Playsuits on #ThriftyThursday

My love for jumpsuits is well known and I’m always on the hunt for those comfy all-in-one beauties while thrifting. While jumpsuits are awesome for cooler weather they completely lose their comfy-ness when temperatures rise …

June Refashion Challenge: Upcycled Summer Style

Summer has (kind of) begun in Toronto which means it’s time to get refashioning and creating groovy new gear for those soon-to-come sweltering days! Grab some groovy inspiration for this June Refashion Challenge: Upcycled Summer …

No Sew Sweatshirt to Top Refashion Tutorial

Quick and easy refashions are the absolute best and non-fraying jersey fabrics are absolutely perfect for groovy no sew transformations so when I discovered an boring old sweatshirt in my stash I knew exactly what …

Flower Delivery on #ThriftyThursday

Bright patterns and cheerful colours are a dime a dozen at the thrift shop, it’s just a matter of sifting through them all to find the one(s) that you just can’t live without adding to …

Fast Fashion Brand Transparency

Fast fashion brand transparency is incredibly important and very hard to come by. Fashion Revolution’s Transparency Index contains 100 brands that are reporting some of their manufacturing facilities unfortunately only 32 are publishing a list of …

Labour Behind The Label

The garment industry turns over almost $3 Trillion a year. Yet garment workers, 80% of them women, work for poverty pay, earning as little as $21 a month. Human rights abuses are systemic throughout the …

No Sew DIY Retro Glam Fanny Pack Belt Bag

Whip up an awesome retro fanny pack in seconds without sewing a stitch! You just may have all of the ingredients for my No Sew DIY Retro Glam Fanny Pack Belt Bag so raid your …

Silk & Satin on #ThriftyThursday

As ironing is my least favourite household chore silk and satin don’t make much of an appearance in my wardrobe but I do have a couple of rockin’ refashioned blouses that have made it into …

6 simple ways to be an ethical consumer

Do you struggle to create a wardrobe of ethically (& sustainably) produced fashion and accessories? Are your closet and drawers overflowing with items you never wear? With an alarming 85% of all textile waste ending up in landfills it’s …