I'm knitting a scarf. You dont get much slower than that,at least the way I knit!
@QuickSilverHair
6 ай бұрын
I also knit I used to be much faster.
@jessicacollins9033
6 ай бұрын
I’m LOVING this series, Jolie! I’ve learned so much. I’m glad to see J Jill and LLBEAN on the acceptable list! Those are my favorites. I love that they carry petites as I’m 5’2”. I need to find more places to shop at. Where did you get the top you’re wearing in this video? I LOVE it!!
@QuickSilverHair
6 ай бұрын
Thank you Jessica. I’m glad you are loving the series. The top I wore for this video is an old favorite from Lucky Brand before they were bought out by Simon malls. I have probably had it for about 8 years. And I was actually thinking about where I would find more like it. If I do I’ll let you know. 🩶
@jessicacollins9033
6 ай бұрын
@@QuickSilverHair Thank you Joli. Have a great Sunday!
@jenniferwutt4284
6 ай бұрын
Once again, Joli, you have made another great video! I love your ideas for shopping for sustainable shopping and for shopping from your closet. As a retired teacher, I currently have tons of clothes I no longer wish to wear. Before I throw some of them in the donate bag, I do the following just to ensure I won't miss them when they are gone...1. I color code my closet in a rainbow pattern. It is amazing how many outfits that clearly go together, that you could not appreciate before. 2. I try on the outfits with all the sweater and jacket options. If I find something I like, I hang it like a painting on my wall. My bedroom and hallway walls are filled with nails on which I hang my chosen outfits. I do this each month. 3. Then I wear my predetermined outfits from the wall. Shoes are easy for me to rid of, as I only wear good quality, comfortable shoes. I have been shopping this way from my closet now, for 2 years since retiring. It is amazing how many new "cool" outfits I am able to put together. I am a musical performer, so I need some substainable on stage looks, too. So far, I have not needed to buy anything new, except for a few accent items or shoes. If I find that three WI years have passed (our weather patterns are so variable each year), and nothing has made it to my wall, it is time to donate. I rarely miss any donated items this way.
@QuickSilverHair
6 ай бұрын
Thank you Jennifer for sharing all of this. That’s a great way to shop your closet. I love it. 🩶
@88marome
6 ай бұрын
I don't remember the last time I bought clothes. I get so much as gifts that I have problems with getting rid of clothes instead. The weeks before we moved I took 7 bags per day to the clothes recycle bin.
@QuickSilverHair
6 ай бұрын
Wow, that’s a lot of clothes that people are giving you. I’m sure that’s a blessing so you don’t have to buy them but I can see where it can be overwhelming because then you end up with things that you wouldn’t have picked for yourself or that you necessarily need or want. Thank you for sharing that with us and thank you for watching the series. 🩶
@valstaff1
6 ай бұрын
I’m not here to support Quince but wanted to respond to a couple of your comments. Quince may have their own distribution center(s) in the USA. Much in the way Amazon has their huge distribution centers all over kingdom come. So while their products come from China, Mongolia or India, they may be first shipped in bulk to one or more US distribution centers that they own. And then to the consumer. When I’ve shopped on Quince, I always read the details, size and fit and care instructions. It clearly states the % of each fabric. As you said, there is no perfect solution here. But we can aim to be more conscious consumers.
@QuickSilverHair
6 ай бұрын
It just really disappointed me about Quince and their shipping. The total number of orders that I actually received was around three or four, I think, because I did actually try to exchange some items for different sizes, and everything shipped from China. So while they may have some distribution centers in the USA I do believe the vast majority of the orders are shipping straight from their manufacturer. That is one of the things that I read throughout my research after I was trying to figure out why they were shipping from China. There are several other content creators that do slow fashion content and several of them mentioned that it was shipping direct from China. You are likely also right, there may be some centers in the US. I would guess that those might be the return centers so if you order something that they have at the return center they can actually ship it from the US. That’s just the vibe I got from this, which ever way, it is, they’re not being 100% clear on what their shipping practices are. Mainly, what I took away from all of this was that it’s really not about where you shop it’s about how you shop and how consciously you are making decisions on what you’re buying; of course, that does include trying to buy more sustainable fabrics and shop with companies who are trying to do better. I appreciate this conversation, I had not gotten anything from the US so I just assumed it all came direct from their manufacturer.
@yolandagutierrez7465
6 ай бұрын
Joli! Thank you! 😊
@QuickSilverHair
6 ай бұрын
You’re welcome! 😊
@glitterberserker1029
6 ай бұрын
I think it's worth pointing out that the label "handmade" can really distort how people perceive of fast fashion. All clothing is handmade. It can be sewn by someone making a fair wage, at home my whomever is going to where it or in a sweatshop but it's all handmade. I just think it can download the human suffering involved in the far fashion industry to imply it isn't handmade. The way you put marketing into perspective on the video is really insightful though. I always enjoy when people discuss how specific marketing language is used to obscure reality.
