It's time to gatekeep innovation in fashion design

I’ve always loved this idiom, “There is nothing new under the sun,” meaning that there is nothing in the world that has not already happened, been seen, or been created; things exist now as they always have. I have found comfort in this idiom because it has freed me from striving for “originality.” I have been meditating on this desire for newness because I have felt uninspired by most of the garments being made right now. I am feeling nostalgic for things that have already been made. I am longing for everything my mother wore when I was barely old enough to have thoughts and I am grieving the fact that I may never have my dream closet. My sadness isn’t a result of the lack of interesting clothing designs but rather the absence of what used to be so good. I do not know how else to say this: There isn’t an iteration of a garment that you’ve thought of that hasn’t already been made. We have maxed out on inventing or reinventing anything new.