Walking past a department in central Amsterdam, a glance through the right window reveals how things work. While this could well have been a note written from one staff member to another, odds are better that it speaks to the provenance of the contents of the box.

The surface-level retail environment may change between places, but dig down deep enough to the source of the merchandise and its fabric, and the hunch goes that most clothing stores are much more similar to one another on a “fiber” level than their external-facing, environmental appearances might suggest.