@QuickSilverHair
6 ай бұрын
I did think of that after I made the spectrum that technically all garments are handmade whether they’re made in a sweatshop or in your sewing room. I really do hope that people understand I mean handmade in your own sewing room by you or a crafter. I understand that this suffering from a human level is so catastrophic when it comes to fast fashion I don’t know if you saw my first video on this, but I did go into a little bit more detail on that there. Thank you for watching and I’m glad you’re enjoying this series.
@tracygellatly1267
6 ай бұрын
Excellent video! Love this series.
@QuickSilverHair
6 ай бұрын
🎉 Thank you!
@Purple-ws9fn
6 ай бұрын
I'm a big shopper myself. I mostly go to online thrifting, but anyway, I do it so much, it's still many parcels. Also, it's often a problem to pick the sizes- therefore many returns. My plan is to reduce my shopping all together. So, thanks for the tips! Very useful 😊🙏
@QuickSilverHair
6 ай бұрын
Thrifting can quickly runneth your cup over. I’m glad I could help you. 😊
@dawnstachler6352
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video series! It is so helpful!
@QuickSilverHair
6 ай бұрын
You’re very welcome and I’m glad you’re watching and finding it helpful. 🩶
@sierrasukalski2133
6 ай бұрын
Linen, hemp, and banana, maybe lotus, are some pretty sustainable options. The less pesticides can be used, the better. Banana doesn't meet with that standard, but it does clean up after the eating-banana industry, a bit better than usual. Wool is good, depending on the raising conditions. Sheep actually require shearing to be healthy. You can argue that there should be less sheep for an environment, but I would strongly urge anyone to move away from using the blanket carbon footprint model (created by oil companies, by the way), and move toward the teaching of Alan Savoy. Responsible herding is a key part of creating fertile grassland. His work has been on the expanding edge of the Sahara, and he proved his theories in areas where the savannah was giving way to cracked, dry ground. Joel Salatin also shows the immense value animals have in creating a healthy, fertile landscape. Humans really have relatively little to offer in the way of helping to sequester carbon, and creating a resilient landscape, when compared to your average herd animal, properly rotated through the environment. Soil and algae are maybe the two biggest, best things on the planet sequestering carbon. Soil health is essential for any sustainability or climate goals we have: I'd even say, more than trees, which, if you knew me, would be shocking. Grassland is possible where rainforest isn't going to happen, on wide swathes of the planet. Food for thought. I think that anyone pitching these kind of general blanket sustainability solutions in their language and messaging is suspect, because when it comes down to it, facing global environmental catastrophic change is all about working with different biomes, and supporting corridors, and cascades of good health. There are places which are too arid, and some areas are going to call for different animals in any case, but I think it is worth noting that much of this isn't a climate change, or saving the world issue, but instead boils down to breaking down the exploitation and excesses of Capitalism, and approaching this as a land use, and even, property law issue. Trying to produce more and more from the land isn't a good husbandry model. I bet if you pick apart the stresses on over-grazing, what you'll see is a lot of over-competitiveness, and a property buying/use model that makes smaller parcels of land, where if a rancher hopes to survive, they need to strive to produce much more money than they would reasonably strive towards with good herding practices in order to compete in buying neighboring land, resources, and easments. When ranchers and farmers are competing instead of being able to work together and share land, you can pretty much say good-bye to letting the animals and the land tell you when to move the herd, or add to it, in a sustainable, at least somewhat organic fashion. Migration of species is THE pattern of Earth species, and previously, where production had to precede financing, migration, though a tricky subject, and the cause of much war, had to be accommodated in any system that survived for long. The so called Industrial Revolution, officially starting by no coincidence with the Enclosure Acts, flipped financing and production on their heads. Perhaps it would surprise no one to learn that this led to a UK, that once was as forested as the Appalachain Mountains (part of the same mountain range), to become barren by means of over grazing by sheep, and deer, one cultivated for the money, and the other for the prestige, by the aristocracy scrambling for means and standing. Also, mycelium has recently been grown into a lovely substitute for leather, and mycelium products are just about the gold standard for sustainability. A lot depends on ethical labor, and resisting the horrors of Capitalism, and I can't tell you what forces are marshalling to turn the sustainable technologies of the future into horrific cash cows. However, mycelium as a base creation, is a sustainable dream. It feeds on woody waste. It grows in somewhat cold and dim conditions, taking no light, heat, or power to grow in relatively temperate conditions. It doesn't take very long to grow. It is also incredibly strong and fireproof/resistant in its final form, and I can't imagine a better material for laying to Earth, or burying in compost. Anyway, that wasn't what I wanted to point out, when I opened up the comment box. What I wanted to say was