MAKE A SUSTAINABLE CLOSET POST PANDEMIC

 If you’re reading this, chances are you’re looking to build your wardrobe. But, you’re not looking for the usual fast fashion shops for an instinctive and cheap fashion update. But you’re looking to create a more lasting wardrobe, from brands that don’t rely on damaging and destructive manufacturing habits.

Determined to have a vote with your dollar against fast fashion, you find and browse through some ethical brands. Only to feel like that dollar of yours isn’t going as high as you expected. You see your cart full of dollars to spend on sustainable shoes. More than you’re used to spending (or more than you can afford at the moment), you might feel like you are going bankrupt, or like you cannot afford to shop.

Still, you do not need a high pay-cheque to have an ethical and sustainable closet. Do you? Before we move ahead, we need to establish that the price of most made clothing. It is more than traditional fast-fashion because you are paying for their justified wages and responsible manufacturing. Fast fashion is such a below-the-belt price point. All thanks to the abuse of undergarment workers and the environment. Once you understand what manufacturing your clothing takes on, you see that no t-shirt will cost not below the $5 if everyone who took part in its production.

How to afford a sustainable closet

· Set a budget

· Follow the criteria

· Make a shopping list

· Buy useful and less

SET A BUDGET ACCORDINGLY:

For clothing, most people spend first and count the cash later. That is because cheap prices enable us to buy more than what we must and more often than necessary. Get a calculator and estimate how much you spend yearly spending on clothing. You will feel surprised to look at the high that number is (I was). If you feel good about what section of your income is on clothes each year, then you can keep this number than your standard closet budget. If not, adjust.



FOLLOW THE CRITERIA:

Now that you made your list, create criteria to follow while shopping. Having guidelines will help you stop spending useless money on irrelevant items which you will not wear. For example, my personal criteria for buying new clothes are:

 

●        Is it on my shopping list?

●        Do I already own something like it?

●        Will it works fine with other pieces I own?
Is it within budget constraints, leaving room for other clothes I need

●        Is it too much maintenance for me (i.e. dry clean only?)
Will I like it on myself as much as I do on the model?

●        (Will it fit me well and will okay in it?) Is it a lasting trend or a going trend I won’t want to wear in 5 years?

This list is a good beginning for anybody, but you can add more criteria according to your needs.

BUY LESS:

Good things always come with a price. Know that what you are buying is going to be expensive. Sustainable shoes women really want to buy but they do not spend a lot unnecessary. You can feel guilty after spending. But, hoarding up as many pieces as you too might be in your favor.

Think about the pieces you own that are very like one another. I’m guilty of buying shoulder pads and things in the color black). Because we buy things we like, we can sometimes end up buying the same shade of the same thing over and over again. The result is 100. For example, pieces of clothing in your closet that give you the same look. In other words, you have to spend 10x the amount you needed to achieve that look. If you already have that, do not buy it again.

Owning fewer pieces of clothing can also make your life less miserable and complicated. 20-30 pieces in your closet will be more astonishing for others. If your closet is up of only items you wear, you don’t have to swap them with others or pack them in a bag. Keep them with you safe.

If you have sourced clothing items and pieces that enhance your impact in the crowd try wearing them again or give them off. How many pieces do you own that you do not want to wear anymore? Do you shop for new items to hoard? People like to enhance their closets and shop. When we own too many pieces at a time, we are not even able to wear that many clothes. We usually do not like to repeat clothes for shopping too. On average, a piece of clothing you will wear and will throw it away in a single go. So you calculate how often you want to carry out each piece of clothing in your closet, is it something similar. 

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