Angie, this link was already posted on AlreadyPretty in the past week, so perhaps you'd rather not use it, but I still wanted to give it a mention: http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/0.....ap-fashion
I loved this excerpt from Elizabeth Cline's book Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion:
"Clothes could have more meaning and longevity if we think less about owning the latest or cheapest thing and develop more of a relationship with the things we wear. Building a wardrobe over time, saving up and investing in fewer well-made pieces, obsessing over the perfect hem, luxuriating in fabrics, and patching up and altering our clothes have become old-fashioned habits. But they’re also deeply satisfying antidotes to the empty uniformity of cheap. If more of us picked up the lost art of sewing or reconnected with the seamstresses and tailors in our communities, we could all be our own fashion designers and constantly reinvent, personalize, and perfect the things we own."
Great for thought, especially for those who are trying to minimalize/cull their wardrobes or "shop their closets."
I posted my thoughts, and a really interesting discussion about the sustainability/longevity of fashion ensued (this happened while you were gone over the weekend, and I thought you might be interested in reading the discussion yourself, Angie.)
http://pencilskirtlife.lookfab.....le-fashion
