Shopping

Four tips for gifting on a budget 

Christmas doesn’t have to break your bank account. I’ve curated four ideas that can save you from bankruptcy this year.
Thrifting

Second-hand fashion isn’t as sustainable as you think

Many students look to second-hand fashion to spruce up their wardrobes, but the clothing you already own is the most sustainable clothing.
The universal size chart

The universal size chart

Unifying and regulating sizes has the potential to implement beneficial changes to gender and size inclusivity and the environment.

Victoria-based Blue Friday initiative offers eco-friendly alternative to Black Friday

“Blue is the New Black” according to a new initiative, Blue Friday, that aims to encourage Victoria residents to shop both sustainably and locally this Black Friday. Six local stores…

Get thrifty with it

A non-exhaustive list of some of Victoria’s thrift stores for the sustainable shopper As Millennial and Gen-Z university students, we know that thrifting is the best way to get that…

Ten holiday saving tips

Because Christmas red shouldn’t remind you of your bank balance Oftentimes, Christmas leaves us feeling fat, broke, and resentful: the opposite of how we’re supposed to feel. Yet every year,…

FASHION PROFILE: What is your campus wearing?

Profile: Cati Landry English Major Who do you think is your style inspiration? “I love looking through different chapters of culture and seeing how women dress and how people of…

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