Sustainable Online Shopping
September 13, 2020Did you know that there are approximately 100 billion garments produced each year? Since there are only about 8 billion people on the planet, this means that there are far too many garments being made. Since fashion is the number two most polluting industry for the environment, the best thing that we can do as…
Summer Capsule Wardrobe: 10×10 Challenge
September 3, 2019While I still have too many pieces for a true capsule wardrobe of 33 or 39 pieces, I enjoy completing the 10×10 challenge. For those of you who don’t know about this challenge created by Lee Vosburgh (aka Stylebee https://www.stylebee.ca/10-x-10-challenge/ ), it involves taking 10 pieces from your wardrobe and wearing them for 10 days. …
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…
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…