Eco-Friendly Fashion

As a famous frog once said "It's not easy being green" and while that may have been true when those words first left his mouth these days it's becoming easier to live green in almost every aspect our lives right down to the clothes we wear.

Consignment boutiques and thrift stores are hardly something new to the world however the concept of shopping green is relatively new to us consumers. Some of you may stop reading this here after you think in disgust that I'm telling you to purchase used clothing but hear me out.

Consignment boutiques are in abundance these days and this type of store only accepts clothing that has been gently worn with which they then take the time and care to inspect and clean each garment before hanging them on the racks for you to buy, an added bonus of consignment is if you choose to take your items to these places and they are sold, you in turn receive a percent of the profit.
On the other hand thrift stores accept only donated items, you don't receive any profit for what you take, and there are little to no guidelines to what they accept and reject to hang on their racks, and they don't take the time to clean each item before it is put on storefront.
The bonus of thrift stores is they are much cheaper than consignment and if you have the time to spend scouring the racks you may come up with a gem for less than $10 dollars.
If you have children both of these are great options to consider when they are growing so rapidly that it's hardly worth shelling out $20 per item that will only fit them for 3-6 months and you can find great clothes starting as low as $1 per item.

I recently did a closet overhaul of my own and found 9 items suitable to bring in for consignment, I chose to take them to Rewind which is a trendy consignment boutique on the corner of Macleod Trail Southeast and 10th Avenue.
The store also showcases items from local designers that are available for purchase and you can check them out online too by following this link Rewind Consignment.

After 1 month I touched base with the store and found out some of my items had sold and I had $63.00 in profit that I was able to either collect a cheque for or use as credit to purchase items at the store.
I decided on the latter and found 3 very cute tops for myself; I owed $1.50 over and above my credit for items that are practically new in turn for pieces that I hadn't worn at all or that didn't fit me any longer. It's a Win - Win!
On top of it all I know I'm contributing, if even in the smallest way, to being more eco-friendly and that's good enough for me.