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Combating Fast Fashion With Rent the Runway Unlimited
One of my goals for 2018 was to be more aware of my environmental impact. This stems from the fact that fears of global warming do keep me up at night and I happen to love an industry that is notoriously destructive to the environment: fashion. Here are 4 strategies for combating the usual churn and burn cycle of fast fashion: #1- Renting instead of buying #2 Focusing on second-hand clothing #3 Sourcing from sustainable brands #4 Buying less with an emphasis on longevity Today’s post is focusing on #1. The Scoop I first tried Rent the Runway’s Unlimited program several years ago when it was really new in the…
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Goals From 2018 and What I’m Doing Differently in 2019
As luck would have it the big event that kicked off 2018 for me was another failure. Our second business my husband and I started last year just wasn’t cutting it so in May we closed it. Yes, we closed a business. I must have crumpled up in a ball and died right? Wrong. The entire point of the second business had been to test a business model which we then adopted at our primary store so in my mind big success. But technically it was still a failure. With that kind of a start to the year I decided that I needed to accomplish a few things to make…
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How I Failed at Being a Full Time Fashion Blogger
How to fail at being a full time fashion blogger. Yes, that is the title of this blog post and that is exactly what this post is about. No, there isn’t some hidden secret about how to reverse that failure, nor am I mad about it. I have been crafting this post in my head for months now and I am so excited to finally share it with you. The Beginning To start let’s rewind. Roughly 21 months ago I left my corporate job to help my husband run his business (he is in the military) and to focus my fashion blog full time. I had my content calendar planned…
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How to Wear a Maxi Dress in Winter
Long dresses get a bad rap, especially in the winter. In the summer we embrace them as a breezy alternative to pants but once the weather turns we pack them away in the back of our closet. Unless of course they are an ‘evening’ style of dress and then we bust them out for our 1 formal event of the year. Maxi dresses don’t seem to fit into our normal perspective of what fits in your every day wardrobe, but I would like to challenge that. I have been doing a lot of winter floral posts this season and this dress fits the category perfectly. A dark background with contrasting…
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Tweed for a Casual Holiday Outfit
It’s that time of year, the trees are getting trimmed, we are all checking the clouds for a certain white precipitation and holiday music is being played everywhere you go. Yup, it’s the holiday season. Dressing for holiday parties seems like it should be easy, throw on something covered in sequins and you are good to go. If your holiday festivities are more casual you might struggle a bit more with a ‘festive’ look. Which is why I would like to present one of my favorite fabrics for a not-too-festive holiday look: tweed. Like most fashionistas when I think tweed I think of Chanel. There is something luxurious about the…
