Comments on: Is The Great American Diet Part of the Slow Clothing Movement? http://www.sallybjornsenwrites.com/2009/03/17/slow-clothing/ One Woman's Take on the World Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:46:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patti Collins http://www.sallybjornsenwrites.com/2009/03/17/slow-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Patti Collins Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:23:19 +0000 http://www.sallybjornsenwrites.com/?p=14#comment-216 You are making all the sense in the world! I have just started shopping at Good Will and MAN! What fantastic bargains you can discover there! My friend found a gorgeous red Burberry raincoat there (the kind that cost 400-650 regularly?!) for 7.99. She handed it to me telling me, "Try it on." The result? She took one look at me and said, "Wow! If YOU don't buy that, I will!" Of course, I bought it! (I'd been wanting a red rain coat, but wouldn't allow myself to buy one because I didn't really NEED one.) You are making all the sense in the world! I have just started shopping at Good Will and MAN! What fantastic bargains you can discover there! My friend found a gorgeous red Burberry raincoat there (the kind that cost 400-650 regularly?!) for 7.99. She handed it to me telling me, “Try it on.” The result? She took one look at me and said, “Wow! If YOU don’t buy that, I will!”
Of course, I bought it! (I’d been wanting a red rain coat, but wouldn’t allow myself to buy one because I didn’t really NEED one.)

]]> By: tina http://www.sallybjornsenwrites.com/2009/03/17/slow-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-51 tina Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:38:22 +0000 http://www.sallybjornsenwrites.com/?p=14#comment-51 Sally! You've been participating in the slow clothing movement by buying my skirts at Bouncing Wall! I use primarily recycled materials (sometimes what I find in my own closet) and I hope that I've made a dent in the amount of un-worn goods tossed to the Goodwill store. Sally! You’ve been participating in the slow clothing movement by buying my skirts at Bouncing Wall! I use primarily recycled materials (sometimes what I find in my own closet) and I hope that I’ve made a dent in the amount of un-worn goods tossed to the Goodwill store.

]]> By: DaAbaum http://www.sallybjornsenwrites.com/2009/03/17/slow-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-5 DaAbaum Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:39:25 +0000 http://www.sallybjornsenwrites.com/?p=14#comment-5 I have to admit, I have given over my closet to Goodwill each season without fail for the past 6 years. Yup, every spring, summer, fall and winter, I throw down garbage bags and stuff 'em with clothes I have not physically touched for more than 4 months. Its so liberating Sally, and I know I look like a schlep most of the time, but my closet with only the bare essentials in it is in my mind "concise". The thought that I ought to re-purpose, re-constitute, or de-construct/re-construct my clothes never enters my mind. They are just clothes, there's plenty more to be had at Goodwill or any other store with a sale rack! I do often wonder when I see a sheik looking lady across the high street, is she really wearing slightly recognizable combinations of my clothes, and how come I never thought to mix it up in that particular way. Darn-it! I could have done that look if I hadn't given it away! I never heard of a slow clothing, so thanks for educating me. I think what i do is more like a rushed panic to rid my closet of undesirables for the moment. I have to admit, I have given over my closet to Goodwill each season without fail for the past 6 years. Yup, every spring, summer, fall and winter, I throw down garbage bags and stuff ‘em with clothes I have not physically touched for more than 4 months. Its so liberating Sally, and I know I look like a schlep most of the time, but my closet with only the bare essentials in it is in my mind “concise”. The thought that I ought to re-purpose, re-constitute, or de-construct/re-construct my clothes never enters my mind. They are just clothes, there’s plenty more to be had at Goodwill or any other store with a sale rack! I do often wonder when I see a sheik looking lady across the high street, is she really wearing slightly recognizable combinations of my clothes, and how come I never thought to mix it up in that particular way. Darn-it! I could have done that look if I hadn’t given it away!

I never heard of a slow clothing, so thanks for educating me. I think what i do is more like a rushed panic to rid my closet of undesirables for the moment.

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