I must admit that when Uniqlo announced that they’re opening a store in Austin in the fall, I was excited. If you, like me, have been sucked into the cult of Uniqlo by a perfectly cut tee or soft fleece, maybe you’ve asked the question I recently asked: is Uniqlo ethical and sustainable?
What killed the sustainable fashion brands?
To paraphrase Anne Shirley, sustainable fashion has become “a perfect graveyard of buried hopes.” Over the past five or so years, a wave of fashion brands built on sustainability, ethics, or slow production has shut down.
Ethical & Sustainable Alternatives to Anthro
Is Anthropologie ethical? When I was in college, I had a Ph.D. student teacher who looked like she’d walked straight out of an Anthropologie catalog. I was intrigued by her maturity and her sophisticated yet quirky sense of style. And …
Ethical & Sustainable Alternatives to Madewell
Ethical Brands That Are Better Than Madewell While Madewell has made vast improvements to their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) document and their supply chain, the majority of their products do not strictly adhere to ethical or sustainable standards. I’ve compiled …
Books I Read | First Quarter ’26
One of my goals this year – well, every year – is to read more books. I got out of the habit of reading just for fun in divinity school. Even though the reading assigned for my coursework was fun, …
Spring Fashion List 2026
I can’t believe it’s time for another installment of my long running Fall and Spring Fashion List series. At the start of the year, I decided to more earnestly pursue a “buy less” mentality. And so far, it has really …
What I’m Giving Up for Lent 2026
What’s the deal with fasting during Lent? Lent is a season of reflection, repentance, and reconciliation that occurs in the 40 days (excluding Sundays) leading up to Easter. Symbolically meant to bring Christians into solidarity with Jesus’ temptation in the …
Setting a Budget Helped Me Shop More Thoughtfully
But the tricky thing about a “good deal” is that it can lure you into accumulating something you never would have wanted otherwise. You don’t buy because you need or want that exact thing, but because it’s there and its cheap and it makes you feel like you’ve accomplished something.
My Clergy Closet | Fancy
Fancy In the year after getting ordained, I was convinced I needed a collection of blazers to legitimize my status as a professional. So at every thrift shop, I always made sure to check the blazer section. Over time, I …
My Favorite Things 2025: Makeup & Hair
As the end of the year approaches, I have decided to take a look at the workhorse items in both my closet and my toiletry bag. This is the third and final installment, featuring my favorite makeup and hair products …
Year in Review | 6 Goals for 2026
My Year in Review I would like to say this year has flown by, but really, only the last three months have felt fast. While I’m blessedly out of the worst of it now, this year was a really hard …
My Favorite Things 2025: Skincare
As the end of the year approaches, I have decided to take a look at the workhorse items in both my closet and my toiletry bag. This is the second installment. Similar to the trend of counting your “empties,” inventorying …