5 tips that will have you thrifting like a Boss.
You know where I am talking about. The posh neighbourhoods where the LuLu wearing, ladies of leisure brunch mid-week, because let’s be real, only suckers have jobs.
Melbourne, an Op-Shoppers’ dream.
Op-shopping has changed significantly over the past few decades, which isn’t surprising considering three decades is over a quarter of a lifetime. The term op-shop is short for ‘Opportunity Shop’ so essentially an op-shop is a shop that provides opportunity for those in need and are most often run by charities and non-profit organisations.
We need to talk about your ‘hand-me-downs’
By focusing on ripple effect problems, we tend to overlook the bigger picture, which is of course, fast fashion.
Everything you need to know about the leather industry.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, the leather industry slaughters more than a billion animals each year globally, in order to tan their hides to produce leather.
5 Ethical Australian Fashion Labels You Need to Know About
I adore op-shopping, always have and always will. I’ve loved op shopping since I was wee brat on the hippie streets of Lismore (try not to hold it against me) all the way up to now as an ‘adult’ (still a brat though)
What goes around, comes around - The circular economy
“A circular economy is one that is restorative and regenerative by design, and which aims to keep products, components and materials at their highest utility and value at all times, distinguishing between technical and biological cycles”
Is H&M sustainable?
Why would H&M introduce World Recycle Week the same week as Fashion Revolution week, which is the anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy?
7 reasons to op-shop
Clothing is the ultimate form of non-verbal communication and what you choose to wear everyday paints a picture of who you are. Whether or not you make a conscious decision each day to express your individual style, you are unconsciously communicating with those around you.
Have you cottoned on yet?
Over exposure to harmful pesticides causes’ infertility, birth defects, cancer and the list continues. In fact this is evident throughout various farming communities across India where children are born with physical deformities and mental retardations. Pesticides also have a harmful effect on the environment (surprise, surprise) poisoning water sources, damaging ecosystems and of course killing wildlife.
Every time you spend money, you’re casting a vote for the kind of world you want to live in.
There is something really powerful about a killer outfit. A killer outfit will set you up for a good day, and a day from hell can be better managed when your outfit is on point. That’s probably vain, and perhaps I need to dig a little deeper to access a more sustainable source of self-worth, but in a world where creativity and independent thinking is oppressed, the clothing you wear is the ultimate form of self-expression.