that the first sustainable fashion garments I ever bought got holes within the week. Upon reflection, I posit that as with the neck stretching out, one reason why such fashions are prone to quick deaths is that they are attempting to look and feel like what we expect from modern clothes -drapey, lightweight, and soft, and still washable with machine agitators. Natural fibers shrink, a lot. Spoonflower has a video on their linen, and not only shows how much such things tend to shrink between one wash and none, they show what the same piece of fabric shrinks to, between one wash and three(?), or five(?). It is a lot. The fibers also get considerably more beat up. Linen takes its strength through its long, structurally intact fibers. Breaking those fibers shortens it's life. Linen is also, only one example of a natural fiber with a specific quality that lends it strength and longevity, and one that changes dramatically with the application of water, heat, and different cleaning agents. In retrospect, that hemp jersey my first garments were made from ought to have been a heavier woven fabric, the seams reinforced, maybe even trimmed with ribbon, and the armscyes should have been cut more generously, and reinforced. The hemp appeared to dissolve under the stresses of armpit moisture, so adding an honest to goodness pad there isn't altogether beyond contemplation, as ridiculous as that would ordinarily seem to me. Also, the neckline should have been understitched or top stitched, as befits a well made woven garment. In short, I would have been looking for an entirely different style of garment, certainly not a t-shirt and a natural, minimal sheath dress, without a hint of structure, should I have stuck to finding hemp garments for my wardrobe. I don't think looking for those qualities we tend to enjoy in modern synthetics is wrong, I just think understanding the trade offs is a pretty steep and neccessary learning curve with natural fibers. For example, a beautiful piece of soft, lived in linen, maybe needs to start out a little heavier in weight than you think it should, and maybe it needs a few washes, and possibly a re-dying before being sewn into a premium quality garment. I feel like I've made more mistakes, and gathered more questions and problems with natural fibers, than I have had victories, epiphanies, and answers. Maybe that's not such a bad thing, really. At the time of my mistakes though, they have always seemed sorrowfully disappointing and expensive. Certainly, without a common vernacular, and qualities everyone is familiar with, and on the way to optimizing, it has been a long, somewhat lonely road, of research, trial, and error, to acquire even as much confidence as I now have in this arena. I also think that perhaps there are hidden treasures, goals and outcomes, only possible in pursuit of these natural fiber garments. Maybe reinventing what we can/are looking for is a gift that will allow us to venture in directions our ancestors didn't even dream of, when they had the same means. I have high, unreasonable hopes.
@QuickSilverHair
6 ай бұрын
There is indeed a vast mountain of issues to sort through when talking about sustainable fabrics. Which is why for this videos topic I kept that very short. For me cotton, wool, silk, and linen end up being the most feasible, affordable, and do not contribute to plastics waste, which was one of my main goals in ditching fast fashion. Where you land on the fashion spectrum is a very personal choice, your budget, your taste in clothing, your job, and so many things will dictate how you are able to achieve your goal. You have a lot of great info, do you have your own channel or blog?
@sierrasukalski2133
6 ай бұрын
@@QuickSilverHair Good points. And no, I don't have my own channel. I hate looking at photos and videos of myself. If there's a reasonable alternative... Nope, I think I'm just strange and that's how it will stay.
@sierrasukalski2133
6 ай бұрын
@@QuickSilverHair Sources I treasure are as follows, in case you were interested... (I am but a collection of sources, with a smattering of experience, and everything I could say, someone else has already said better, so you are welcome to my cave of wonders.) Jared Diamond's Collapse, and maybe with less relevance, but a lot of back story, Guns, Germs, and Steel. Howard Zinn's A People's History, and this last year, Cenk Uygur's Justice is Coming, and a book whose author eludes me, but is called Lies My Teacher Told Me, are all excellent inroads into just what has happened economically, politically, and socially with the so called Age of Exploration and the following Industrial Revolution. Calling them all separate things like they aren't wound tighter than a worsted 4 ply... I have been enjoying Garys Economics and Yanis Yaroufakis as well, here on KZitem. Yanis Yaroufakis did a pretty good lecture captured on video, going into the guts of the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, while discussing the differences with his proposed name for what we are stepping into now: Technofeudalism. Rebecca Solnit has a number of great books on the history of very specific places, and I like her for narrowing the focus a bit, and giving it more color, and life. For Permaculture, I was trying to pick things up a while ago, when some of the experts were keen on putting out videos. I'm not sure if they are still up, or free. Geoff Lawton was a great resource that way, and he really gave me a feel for the kind of land and fertility that will support different things, like goats. I sort of munched around the internet, if you know what I mean, to get information about individual farms and use cases. There's a lot