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Sustainability

Embrace the three principles of sustainable style with the help of our sustainability articles. Reduce – learn how to mend and clean your clothes. Reuse – learn how to shop less and rewear what you already own. Recycle – learn how you can upcycle your old clothes.

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  • a red-white-and-green vintage dress being washed and soaking in a bathttub
    Aug 27, 2019

    How to Remove Stains from Vintage Clothes

    Do yourself a favor, and treat that spot the next minute you notice it on your garment. Here are selected vintage vendors' tips on how to do it professionally.
  • five colorful floral printed vintage 50s 60s dresses drying on a clothes line after washing
    Jul 30, 2019

    The Most Eco Friendly Way To Wash Your Vintage

    It is time to follow vintage vendors’ example and stop over-washing our (vintage) clothes. Less washing, more lifetime!
  • a raspberry pink woolen vintage sweater with several visible mends
    Jul 2, 2019

    Visible Mending

    Old clothes aren't worn out, they’re opportunities, says Kate Sekules, a fashion historian rescuing old clothes by mending them.
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