Working on this concept the past few months on Grant McCracken’s description on Patina, I wanted to write on it.

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It is also quite interesting that Patina has been gaining tracking over the last few months on platforms such as Instagram and TikTok thanks to mainstream brands adopting this idea of signs of age on products as a signifier of beauty.

With products such as Balenciaga City Bag becoming mainstream, the use of patina to describe the crackled leather is an interesting phenomenon.