JENNIFER Wang, a Toronto pharmacist and digital creator, has emerged as an unexpected authority on fashion as she combined her medical background with a keen eye for fabric analysis.
Wang gained attention recently when she critiqued a popular 'accessible luxury' brand's oversized trench coat in a TikTok video.
She is a millennial with the sewing vocabulary of a 19th-century seamstress and the TikTok cadence of a Gen Zer.
In a video, she inspected the garment in a store and analysed its components, pointing out "comically small buttons" that didn't suit the weight of the coat, impractical hardware on the sleeves, and stitching that looked rushed.
"The fabric was mostly polyester, with some viscose and spandex, and sure, the drape was nice, but at this price, I'd pick something else," commented Wang.
While a few commentators defended the coat, others appreciated the context during a cost-of-living crisis, but how does a pharmacist know so much about fabric?
Wang explained that in her university days, she bought clothes the way most of us do - she picked what looked good.
But she eventually became frustrated by dresses with snagged fabric, pants that were tragically wrinkled and sweaters that pilled after only a few washes, and none of these items were very old.
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