Slow Backward Fashion
When you get to be a certain age and have accumulated more than enough, but don't want to break the piggybank, it's time to re-examine your wardrobe.
Image from Wol Hide’s Circular Shop
If you haven’t downsized, now is the time, not only in your home, but also in your personal space.
As I sit at my computer, on a rainy weekend midday, having made plans for the rest of the weekend and next week, I feel peaceful. I reflect on how to stop global warming fast…my first children’s book. Then out pops a new fashion concept on the screen: Climate Beneficial …” a range of undyed sweaters produced right here in the USA, using farms for our fibers whose regenerative practices reduce carbon in our atmosphere.” “Wol Hide” has created fashions using “A Yarn To Clear the Air.”
Wol Hide’s service also includes circulating items that have been previously purchased. Coincidently, two. months ago, I wrote about Hand-Me-Down Fashion Dreams, about how I’ve been re-tailoring my husband’s pants, sweaters, and sweatshirts to fit me. More recently, I’ve even been re-tailoring pieces from my own wardrobe that no longer fit me, into new, more wearable fashions. I also have given items that no longer belong in my mind’s closet to younger friends, relatives, yard sales, and Goodwill and Salvation Army,.
I like the idea of sharing re-used fashions with others once they’ve reached end-of-life with me. I know there’s lots of other brands that are recyling used fashions, but there’s some things about Wol Hide that appeal to me:
the fashions are as peaceful as the website design
the colors of the garments are earth tones and the fabric is all natural
the discount prices of “Rescue” syles are reasonable for the quality of the items
re-using fashions is good for the environment.
I don’t know where rekindling my interest and action in the fashion world is going. I haven’t been this pre-occupied with fashion since I closed my 2800 sq ft retail fashion boutique over 30 years ago. Well, not entirely. In 2010, as an Activity Professional, I created an exercise on making aprons with long-term care elders. But my current recyling fashion interest and actions somehow relate to my first children’s book on saving the environment and my blog posts/book on intergenerational storytelling activities. “Living life backwards” is the theme of my website, books, and articles.
Here are a few activities for you to reflect on related to “Slow Backward Fashion:”
What memories does this article bring up for you?
Whare are your memories taking you?
Have you moved “slow backward?” If so, in what ways?
Are you interested in fashion? If so, how has your interest evolved over time?