slow fashion

slow fashion is the growing movement of designing, creating and buying garments for quality and longevity. slow fashion is the antidote to mass-produced garments (often of poor-quality) created in overseas factories for pittance, then imported and sold at considerable mark-up by retailers.

slow fashion champions embrace slower production schedules, the value of fair wages, sustainability, lower carbon footprints and minimal (ideally zero) waste.

often hand sewn, slow-fashioned garments are created with care and attention to craftsmanship and unlike mass-produced clothing, these items are often unique and one-of-a-kind.

darling dearie garments, art and oddments are their creator’s homage to the slow-fashion movement and inspired from the great depression-era mindset in which everything was used and/or reused in innovative ways.

“use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without”

showcase your own discerning individual style and stand apart from the crowd.

• all garments + oddments are designed, created and sewn exclusively by darling dearie herself.

• remaining true to her own slow fashion and minimal-waste convictions, larger leftover fabrics are incorporated into future garment combinations (gateway, super mash-up, and mishmash dresses; flag pant pockets).

• smaller fabric pieces along with vintage threads, trims, ribbons and buttons, are re-imagined for darlings oddment collection.