Here is one of my thrift-shopping, treasure-hunting heroes! Her name is Jillian Owens, and she is the blogger at Refashionista. While thrifting blogs are great, I love the added twist of looking at an outfit differently and transforming it with a needle and thread.
Jillian Owens created a Dress A Day challenge, where for 365 days, she refashioned a dress every single day. That is just amazing to me! A whole year seems too intimidating to me right now, but I plan on doing a mini-version, and refashion one outfit a day for a month.
Refashionista is one of my biggest blog inspirations. Every time I read a blog post, I start looking at my own clothing to see how to modify and change it. I love this quote by Jillian –it sums up exactly how I feel about thrifting, refashioning and the relationship with our clothing:
“We just go to a store and idly flick through racks of almost identical-looking clothing, try it on, purchase it, wear it and discard it. Refashioning is a radically self-reliant and involved process that makes you actually think about what you’re wearing in a more meaningful way.”
Here are 3 of my favorite blog posts at Refashionista:
1. Wanna Be Wednesday: Ressica Edition
I love to see how she creates celebrity and fashion designer look-a-likes from clothing that has seen better days. Even if an outfit is ugly at the thrift store, it can experience a beautiful rebirth!
2. Finding Fashion Inspiration with the Refashionista
Jillian Owens is also a featured blogger at the The Good Life blog, owned by Goodwill. I love how she talks about finding sources of inspiration for our wardrobes. Inspiration can be found in all sorts of places!
This refashion post is right up my alley. I adore sparkly evening dresses, but have no excuse to wear them. And even worse -I love vintage so much that I often choose “grandma” clothing. I love how she refashioned it into a more modern, wearable dress. It could be fun to make shirts /tunics as well!
In short, Refashionista is awesome! What do you think of me doing the 1 month challenge? 🙂
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Disclaimer: I am not being compensation in any shape or form for this post. My opinions are my own.
