If I'm doomed to the game, can I at least play it in peace? That’s the title of a sharp essay by Laura De Valencia Kirk, a reflection on the personal right to engage with fashion (flawed, commodified, and endlessly co-opted) on one’s own terms.
If story gives a diamond its value, we’re buying into both. The industry’s narrative (rarity, romance, status) is not inherently bad; it reflects the desires of our time. But once a diamond is chosen, worn, and loved, it absorbs our story: who gave it, why, when. The tension lies in this layering: industry myth woven through personal meaning.
As for De Beers; the move feels strategic but faintly out of step…
If the story is what gives a diamond its value, whose story are we really buying into: ours, or the industry's?
And what are your thoughts on De Beer discontinuing synthetic diamonds?
If story gives a diamond its value, we’re buying into both. The industry’s narrative (rarity, romance, status) is not inherently bad; it reflects the desires of our time. But once a diamond is chosen, worn, and loved, it absorbs our story: who gave it, why, when. The tension lies in this layering: industry myth woven through personal meaning.
As for De Beers; the move feels strategic but faintly out of step…
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Thank you! Super thoughtful and informative!
Thank you, Ali! Means a lot :)