Ethical Alternatives to Old Navy When I started to make the switch to more ethical clothing, I was under the impression that Old Navy and GAP products were made with high labor standards due to their Corporate Social Responsibility statement. …
Fair Trade Fashion at Walmart? Free Assembly Review + Discussion
Fair Trade Fashion at Walmart? When Whitney Bauck at Fashionista published an article on Walmart’s new fair trade and sustainable-ish line, Free Assembly, I’m pretty sure I made a shocked-emoji face 😲 Is it possible that there is fair trade …
Sustainable Self Care | How I Settle into an Evening of Relaxation
Self Care Tuesday While undergoing my chaplaincy internship, I found that I was often exhausted by Tuesday afternoon. While strange – after all, I was only two days into my week – if I learned anything while working at the …
Slow Fashion Fall Outfits | 3 Looks
Slow Fashion Fall Outfits Just a sampling of outfits from a couple weeks ago. The temperature is on a slow decline into fall and the leaves are starting to show off their array of colors, especially 20 minutes north of …
How to Fake a Bodysuit With 2 Pieces
How to Fake a Bodysuit with 2 Pieces Bodysuits have surged back into popularity over the last couple of years. I’ve tried my share of them, but I can never get the fit right. For one, I have a fairly …
Links That Changed Me + Check-In
Links That Changed Me | September 2020 Fashion Industry 2 Sentenced to Hang for Deadly Garment Factory Fire in Pakistan “The fire raised questions about poor regulations in the country’s industrial and manufacturing sectors. Activists and victims’ families say factory …
Sweater Weather: Where to Buy Cozy, Slow Fashion Sweaters
Slow Fashion Sweaters: It’s Sweater Weather Here in southern New England, temperatures dipped into the 40s last night. My wardrobe is still packed with t-shirts and lightweight denim, but I woke up this morning determined to begin the great fall …
What Ethical Brands Can Learn from Fast Fashion
What I Learned When I Went Back to Fast Fashion Discovering Ethical Fashion I’ve beat my story into the ground by now, but just in case you’re entering it via this post, let me recap: I stopped buying the worst …
A Case for Slow Activism: On The Activist-Teacher & Relationships
Written by Ph.D. student, social worker, and graduate teaching assistant Melanie Monteclaro Pace for StyleWise. This post was originally published in March 2019. A Case of Slow Activism In November 2018, I wrote a passionate social media post in response to a …
Thoughtful Style | Cheetah Print & The Martyrs of Memphis
Have you heard of sundowning? Sundowning is the phenomenon of the chronically ill – often those with Alzheimer’s or dementia – to become helpless, confused, or depressed near or after sundown. My grandmother had pain-induced sundowning from a UTI several …
Is Ethical Fashion Classist?
Cost is a huge barrier to access, but especially in ethical fashion. On the eve of Fashion Revolution Week 2019, we should be careful as advocates to remember that income plays a huge role in our ability to purchase ethical and sustainable goods.
An Ethical Rule of 3 Slow Fashion Fall Capsule
An Ethical Rule of 3 Fall Capsule After introducing my Rule of 3 on Sunday, I wanted to actually see where it worked for my wardrobe, and where it didn’t. Since I mentioned that a big part of ethical fashion …