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The Immortal Wardrobe

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Five steps for making your clothes last as long as possible

With a little extra care for your clothing, you can extend the life of your garment for years and years. Here are the five steps you need to follow to make sure your clothes last as long as possible.

Making sure your clothes last starts with your time in the store. Before buying anything, check the seams of the clothing you want to purchase. This may sound daunting, but it can make the difference between a good and a bad purchase. Orsola de Castro of Fashion Revolution recommends turning a garment inside out and pulling on any loose strings. The seams should be strong. If anything starts to unravel, don’t buy it.

The next step is to inspect the fabric of the clothes. Hold the garment up to the light. If you can see through it at all, it won’t last. Thicker, heavier fabrics are more durable. It’s better to buy garments made from single fabric components, i.e. 100 percent cotton or wool, as these are more easily recycled. And if you have the opportunity, choose only for clothes made of natural fibers since they are more breathable and make you sweat less, meaning you have to wash them less.

Another way to ensure your clothes last is by asking yourself the question: do you really need to wash it? Washing is hard on clothes, so if you can minimize it, items will last longer. The next step is a simple one: store your clothes properly. By folding clothes properly and hanging them up nicely, your clothes will last longer.

Lastly, embrace repair. Clothes need ongoing maintenance, just as cars do. Don’t neglect that. Taking your clothes to tailor is one way of maintaining your clothes, but if that’s out of your budget, try fixing them yourself. There are lots of videos on YouTube that can teach you how to do it. Maybe a friend or relative can give you a tutorial, too. READ MORE

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Naturally Clean

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How to start doing laundry the natural way

There’s a laundromat called Celsious in New York City that is completely changing the way we think about laundromats. The place looks more like a beautiful new café rather than a sterile laundromat, and all the washing that takes place there is done in an eco-friendly manner.

The high-tech washing machines dispense water based on how heavy the load is, the dryers can sense the dryness of the clothes so as to never over-dry, and the soaps that are used are made from simple, natural ingredients. Plus, they make use of the Cora Ball, which removes microplastics from laundry loads. But you don’t need to go all the way to New York City to do laundry the natural way. Instead, all you need to do is follow these tips from the owners of Celsious.

First, ditch the dryer sheets and fabric softener. Swap the sheets out for reusable wool dryer balls and trade in your fabric softener for some plain-old white vinegar. Vinegar? Yes, vinegar! If you throw it into the fabric softener compartment, it will do the same thing.

Secondly, make sure your detergent doesn’t have any nasty ingredients. Learn more about how to identify those here. A few brands that the Celsious duo vouchers for are Sonett, Tangent GC, and Meliora.

Third, do the planet a solid and wash your clothes at the lowest temp possible. After all, heating water accounts for the majority of your machine’s energy use—up to 90% of it!

Lastly, pretreat stains to help your clothes last longer. If you treat stains the moment they happen, then you won’t have to turn the heat up when you do the laundry. READ MORE

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When To Skip the Wash

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Five strategies that will help you do less laundry

If it feels like you constantly have a load of laundry to do, then your approach to laundry might be all wrong. The truth is running your clothes through the washing machine shortens the lifespan of your clothes, and beyond this, running the washing machine is an energy-intensive process that uses a lot of water. Plus, doing the laundry just takes time away from other things you could be doing. With this in mind, here are a few key strategies for keeping the laundry from piling up.

First strategy: buy more natural fabrics. These do not hold onto odor nearly as much as synthetics. A pair of wool socks, for example, can be worn 3-4 days in a row, without smelling, as can wool, hemp, or cotton shirt. No smell, no need for washing.

Second strategy: air your clothes out. This is an amazingly effective step that too often gets overlooked. Hanging clothes on an indoor laundry rack and leaving them overnight can make them smell much fresher the next day. Obviously, this doesn’t work if the item stinks like B.O. and needs laundering, but if a shirt just has that ‘worn’ smell but doesn’t have a bad odor or visible dirt, it can work wonders.

Third strategy: spot-wash. Instead of washing the whole garment when it gets a little dirty, just aim to clean the spot where it’s dirty. This will extend the use of the garment by an extra day or two.

Fourth strategy: rethink your standards. While we all should be clean and smell good, society’s standards of hygiene can a bit over the top. There’s nothing wrong with wearing a shirt that’s still clean, but not just cleaned.

Fifth strategy: own fewer clothes! This may sound counterintuitive, but when you have only a handful of items in the closet that you really like wearing, you’re more inclined to stretch the time between washes. READ MORE

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The Sustainable Closet

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Here are 4 uncommon ways to make your wardrobe more eco-friendly

As you might already know, there are simple ways to make sure your wardrobe doesn’t contribute to the mass amounts of pollution created by the fashion industry. For instance, you can avoid fast fashion and buy second-hand clothes. You can also buy durable clothes that are sure to last. These steps to cleaning up your wardrobe are rather obvious, but there are few less commonly known tricks that can help you develop a more sustainable wardrobe. Here are four of them.

First, do the ’30 wears’ test. When faced with a potential new outfit, ask yourself if you’d wear it 30 times or more. If the answer is no, walk away. This will eliminate many of those special occasion outfits and shoes that have few opportunities to be re-worn and will push you toward more versatile, practical pieces.

Second tip: invest in trans-seasonal clothes. Clothes that can cross-seasonal boundaries are the most useful investment. Often this means simpler pieces, like jeans, tees, blazers, and classic dresses. Consider the climate when making decisions. If you live a cool, cloudy climate, don’t splurge on summery dresses that will fail the 30 wears test on an average year; buy what you know you’ll wear and whatever can be layered for more seasonally-appropriate dressing.

Third, have a working list of go-to brands. Assemble a list of go-to retailers (online or in store) where you can source key items; add to it as you discover new ones. By being more deliberate with your purchases, you can support brands that serve the environment rather than destroy it.

Lastly, adjust how you spend your money. Don’t think of shopping as a chance to splurge on something frivolous. Instead, see it as an investment in a staple piece that’s going to be worn and re-worn. In the end, you’ll save money on more expensive, sturdy jeans rather than buying several pairs over the years. READ MORE

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Sustainability starts at home

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Why you should turn your kitchen into a place for ‘closed-loop cooking’

It’s easy to toss plastic wrap, wilted greens, or a mushy apple in the trash without considering the resources that were required to get them to you or what happens to them after they leave your home. A typical trip to the grocery store is so far removed from the land, water, and energy that created the products on the shelves, we are quick to forget the true cost of the items we buy. But if we truly want to minimize our environmental footprint, the best thing we can do is turn our kitchen into a place for closed-loop cooking. What this means is using the scraps from one project as the foundation for the next. So, for example, you could use those mushy apples (cores and peels included!) to make your own apple cider vinegar. Beyond mushy apples, you can also close the loop in your kitchen by using scraps of vegetables to make soup broth or turning old food containers into something useful such as a DIY perfume spritz. Whatever it is, closed loop cooking can be rewarding for both you and the planet. READ MORE

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