I
need to come clean. I went against my conscience buying this lacy mesh
dress from the Zara at the airport last month and it's kind of eating
at me. I mean, I never go into Zara. I don't mean that to sound
snobby and judgemental, not at all. I hardly shop at any retail stores
these days because I pretty much wear second hand and vintage
exclusively. When I'm not, I usually wear clothing that supports local
and independent designers. H&M is the only fast fashion store
I still pop into once every few months, just to look, and that's mainly
because they have their Conscious Collection and because their clothes
for kids are really cool.
Lately,
I've been bringing clothes to donate to H&M's clothes recycling
program. Sorting through clothing is an ongoing job in our house. I make
piles: hand-me-down clothes for the kids of neighbours and friends,
clothes to fix up or alter and make wearable again, clothes to sell or
upcycle, and finally clothes that really need to be thrown out (old
socks, torn shorts, etc). The pile to be thrown out can actually be
taken to H&M to be recycled. Read about their sustainable initiatives here. The best
thing is, you get a coupon for 10% off when you do. I have to say, when
looking for new things for the kiddos (like school pants), those coupons
come in handy. Otherwise, I've been encouraging them to wear second
hand as well. They love to hit up thrift shops with me.
I've been making these choices for so long now that they've become part of the core of who I am. My motto. I wrote about it here. So needless to say, I had a good dose of shopper's remorse after I bought this dress.
After
doing some thinking about it, I decided that I needed to give myself a
break. If I liked the dress so much to "go against" my usual instincts
and buy it, then theoretically it should be a dress I can put in the
rotation and wear 30+ times in it's lifetime to make it a sustainable piece.
Okay
then, enough said. Challenge accepted. I'll work on restyling this
piece once a month to post on my Instagram account with the hashtag
#makeitsustainable. Anyone else have a piece they'd like to challenge
themselves to wear each month with me? Let me know.
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