Let me ask you a question...how often have you thought about whether you have a sustainable wardrobe or not? Is it something that your strive for? OR is it something that rarely, if ever, crosses your mind? I have only been really focused on making my wardrobe as sustainable as possible over the past year. Although my commitment to stop buying fast fashion and to only shop at ethical brands has been going on…
Oops, I did it again! I made another dress for my capsule wardrobe. It's been about 2 months since I made my first ever clothing item, a dress, which I wrote about in this post. I've had the pattern lying around for a little over a month while I waited for the fabric to come. Then I had to carve out a day to devote to it. I'm the kind of sewist that keeps…
Over the past few weeks, I have been working to educate myself on racism and how I can become anti-racist. For a long time, I viewed myself as being "not racist" but I have realized that it is not enough to be not racist...I need to be anti-racist. White people need to take actions to give the black community a seat at all of the tables. Their voices need to be amplified and it's…
I have never really sat down and thought about my creative process when it comes to creating outfits. It wasn't until I put a query out on Instagram and asked what kinds of things people would be interested in reading about that this became a forefront thought in my mind. I think I would be intested in hearing about the method of getting creative with clothes. I have a lot of things I love…
I chop the hem off pretty much every pair of jeans that I own. I started doing this because a lot of jeans were too long for me and I didn't want to have them professionally tailored. I had gone that route quite a few times in the past, but I was never happy with the results, even with a eurohem where they put the original hem back on. I have always liked the…
I made my first thing. A dress to be exact. And it turned pretty good. I have been wanting to try my hand at making my own clothes for a while. I've owned a sewing machine for about a decade and the only person who had ever used it was my mom. When she was here visiting last summer, we went out and picked up some material and I thought it would be a…
I don’t add shoes to my capsule wardrobe. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t have a shoe capsule. Does that even make sense?!? I guess what I mean is that I treat the 2 separately. I usually build my clothing capsule wardrobe first and then sit with that for a few weeks and see what shoes seem to be the best options to go with the clothes that I've selected. Each season, I…
I hope you are well. I hope you are safe. Sometimes it feels strange to talk about clothes like there's not some huge pandemic going on. Sometimes I'm not sure what to say. But then I think about all of the bad news that filters in each and every day and I hope that I can counterbalance that with something a little more light. And maybe something that I write about will inspire you…
Hi. I hope that you are okay and that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy. Because of COVID-19, things certainly look, and feel, very different than they did last spring. We are currently on day 22 of social distancing, and the end of the period is unclear. I am very thankful that I am with my family and that we have everything that we need right now, even if our toilet…
I’m a little over a month and a half into my winter capsule wardrobe and I’ve definitely noticed that I have a few wardrobe staples that I have been gravitating towards. Perhaps the funniest part is that some of these wardrobe staples are ones that I also wear in warmer weather! Talk about seasonless! Just for reference, I live in a place that has pretty cold winters. We’ve been hovering around freezing a lot…
Well friends, it's about time that I properly show you my winter capsule wardrobe. Even though I've been dressing from this capsule since January 1st, I am only now getting the time to document it for you properly so that I can show you all of the items that I have selected to be a part of this season's capsule. I am big fan of capsules for a number of reasons. Having a limited…
I'm pretty sure that it's no secret around here that I'm a Pinterest fan! My love for Pinterest is real, friends ;). We've had our ups and downs over the years, but it's probably the longest, consistent relationship that I've had with a social media account. I've even done a similar post of Pinterest inspired outfits in the past. To say I draw inspiration from Pinterest is an understatement. I often turn to it…
