Ides of March

Made a new Spotify playlist for March, an undeniably confounding month thus far. Songs I’m “social distancing” with during this unprecedented moment in our history. Discovered through family and friends, algorithms, and TikTok. If you have one you think belongs on this, comment or DM! Keep looking up, staying strong, making things (even if that’s a playlist, or…

Clotheskeeping Workshop in Brooklyn

Thursday Feb 27th6–9PMat Dusty Friends595 Manhattan AvenueBrooklyn, NY Learn about the art of Clotheskeeping, featuring sustainable laundering and closet maintenance practices for modern and vintage fabrics and garments. We will demo steaming, light mending, washing, stain removal, storage and lots more. Have a special garment with a cleaning or mending problem? Please bring it in…

Sustainability and Style @ SXSW 2020

Our founder Allison Vicenzi will be speaking at SXSW 2020 on the topic of “conscious wardrobes” and debating sustainable clothing trends and technologies, alongside peers in the industry. [This event has passed. READ MORE AND WATCH THE RECORDING HERE]

#Freestyle2020: Reselling in your free time (Updated!)

Have you been sitting on a pile of stuff you want to try and sell? Let’s do it! Allison made $2.5K+ in the last year reselling things she was no longer using and flipping a few excellent (but not her size) things she discovered when thrift shopping. So, aside from making some travel-funding / side-hustling…

Jan 2020 ~ One Thing We’re Into

For the past year, I was an AMC A-Lister paying $23.95/month for the privilege to see up to three movies a week. Some weeks I maxed that privilege out. Heated seats, recliners, free popcorn rewards. Unlike fallen competitor MoviePass, I was allowed to see the same movies more than once. It was a great year! Below…

Jul 2019 ~ One Thing We’re Into

Preparing to see John Mayer kick off his Summer 2019 Tour in Albany led to a discovery of YouTube and its magnanimous capacity. (I mean that seriously.) At a recent conference, I learned 70% of content consumed on YouTube is recommended by the algorithms as “Watch Next” (rather than found by searching). I finally got a taste of that…

Stamping over stains

These Rick Owens silk pants were marred by a burrito lunch during September NYFW in 2018 (major grease stains, still visible after two rounds of dry cleaning). I worked backstage for the Marina Moscone and Opening Ceremony presentations that season. Blockprinted lines in a contrasting pattern covered the stain and added a knee patch look.…

At-home composting for apartments, houses, anywhere with a freezer

Sustainability is a spectrum and there is no wrong way to get involved. If you’re thinking you want to find real, tangible ways to make a difference in helping the environment and preserving natural resources, composting is the best place to begin. Not only will you dramatically decrease your (inadvertent) contributions to toxic waste streams…

Part 2: How To Thrift Well

In Part 1, I committed to using the VICENZI blog to challenge myths and overexposed ideas for sustainability within fashion, to show there is not one *right* approach. Part 2 will cover shopping secondhand, the most sustainable choice when it comes to resource conservation and minimizing waste. How To Thrift Well Some friends and I had…

Part 1: Debunking

I’ve talked to hundreds of women in the past two years about their wardrobes: wants, needs, desires, frustrations. The main complaints related to conscious consumption shifts are as follows: “I want to shop smarter but it’s too hard / daunting.” “I’m not sure where to go…” “I want to shop sustainably and ethically but it’s…