\/7635522684322991373\">There! Is! No! Such! Thing! As! Imposter! Syndrome!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.\u00a0 \u00a0.\u00a0 \u00a0.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. The first week of August has come and gone\u2014as is customary for time to do\u2014and yet somehow, this year seems to move quicker than every other before. In the blink of an eye, I\u2019ve finished charting Q4 for clients and reviewing Holiday 2026 pitch decks as an editor, yet cannot seem to remember what I did for myself. All I have to show from these past few months are a pile of receipts from sprees fueled by acquisitiveness and anxiety. Logistically, it makes no sense. Logically, however, it does. If all that is good in the world\u2014art, literature, taste\u2014is on the brink of extinction, is it not my civic duty to preserve what I can? 2. One such acquisition: baby\u2019s first pair of Margiela Tabis. Not the classic flats, but the little mules made in the likeness of ballerina slippers\u2014elastic strap and all. I\u2019ve resisted the hoofed shoe for nearly two decades despite finding them curiously chic during my Tumblr days, but at the time couldn\u2019t afford them (I was a teenager) and later on, couldn\u2019t afford to be seen as too different (something I\u2019ve touched before). 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