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…
Fashion Challenge: Not Wearing Black
May 5, 2019As of March 20th, spring is officially here. Not in my wardrobe though! Perhaps like some of you, I am getting tired of wearing black. Black is slimming, timeless and easy to wear, however, it is easy for it to become your go to when dressing. Now that a new season is upon us, I…
My first Vintage Shopping Experience
April 10, 2019Since my year of no shopping is done, several people asked me: “Have you been shopping? What did you buy? Did you go crazy and get a bunch of new clothes?” There is such an overt pressure from other people to buy, buy, buy. No one asked me “What did you use up or wear…
Fashion Minimalism: 10 by 10 Fall 2018 Challenge
October 24, 2018Fashion is one area of my life where adopting a minimalist approach has been difficult. Even though I was mostly unsuccessful in my first attempt to reduce my wardrobe earlier this year, I want to give it another go. Lately, I have been reading a lot about capsule wardrobes. Did you know that the average…
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 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…
Wearing the same dress for 5 days
February 7, 2018I heard an interesting documentary on CBC Radio about a woman named Elizabeth Withey who wore the same black dress for a year. I was intrigued. The idea behind this wardrobe approach is that you have one less decision to make every day, not to mention simplifying your wardrobe. Capsule wardrobes with 30 pieces (or…
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…