winter read

my favorite page from this book (it is not a book about conscientious consumption, but includes a chapter entitled wear your conscience):

conscientious consumption
-shop mindfully.
-know who makes your clothes and what they're made of.
-ask yourself:  do i need it?  is it multifunctional?  do i love it?  will it last?
-commit to your clothes.
-buy secondhand: consignment, thrift, vintage, charity shops like goodwill.
-don't buy anything at all.
-start a fashion swap.
-sign up for rent the runway, le tote, bag borrow or steal, mine for nine.
-mend your clothes.
-if you don't know learn to sew.
-start a sewing social.
-love what's in your closet.
-wear and re-wear everything you own.

from brooklyn street style by anya sacharow and shawn dahl