Upscale Vintage Shopping for a Black Purse
August 11, 2019Although I enjoyed my experiment shopping at Value Village / Village des Valeurs, this is not a place that I intend to do all my second hand item shopping. I only want to buy items that I love and will keep a long time. I am also not afraid to spend a little more to…
Sustainable Summer Style
July 11, 2018I have not been shopping for 6 months. 6 whole months. Wow. I never thought that I would be able to make it. While I am proud of that achievement, I have to admit that I wouldn’t mind going shopping to get something new and trendy. But then I remember that my closets and cupboards are…
A Successful Clothing Swap
June 18, 2018One of the reasons that I decided not to shop for 52 weeks is that I learned that fashion is the #2 most polluting industry after the oil and gas industry. How? Just to list a few examples: polyester and nylon are synthetic fabrics made from polymeric or plastic fibers, potent chemicals are used to…
A Fashion Make-Under: Revamp of Old T-shirt and Jeans
June 11, 2018After 22 weeks, fashion deprivation is starting to kick in…must stay strong…but seriously, I am not about to quit now. My colleagues at work advised me that it would be OK to go to a friperie (used clothing store) but for someone like me, that’s like telling an alcoholic that it’s OK to have…