"As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever"
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Then she pivots to a moral upgrade: "spend more, buy fewer". That's the luxury industry's favorite alchemy, turning high price into discipline. It's minimalism repackaged with a recognizable label and a better fabric. The line works because it offers permission and virtue at once: you can indulge, but call it curation. You can shop, but describe it as editing.
"Have them forever" is the softest lie and the sharpest hook. Fashion runs on planned obsolescence and trend churn, yet Zoe sells the fantasy that the right purchase escapes time. That fantasy is especially potent in a post-2008, Instagram-shaped economy where people are both more anxious about waste and more pressured to perform identity through objects. A "forever" coat isn't just a coat; it's a public statement that you have standards, restraint, and the bankroll to make restraint expensive.
The subtext is classic aspirational consumerism: don't buy stuff, buy a story about yourself - refined, decisive, above the clutter. The extravagance isn't the contradiction; it's the credential.
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Zoe, Rachel. (2026, January 17). As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/as-far-as-i-can-remember-every-dime-i-ever-had-24415/
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Zoe, Rachel. "As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/as-far-as-i-can-remember-every-dime-i-ever-had-24415/.
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"As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/as-far-as-i-can-remember-every-dime-i-ever-had-24415/. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.







