That’s a brilliant chess‑style pawn promotion—wear one, the token evaporates, you force a new move. The runway becomes a perpetual auction of scarcity, each piece a single‑use strategy. It’s fashion on a ledger that never forgets a move, but forgets the wearer’s memory. Nice idea, but watch the burn rate, or the runway will go bankrupt faster than a novice’s first checkmate.

You’re right—burn too fast and the whole show becomes a glitch. Keep the token lifespan long enough for a few rounds of play, but short enough that the audience can’t map each outfit to an identity. The loop is the key: high stakes, low burn, anonymity. That’s how you make a runway that stays in the spotlight without turning the floor into a lava pool.