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The Great American Apparel Diet: Vow to wear what you already own
The Great American Apparel Diet: Vow to wear what you already own
Frugal fashionistas with an environmental conscience — or credit card debt — can slip into a new challenge with the potential to reshape closets, lives, and bank accounts: The Great American Apparel Diet . Call it The Compact Lite for eco-fashionistas ( The Compact , by the way, ...
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Eat-all-you-want Green Diets and Cleanses
LIME Blogs — ... >> The Great American Apparel Diet. Lose credit card debt while rediscovering the closet you already own! Many women have signed up NOT to shop for clothes for a whole year—though accessories and shoes are allowed, as are homemade and used clothes, if you’re willing to tweak the rules a bit. Stay fashionable without feeding consumer culture. ...

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