The Most Eco-Friendly Mailers We've Ever Used
A couple years ago, we updated our mailers to compostable mailers. And while those were amazing, we did love them. We found that not all people could compost them (not every location...
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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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Five Habits of Intentional Consumerism
The urge to splurge is a real human struggle - whether our bank accounts are tight or plenty. In our society, we're naturally pushed towards consumerism. Retail therapy is always...
We're B Corp Certified™
After nearly two years of working towards our goal, we are thrilled to announce that Franc is now B Corp Certified™! What does that mean? When a business has a...
The Environmental Costs of Shipping
Photo by Mikaela Wiedenhoff on Unsplash Our economy relies on shipping. Everything we buy uses one mode of transportation or another. From farm to truck, truck to ship or plane,...
The Cost of Free Shipping and Returns — a business perspective
Photo by Klára Vernarcová on Unsplash Shopping from the comfort of home is a type of dopamine rush that hits different. Add free shipping and free returns to the mix,...
Five Ways to Support Sustainable Fashion (without actually buying anything)
We love sustainable clothes. We love creating them, we love wearing them, and we love talking about them. With sustainable fashion on the rise (and we love to see it),...
What’s Stopping Fast Fashion from Paying a Living Wage?
Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash It’s no secret that fast fashion is all about cheap labour. Those price tags are too much of a clue. Clothing that’s sold at...
Five Ways to Support Ethical Fashion (without actually buying anything)
There are many awesome ethical fashion brands that are taking the lead for the future of fashion and we love to see it. The creativity and ingenuity that’s coming out...
A Case for Pace
I recently turned 30. (Woohoo!) The start of my new decade came with a couple of weeks of depression. (I’m good now.) It didn’t have anything to do with me...
How We Can Confront the Climate Crisis
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Anyone else completely overwhelmed by the news, what’s going on in the world, and the predictions of where we’re heading? 🙋♀️ It doesn’t look...
How to Gossip Less
Photo by Anna Nekrashevich from Pexels You can tell when you’ve engaged in a gossip. The aftertaste is not pleasant. You’re left with a gross feeling, your conscience nagging at you for oversharing....
How to Be More Compassionate
Photo by jurien huggins on Unsplash We — the human race — are no strangers to suffering. While beauty and pain coexist simultaneously, it's easy to become numb to the...