Go Green

ADAY wrap top, high waist jeans

When: August 24 // Weather: glorious // Real life: soaking up the weekend at every patio in Broad Ripple 

ADAY wrap top, high waist jeans

ADAY wrap top, high waist jeans

ADAY wrap top, high waist jeans

ADAY wrap top, high waist jeans

ADAY wrap top, high waist jeans

In my quest for a more sustainable closet, I ordered several pieces from ADAY, including this top. (All it took was a couple Google searches for “sustainable fashion” and ADAY started popping up 5x a day as a sponsored post on my Instagram.)

The pros: You can wear it multiple ways thanks to strategically placed snaps (it can also be a wrap). It’s wrinkle resistant so good for traveling. The fabric is light and breathable. And, obvi, the company has very cool values and practices. Yay Earth!

The cons: It’s not exactly flattering, but don’t mind the slouchy look sometimes. A little pricey. It has to be washed on cold and can’t go in the dryer (but I guess that helps the Earth too).

The unknowns: Time will tell whether this fancy technical fabric stands up well to wearing and washing. If it does, that will help balance out the cost.

Have you guys ordered from ADAY before? What are your favorite sustainable fashion brands?

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Killing It

bow back sweater, jeans and ankle boots, quilted bag

When: Saturday before last // Weather: 40s // Real life: mini-roadtrip to southern Indiana for a concert

bow back sweater, jeans and ankle boots, quilted bag

bow back sweater, jeans and ankle boots, quilted bag

bow back sweater, jeans and ankle boots, quilted bag

bow back sweater, jeans and ankle boots, quilted bag

bow back sweater, jeans and ankle boots, quilted bag

One weekend last month we were killing time at the mall before a movie. It turns out I’m really good at killing time, but it also costs me a bunch of money. I managed to get 2 sweaters, a t-shirt, and earrings from 2 different stores in the course of about 20 minutes. But come on, how could I not get this top?! Stripes AND bows, all together in a nice cotton sweater for my sensitive skin, and under $60?! It’s a good thing we were on a strict timeline, because the high of finding this gem could have gotten me through another hour of shopping. So when you look at it that way, it was really a very restrained and frugal shopping excursion.

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