I don’t usually watch videos on blogs or websites, but a reader over at Grechen’s Closet recommended I take a look at the new CP Shades website and the video on their homepage. And I’m glad I did.
I’m human, and while I do try to shop consciously, paying attention to where my garments are made, and what they’re made from, I sometimes don’t. I forget, or I’m so smitten with the piece, I don’t WANT to know where it came from. Not terribly enlightened, I know, and I’m not proud of it, but it happens. Watching the video at CP Shades reminds me of WHY I should care about who makes my clothes, and where. I WANT to buy my clothes from people like the Weinstein’s from Sausalito, California. They have such a passion for the clothing, the designs, the manufacturing and for the people who will wear their designs. Like me:
(me in my CP Shades linen dress)
If what you wear is important to you, you cannot ignore your clothing’s history and the journey each piece took to get to you. I love it when what I wear has a story; I just need to take better care from now on to make sure that story is one of sustainability, passion and quality.
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