the sustainable stylist - on how to slow the frock up

Aug 24, 2010 Posted by frockerphiliac

do you care for clothes?

1940's sustainable, personal style I recently came across a few wartime newspaper clipping, issued by the British Board of Trade during World War II to encourage ladies to do their bit for the war effort by rethinking their relationship to their clothing.

Jul 28, 2010 Posted by frockerphiliac

sustainable clothing workshops

Have you got a wardrobe full of things you never wear? Perhaps you collect ill-fitting op-shop garments that you never get around to altering? From mid August to the end of October, I will be running...

Jul 17, 2010 Posted by frockerphiliac

refashion workshops

I’m running a series of clothing reconstruction workshops in central victoria over the next few months. An opportunity to clear out and reinvigorate your wardrobe, these workshops are a fun,...

Jul 14, 2010 Posted by frockerphiliac

80/20 rule

In keeping with the Pareto Principle, there is a rough statistic floating around that we wear 20% of our wardrobe 80% of the time, and yet most of us still complain of having nothing to wear. As a...

Jul 14, 2010 Posted by frockerphiliac

waste=food

“The German chemist, Michael Braungart, and the American designer-architect William McDonough are fundamentally changing the way we produce and build. If waste would become food for the biosphere or...