Tag Archives: sustainability
Celebrate Retrofit Republic’s 1 year & new lookbook on 9.10.11
We’re turning the big 1! Join us on 9.10.11 for our 1 year anniversary party and the launch of our most innovative Lookbook yet: the Community Heroes edition. Continue reading
Um. What Exactly Do You Guys Do Anyway?
What is it that Retrofit Republic does and what do they stand for? Here are some FAQs. Continue reading
“Mom, reusing the spaghetti sauce jar to store the nuoc mam (Vietnamese dipping sauce) is so ghetto.” How this influenced me to be green.
My parents are the reason why I love to thrift store shop, reuse plastic bags as trash can liners and to wrap my lunch in as well as why I reuse containers such as spaghetti sauce jars to store other goods, and why I refuse to let food go to waste – those who know me know I will pack the last egg roll to go, no joke! Continue reading
How Eating Around the Mold Taught Me To Be Green
Every fundamental principle I know about conservation and sustainability, I’ve learned from my grandmother.
My maternal grandmother has been unplugging electric appliances, ripping paper towels in quarter pieces, and using recycled goods since the mid 20th century. She told me to never leave the house with big bills (tuck some in your socks and in your inside pockets) and taught me to eat around the mold. “Makes you stronger” she even added. Continue reading
Vintage, Vintage, Vintage. These fashion forward celebs almost love vintage as much as we do.
All the celebrities below are wearing vintage pieces and are often caught wearing vintage any time of the day. What we particularly love is their clever mix of modern -the hair, make-up, particular clothing pieces, or accessories- with the classic vintage pieces of the past. Vintage does not have to be -from head to toe- stuck in a decade. Vintage is from a past time but often can be timeless, exemplary by the vintage loving celebrities. Continue reading
