How to Manage Eco-Anxiety
If you’ve ever found yourself panicking over plastic bags, in despair about your street on garbage day, or freaking out on your partner about how they disposed of a windshield...
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The Importance of Quality over Quantity
We talk a lot about choosing quality over quantity. It’s one of the pillars of slow fashion and a tried-and-true standard that we lean on. Choosing quality over quantity means...
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Fast Fashion and the People Behind the Scenes
Photo by Nik MacMillan on Unsplash And we are back with more facts on fast fashion! If you want to catch up on our fast fashion posts, so far we’ve talked about Fast...
The Slow Process of Quitting Fast Fashion
Photo by Giulio Del Prete on Unsplash It’s not easy to break-up with fast fashion. Those frequent styles and low prices are really attractive and if you’re sticking to a budget, fast fashion...
Fast Fashion’s Impact on the Environment
Photo by Daria Shevtsova from Pexels It’s funny to say, but fast fashion is the reason Franc exists. Fed up with unfairly made fashion, we created a business to bring you ethical, sustainable...
How to Encourage Your Friends to Shop Ethically
We know how challenging it can be when you’re fed up with fast fashion and your friends are frequent fast-fashion shoppers. It’s not easy finding the balance of telling them the...
How to Combat Retail Therapy
Retail therapy–the act of buying yourself something to boost your mood–is pretty common in our society. Stressed out? Get a new outfit. You’ll feel great! Crumby day? Treat yourself....
Fast Fashion vs Slow Fashion
Photo by Bilyana Slaveykova on Unsplash According to Merriam Webster, fast fashion is defined as an approach to the design, creation, and marketing of clothing fashions that emphasizes making fashion trends quickly and...
How to Become a More Intentional Consumer
You might notice when topics like ethical fashion, low-waste living, or minimalism come up the words “intentional consumer” are following along closely. Like little BFFs. We all know how challenging...
In Real Life with Bobbi Paidel Co-Founder of Tribe of Lambs
We wanted to go beyond our brand and showcase other change-makers, tell the story of inspiring people with like-minded businesses also reaching for big things. We wanted to showcase the...
Live Lighter with Less: The Case for Minimalism
Photo by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash Society is constantly shouting for our attention and it is way too good at convincing us that we “need” all the things. But we don’t buy it...
What You Say Yes to When You Shop Ethically
Photo by Jacek Dylag on Unsplash “As consumers, we have so much power to change the world by just being careful in what we buy.” —Emma Watson— Empowering, isn’t it? When you realize...