As the years have progressed, I’ve been steadily tracking my spending on clothing. Though I’d say the overall volume has decreased since my fast fashion/thriftaholic days, the cost has risen because slow fashion is much more expensive. I would like to work on lowering both the amount of apparel I buy as well as how much I spend on it.

Amelia (@ameliaswardrobeedit) proposed the idea of limiting ourselves to just 12 items–1 item per month–for this new year. I’m going to try my very best to stick with this because I honestly have more than enough clothes and so many are really comfy, well made favorites.

#12in21

Some guidelines for myself:

At least half (6) of the items will be from BIPOC owned brands.

*I originally was counting shoes in the 12, but decided to separate them into their own list.

Accessories, underwear/lounge, secondhand, replacements, and self made items won’t count.

Each month I will update this post with the item I went with and details about it.

Clothing purchased so far: 12

Vestige Story kindred sweatshirt (BIPOC owned)

7115 by Szeki black sumo puffer (BIPOC owned)

Tradlands augusta floral dress 

Aliya Wanek britt dress (BIPOC owned)

Ichi Antiquités linen gather dress (BIPOC owned)

Sotela gingham top, shorts, & skirt (BIPOC owned)

Eli & Barry grid dress 

Nettle Studio smiley button up

Image from nettlestudio.com

STATE punch shirt (on sale)

Intentionally Blank canta dress

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Vacilando Studios red quilt jacket

Image from @vacilandostudios

Ijji Trench (BIPOC owned)

Shoes purchased so far: 6

Camper Pix boots (on sale)

Bryr black norma stack sandal

Beatrice Valenzuela lichen sandalias (BIPOC owned)

Zou Xou quinta woven slide (BIPOC owned)

THEY sneakers (BIPOC owned)

Image from theynewyork.com

Make list

Here are some sewing projects I’m planning to make:

-Face print midi dress (made!)

-Red canvas sun hat (made!)

-Floral print boxy top

-Red canvas clyde trousers