out there. There were recent videos on re-introducing beavers in the UK, and the guy doing that had a lot more to say about Scotland, and conservation in the UK. UK history has been an interest of mine since I was two years old. I also have a pretty active interest in the Amazon rainforest. I like to watch people actually walk through it. The soil is actually relatively poor, while being at the very peak of biological diversity and activity, which if you follow that rabbit hole, is pretty enlightening on the subtleties of biomes and permaculture. I'm still puzzling things through on that front. Michael Pollan and Joel Salatin, who he interviewed, both have good books. That said, they also have excellent videos. Toby Hemenway wrote the textbook on basic permaculture, but honestly, I wouldn't recommend reading it first without watching people's videos and tours, or spending time on a farm. There's too much to slot into place no one new to the topic is going to have a comfortable place for in their mind. Bridging history, material, and nutrition, I like the work of Weston Price interpreted through Sally Fallon, and Jessica Prentice. Sally Fallon is where it's at, with Nourishing Traditions. Weston Price was a dentist, traveling to the most isolated places with fully intact traditional food systems in the 1920's. He started with dental health, and then opened up the field of inquiry to things like mood, ease of childbirth, and life expectancy. If you want to understand the material demands of the human animal, functioning well, I don't think I've come across better work on the subject. Material is a tricky topic, because I search anywhere and everywhere for information about materials and how they are made. I'd say, don't forget to look up dyes, when getting a sense of textiles. That usually adds some dimension to what people are putting together, and what's possible. That, and a sense of place for each thing often start to tell a certain kind of story along with the properties and processing. This kind of information isn't usually readily available, but again, this is where I find knowing more about dye is useful. It's a point of reference that is more correlation than causation, and yet a certain shade that you may recognize of a favored color, can get the brain working in the right directions, or provide a detail of provenance, or property. As for sewing, and sewing garments, I vastly prefer hand sewing. I like Bernadette Banner (neck and armhole finishing, and pad stitching, may be pertinent, as well as types of seams), Abby Cox, Rachel Maksy, Nichole Rudolph, and I'm sure a few others. The V&A also makes the list. Honestly, though, for sewing and design, my first love is pinterest. Stitching, embroidering, and draping seem to require looking through what must be millions of images, to find the qualities and properties that can be then followed to technique. I am sure there are many books on the subject, but in my experience there's so many things you could do, and only a few things you'd really want to do, and you might as well hunt them down, because chances are, they aren't sitting in a single book, especially in a form your mind can retrieve for a particular design. Having a lookbook fit to the intuition of my own mind has been invaluable. I really enjoyed the videos I watched about Madeleine Vionnet. She is a perfect look at an inflection point in the history of fashion, and the drama of her contemporaries has a lot to say about the gains and losses we live with now. Yup, so that's all I can think of for now. Happy hunting!
@Barb.....
4 ай бұрын
Hi Joli, new subscriber here. Just found you today. I follow Mell and Curly Susie, but I have long curly silver hair so your channel is great! I've already watched a couple videos and I'm excited to watch more. I love the shirt you have on and was going to ask, but see that you've already answered that question. Dang. Anyway, I have an unrelated question. Would you share with me what you use for lip color. I'm not a big lipstick wearer, because I struggle to find a shade I like. I want something close to natural. I love the color you are wearing. Thanks
@QuickSilverHair
4 ай бұрын
Hi Barb, thanks for being here and hanging out with me. Likely, the lipbalm is Hemp Organics, I have several of their colors this one is probably Love. amzn.to/3zktQtf I have tried loads of lipsticks and really never was happy with the way they look as I have aged, I much prefer it look more natural too.
@Barb.....
4 ай бұрын
@@QuickSilverHair Thanks so much! I have bought tinted lip balms but never quite found the right one. Definitely gonna try Love. Thanks again
@QuickSilverHair
4 ай бұрын
@@Barb..... you’re welcome. I also like the color Wine and Kiss (a little on the browner plum side.)
@Barb.....
4 ай бұрын
@@QuickSilverHair Thanks!
@pheart2381
6 ай бұрын
Hemp is a really good fabric in terms of environment. It doesnt even need fertiliser.
@QuickSilverHair
6 ай бұрын
I never think of hemp because it so underutilized. However p, you may find this interesting. It outlines the downsides to production. cfda.com/resources/materials/detail/hemp
@pheart2381
6 ай бұрын
@@QuickSilverHair the variety of hemp used to make fabric doesn't contain the compounds that produce hallucinogenic symptoms. We have had some amusing incidents in the u.k. where hemp crops were stolen,in the belief that the perpetrators would make a fortune on the drugs circuit.
@QuickSilverHair
6 ай бұрын
@@pheart2381 I am aware of that. Given they tried to outlaw it in the US. 🙄 There is environmental production impacts included in this article. I found it interesting.
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