Donna's Reviews > The Conscious Closet: The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good
The Conscious Closet: The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good
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Making more sustainable clothing choices is a goal of mine, but this book is a repetitive and awkwardly organized.
It spends a lot of time cheerleading the concept (which I'd think anyone willing to read a book on conscious shopping is already sold on) and repeating statistics that, again, are only likely to concern those already interested in conservation. A lot of this information is handed over in short, choppy chapters that read like blog posts.
The actual fashion tips involve thrift and resale shopping, buying higher quality clothing that'll last longer, and mending, and the author also suggests researching brands and making buying choices based on a label's sustainable practices. These are all solid ideas, but they're not a book's worth of content.
There's also a pretty firm focus on the kind of shoppers who can afford higher quality stuff but just choose to buy tons of cheap clothes instead. The author insists that conscious choices are available at any budget, and I'm sure they are. But finding those options will take a lot more time and effort for folks who can't afford to splurge, so it would have been nice to see more acknowledgement of that. Instead, the author kept bringing up vintage designer finds that sounded expensive despite the difference between the price she paid and their original cost.
It spends a lot of time cheerleading the concept (which I'd think anyone willing to read a book on conscious shopping is already sold on) and repeating statistics that, again, are only likely to concern those already interested in conservation. A lot of this information is handed over in short, choppy chapters that read like blog posts.
The actual fashion tips involve thrift and resale shopping, buying higher quality clothing that'll last longer, and mending, and the author also suggests researching brands and making buying choices based on a label's sustainable practices. These are all solid ideas, but they're not a book's worth of content.
There's also a pretty firm focus on the kind of shoppers who can afford higher quality stuff but just choose to buy tons of cheap clothes instead. The author insists that conscious choices are available at any budget, and I'm sure they are. But finding those options will take a lot more time and effort for folks who can't afford to splurge, so it would have been nice to see more acknowledgement of that. Instead, the author kept bringing up vintage designer finds that sounded expensive despite the difference between the price she paid and their original cost.
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February 7, 2020
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February 9, 2020
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February 9, 2020
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