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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.… Continue reading Stamping over stains

Thursday Feb 27th6–9PM__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 demosteaming, light mending, washing, stain removal, storage and lots more. Have a special garment with a cleaning or mending problem? Please bring it in for our on-site… Continue reading Clotheskeeping Workshop in Brooklyn

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. Will you be in Austin? RSVP to join us on March 13th Submit your ideas or questions for discussion via the comments!

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

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… Continue reading Jan 2020 ~ 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… Continue reading Jul 2019 ~ One Thing We’re Into

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. This post 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… Continue reading Part 2: How To Thrift Well

I’ve talked to hundreds of women in the past two years about their wardrobes; wants, needs and desires, frustrations. The main complaints related to conscious consumption shifts are as follows: “I want to shop sustainably but it’s too hard, daunting” or “I’m not sure where to go” or “I want to shop sustainably and ethically… Continue reading Part 1: Debunking

To whom it may concern: In the early days of 2016, I set out on a personal mission to create “The Perfect Blazer.” I did not know where to begin. I only knew I had to make a sample version — a “prototype” — and continue to tweak and refine until the design matched my… Continue reading From the desktop of A. Vicenzi