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Welcome to the moth podcast. I'm your host for this week Michelle Jolowski

While putting together this episode, I remember one thing I've almost completely forgotten about during the pandemic

Fashion I'm literally recording this in my closet right now and I realize I haven't been in here in kind of a while

As someone who has been mostly working from home, it's all I can do to put on pants most days much less a full-on outfit

I remember getting dressed but to be honest, it feels like a distant memory

Whether you've been rocking the pants is look at home like me we're getting all dressed up to brave the outside

Pandemic fashion has certainly shed some light on our innermost style desires

Which is why I love the stories in this episode all about some interesting fashion choices and their consequences

Our first story is all about the power of a statement piece

Jonathan Mannheim told this story at a slam in Chicago where the theme of the night was endings

Here's Jonathan live at the mall so in

2011 I had a sweater that was

Once what it was an our guy sweater. It was a rainbow our gal sweater

Okay, so it was it was pretty hideous

Every diamond was a different color and it was bad enough that my girlfriend at the time

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