"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." Henry Ford I failed my 3 month shopping ban. There, I said it. Finally. I've been trying to avoid writing this post. And it's taken me 21 days to actually work up the courage. But I knew that it had to be done. If your remember from this post, I set out to complete a 3 month shopping ban, as well as…
Shopping secondhand is a great way to participate in slow fashion without spending a lot of money. In a previous post, I talked about shopping secondhand at the local level. You can check that out here. But what if you don't have access to secondhand clothing stores in your town? Or maybe you don't like shopping in person. There are also some great options for secondhand shopping online. How I use Online Resources to…
I can now check another 10x10 challenge off the list. Today marks the 10th day of the Summer 10X10 Challenge in which I selected 10 pieces of clothing to wear in 10 different outfits over 10 days. I talked more in depth about the premise behind the challenge in this post, where I also outlined my plans for the challenge. The challenge was (mostly) successful, but it wasn't without it's challenges (to be expected,…
One of the ways that I like to shop "slowly" is by acquiring the pieces that I need through local secondhand retailers. If I had to guess, I would say that 25% of the clothing presently in my closet has been acquired this way. In my most recent clothing challenge, the Summer 10x10 Challenge, 2/10 items were secondhand, or 20%. The clothing challenge that I was participating in prior to that, the Project 333…
