Growing up, it was completely normal to look at my older brothers clothes and pick which I wanted 2 years before it was handed down to me. Then we got MTV. Whe

Growing up, it was completely normal to look at my older brothers clothes and pick which I wanted 2 years before it was handed down to me. Then we got MTV. When our mother travelled on business, we would make print outs of shoes and clothing that we wanted. God forbid someone caught you with an off-brand shoe at school now that the poorest kid under the hot sun of Saudi Arabia was fashion aware. It was wasteful, it was expensive, it was less than 5 items each a year. I can't even imagine what it's like to buy 68 article of clothing a year. But then again a wise author once said: "Ending is better than mending."