Don’t Shop, Swap!
December 15, 2019With Christmas upon us and Black Friday pushing us to buy, buy, buy clothing at discounted prices, I think that we all to stop and ask ourselves if we really need more clothes. Clothing waste is an increasingly large problem. With the advent of fast fashion houses like H&M and Zara encouraging weekly shopping, women…
A Failed Attempt at Wardrobe Minimalism
May 2, 2018At the start of this zero waste project, I gave myself a stretch goal of not shopping for 52 weeks. As a hardcore fashionista and shopaholic, this goal frightened me. However, 17 weeks later, I am proud to report that I have not shopped yet (Shout-out and congrats to my friend Marianne who is also…
Don’t Throw Out What You Can Fix or Mend
January 29, 2018I was walking around the house when my husband said to me, “There’s a hole in your sock. You should throw it out.” That got me thinking about how we are so quick to throw things out when there is something not quite right with an item that we own. It used to be that…