honestly, putting together this little collection of items for julia was tough. her requests were simple enough: comfy knit dresses, leggings, and cardigan sweaters. i wanted our purchases to be fair (second hand, mama-made, or fairly made). we began with two dresses, a skirt, a cardigan, and shoes that fit her, so we had a few blanks to fill.
in an effort to make this as painless as possible to read, i'll list my failed attempts to fill in those blanks:
~all this
~more local thrifting
~a couple dresses sewn in different sizes
~ebay purchases
~thred-up purchases
~this cute pact dress
all of that yielded one dress (a preowned dress from ebay), lots of postage, spent time, and frustration. julia is right in between girls' and women's sizing. she is perfectly right for her age, but clothing is just not made to accommodate this size much that i can find (particularly dresses), fair or otherwise. it would be most beneficial to try dresses on prior to purchasing, but the only ones we found thrifting were ratty fast fashion ones that don't have enough wear left in them to bother with…not to mention that the styles were not what we were looking for.
ok…so what did we end up with? i have to admit that i somewhat feel like a failure in the end. i ended up buying 3 new pieces from crewcuts. while they do have a social responsibility statement, i am not sure how trustworthy and thorough it is. on the other hand, i am grateful to this company for extending their sizing to accommodate julia. the items we bought are lovely, and i know they will sell as second hand items when we are finished with them.
julia wanted to keep the number of items minimal, so that really helped my budget and makes this a tight little collection. it does add pressure to have the layers match multiple items, however, which proved tricky. we ended up with 15 main pieces + 3 jackets…all of which we both like. there are plenty of combinations to mix + match, so we know there will be plenty of variety for the next six months or so. in the end, i will call this simple wardrobe a success! :)
julia's simple a/w wardrobe pieces:
5 dresses:
~1 second hand
~2 from last year
~2 new crewcuts
2 3/4 sleeve tees:
~both second hand from a friend
1 skirt:
~from the summer
3 layers:
~1 second hand cardigan
~1 pullover from last year
~1 new crewcuts cardigan
2 leggings:
~from pact, may need to add one more
flats + boots from last year
3 jackets:
~1 lightweight from last year
~1 new patagonia mid weight found on sale
~1 heavyweight from last year
hope your fair endeavors go more smoothly than these! :)
love,
jane
in an effort to make this as painless as possible to read, i'll list my failed attempts to fill in those blanks:
~all this
~more local thrifting
~a couple dresses sewn in different sizes
~ebay purchases
~thred-up purchases
~this cute pact dress
all of that yielded one dress (a preowned dress from ebay), lots of postage, spent time, and frustration. julia is right in between girls' and women's sizing. she is perfectly right for her age, but clothing is just not made to accommodate this size much that i can find (particularly dresses), fair or otherwise. it would be most beneficial to try dresses on prior to purchasing, but the only ones we found thrifting were ratty fast fashion ones that don't have enough wear left in them to bother with…not to mention that the styles were not what we were looking for.
ok…so what did we end up with? i have to admit that i somewhat feel like a failure in the end. i ended up buying 3 new pieces from crewcuts. while they do have a social responsibility statement, i am not sure how trustworthy and thorough it is. on the other hand, i am grateful to this company for extending their sizing to accommodate julia. the items we bought are lovely, and i know they will sell as second hand items when we are finished with them.
julia wanted to keep the number of items minimal, so that really helped my budget and makes this a tight little collection. it does add pressure to have the layers match multiple items, however, which proved tricky. we ended up with 15 main pieces + 3 jackets…all of which we both like. there are plenty of combinations to mix + match, so we know there will be plenty of variety for the next six months or so. in the end, i will call this simple wardrobe a success! :)
julia's simple a/w wardrobe pieces:
5 dresses:
~1 second hand
~2 from last year
~2 new crewcuts
2 3/4 sleeve tees:
~both second hand from a friend
1 skirt:
~from the summer
3 layers:
~1 second hand cardigan
~1 pullover from last year
~1 new crewcuts cardigan
2 leggings:
~from pact, may need to add one more
flats + boots from last year
3 jackets:
~1 lightweight from last year
~1 new patagonia mid weight found on sale
~1 heavyweight from last year
hope your fair endeavors go more smoothly than these! :)
love,
jane
