Posts on anything to do with fashion from outfits of the day to more thoughtful pieces on ethical and sustainable fashion
One of my favourite ethical fashion brands People Tree has collaborated with the Victoria and Albert Museum to create 2 mini capsule collections Tulip and Seed. The People Tree V&A collection is based on dress fabrics produced by the Calico Printers Association, Manchester in the 1930s. The collection takes inspiration from the 1930s referencing the […] Read more…
In traditional capsule wardrobe terms, the start of July means it’s time to switch over to your summer capsule wardrobe. However, I’m no longer following the strict four season capsule wardrobe method. This year I’ve adopted a more flexible approach. Here in Scotland, the weather doesn’t change much between spring and summer. So there isn’t […] Read more…
Last I spoke about how difficult finding sustainable and ethical footwear can be, but underwear is another tricky area. Especially as most of us prefer to buy our underwear new (for good reason). So to help you shop for sustainable underwear I’ve asked Lara Miller co-founder of sustainable lingerie brand AmaElla to share her top […] Read more…
I’ve spoken about why I think outfit repeating is completely OK in the past. I’m very open about being a proud outfit repeater. If I create a great outfit hell yes I’m going to wear it again and again. In fact, you could say having a capsule wardrobe is going to lead to plenty of […] Read more…
The other day I booked a last minute vacation. With all the home renovations going on we weren’t sure if a trip would be in the budget this year. But we’ve both been so busy lately what with work and the never ending painting a vacation is needed. So we’re off to Cape Verde in […] Read more…
I’ve had these outfit photos sitting on my computer for ages. I shot these back in April before I started my new job and life got busy. At the weekend I finally had a few hours to get photos edited. I always find taking the photos the easy part. Especially since we (hubby is my […] Read more…
Before we get started with today’s Meet the Maker interview I have to tell you about a few changes around here. You may have noticed a couple of new pages in the menu above. I’ve added an ethical fashion resource library to help pull together useful videos and information on ethical fashion. If you’re new […] Read more…
I’m sure you’ve heard of ethical fashion before. Maybe you’ve heard of slow fashion and sustainable too. But do you really understand what it all means? When you first start exploring the world of ethical fashion it can be so confusing. With people using so many different terms to describe ethical fashion how do you […] Read more…