I’ve adored Sarah Millican for years and her comedy has helped me through more than few difficult times in my life. Even during a pandemic her hilariously genuine awesomeness shines through in her daily …
How to Close an Open Back Top
I did a wee bit of thrifting online recently and scored a few tops in need of refashioning as well as a couple that I thought would be perfect as is. Unfortunately one of them …
#ThriftyThursday Copycat: Emmy Rossum
Emmy Rossum was amazing as Fiona Gallagher on Shameless but did you know she’s also an absolutely fabulous singer too? She’s awesome on stage and screen but still appears to be grounded in reality …
#ThriftyThursday Copycat: Toni Collette
I’ve been enamoured with Toni Collette since my very early 20s when Muriel’s Wedding hit me in all of the feels when it first landed in theaters in the 90s: Since then I’ve watched and …
Very Easy DIY Canada Day Dress
After over 2 decades living abroad I relocated back to Canada on July 1st/2016. We had just arrived so Canada Day celebrations were the furthest thing from my exhausted, stressed out mind however as this …
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 …
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 …
Marvelous Maxidresses for #ThriftyThursday
I’ve always loved comfy, flowy maxidresses but in my younger years I believed the fashion mag do’s & don’ts commanding that my short stature meant I could never wear them (another bizarre style myth that’s …