a guide to all things vintage
This holiday season, I’ve been cutting down boxes as much as I’ve been clickety-clacking away on a laptop writing articles. One of the scariest things about starting an online vintage wares business was figuring out shipping and packaging, but I’ve managed to survive these past few months. I learned a lot of tricks of the … Read more
As the patron saint of germaphobes, it’s kind of a miracle that I more or less exclusively own a secondhand wardrobe. Let’s be real: There’s kind of an ick factor with thrifting clothes. But we’re only humans—we eat, we excrete, we get things dirty. While I skip pieces with obvious stains at the thrift store, … Read more
Throughout my thrifty adventures over the years, there’s been one sweater material that I’ve actively avoided: wool. It’s scratchy, it’s hot, and it’s notoriously difficult to take care of. But I also hate how stretched out and odor-trapping acrylic sweaters get, so my go-to layers for sweater weather have always been cotton knits and crewnecks. … Read more
