This website is a complicated love letter to style, taste shopping, and how the things we buy both impact and reflect our internal worlds. It’s full of contradictions. It acknowledges the sinister complexities of consumption while aiming to cut through the difficulty of finding great things to buy. 

It’s a passion project — one that I built in a few weeks to share the things I was already cataloging in my personal archive, and the most lively conversations I was having with friends. More than anything, I hope it helps you reflect on what you’re currently shopping for, find something you’ve been looking for, or inspires you in some unforeseen way. 

I’m Tenlie, a designer, strategist, and curator living and working in New York City.