I’ve always known that luxury really isn’t a function of cost, but as I’ve been on this business journey with “The Posh Up,” the pieces that I’ve had the opportunity to stock have really reminded me of that. Because of the magic of branding, we’ve come to associate the word luxury with high cost. But I think it’s important to define luxury on your own terms and to know what it means and what value you believe that it brings to your life.
For me, luxuries are things, circumstances or experiences that are rare and therefore not easily replaced if lost or perhaps irreplaceable. They are unique and therefore in short supply because you can’t just find them anywhere. A luxury in terms of experience is often one that no amount of money can buy. More often than not, when you experience something that is a “luxury,” it is because God blessed you by allowing you to experience a moment or circumstance that no amount of money or effort can give you.
Some examples in my life are the last moments that I spent talking to my mom, I still remember how I lingered after we said goodbye and how conscious I was of the special love that I felt between us. Another example that I will always remember was the look in my husband’s eyes just after I gave birth to my first daughter. The blessing of a child is an obvious gift, but God just added a little extra by allowing me to catch that passing glance filled with so much emotion, I will never forget it.
While clothes can’t compare to those tender and rare life milestones, dressing up and feeling good is of if the small but significant joys of life. That joy is next level when the clothes a wearable art like this Adire PJ Set by Unknown Brand NG. “Adire” is Yoruba for “tie and dye,” or resist dying/batik techniques that are common throughout West Africa. What is especially unique about the Adire cloth found in Nigeria is that in addition to patterns created by tie and dye techniques, the artisans sometimes apply hand designs to the cloth literally making each piece a work of art. Because the cloth is designed by hand, no two pieces of Adire cloth will be identical, even if it is made by the same person. In each piece, you receive a rare design which is not the same as any other. In my mind, there are few “things” more luxurious than a one of a kind custom design. As you can tell from the pictures below, these pieces brought me so much joy. They can be styled separately but I had fun wearing them together:
Don’t forget that you can snag these pieces at 25% off using code BUYBLACK until 11:59pm on Monday 11/30. Thank you for reading.
