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 …
Vintage Bathrobe Housecoat to Dress AND Coat Refashion
Thrift a vintage housecoat and transform it into a fab dress that doubles as an overcoat with my quick and easy video tute! Meet my latest character and discover how to create your own Vintage …
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 …
Green on #ThriftyThursday + 4 fab ways to style a vintage scarf
I love the colour green! There’s so many amazing variations of this colour and I always manage to discover fabulous vintage fashions containing a gorgeous shade of green: Grab the details behind my phenomenal vintage dress, find out …
Is it Spring yet on #ThriftyThursday
When I decided to return to Canada after over 2 decades living abroad I had no idea how challenging the reverse culture shock would be or how problematic, lengthy and bizarre the never-ending bureaucratic process of getting …