Like last year and the year prior and the year prior, did it seem like every brand and therefore every Instagram influencer shove Valentine’s Day product down our feeds this year? This year was particularly heavy handed in a way that I never recognized in the past. Save for a festive tartan around Christmas, I have never been one for thematic holiday dressing and February 14th was not exception.
Edit: My junior year of high school I found a layered looking short sleeve over long sleeve tee from Old Navy particularly appealing. There was a Valentine’s Day-appropriate colorway. It was red body with pink sleeves. I think that was the birth of my love for that {and other} iconoclastic color combinations. I never ended up with that exact shirt, though I did by an alternate colorway in sky blue and spring green.
But for those who jubilantly get into the holiday – whichever one that might be – spirit, consider buying next year’s gear now, or when it goes on markdown. It is not like hearts ever go out of style anyway.
