hey everybody welcome back to our Channel today we're doing something a
little bit different as you can see Eamon is not joining us just kidding it's
gonna be an awesome video I'm gonna sit down walk you through my wardrobe and
how I managed to look put together while living in a van for me my journey with
minimalism began when I started backpacking so about five years ago
Eamon and I took the plunge and we packed everything we thought we would need into
tiny little backpacks mind you we still had at our parents houses you know heaps
of clothing that we had collected over the years because I was definitely one
of those people that thought buying even if it was a cheap piece of clothing just
to have something new to wear out to the club or whatever it might be was
worthwhile and would fulfill us me in some way a big shift in perspective that
I gained from going to places like Asia Southeast Asia and just seeing all of
the amazing happy people living with so much less and I started to realize that
I didn't need all of the material possessions that I had I came home and I
realized it was so crazy that I had drawers full of things when I wasn't
using them and there was people out there who could better use the things
that I had so I think that's where minimalism began for me and ever since
then I've just put such an emphasis on experience and travel and doing stuff
over having stuff and I think for me decluttering my closet has also declared
my mind my closet is all about being comfortable
being versatile but also allowing myself to show my personality so while a lot of
it is monochromatic I also have color and crazy types that you'll see which
might not fit in a traditional minimalist wardrobe but it
fits in mine and I'm cool with it so let's get started okay socks one more
thing before I really jump into it Amon and I have been vegans plant-based
people for almost a year and a half to two years now so while not everything in
my wardrobe is technically 100% vegan I do try to shop ethically I do buy
quality over quantity so I buy things that are long lasting but go easy on me
let's start with bathing suits really quick
I own two bathing suits both from a company called mozzie swindler I think
the reason I really like the bathing suits is they're reversible so I can
wear this bikini this way or this way and it gives it a completely different
vibe so especially living in a van it's almost as though I have two amazing
suits when I only have one and then the other one that you see me wear a ton is
this one-piece bathing suit if I'm not finding a brand that's really quality or
really ethical I will go to op shops op shops is a word I learned while living
in Australia because that's where I first started shopping at thrift stores
but I guess it's like a secondhand shop here in Canada or North America um which
leads me to where I got my first sweater I'm going to show you this is something
I wear all the time I'm sure you guys have seen me in it it's just a white
kind of turtleneck type of sweater this sweater is just from H&M but I've had it
for a really long time this one I found at an op shop in Vancouver a man and I
went out west last summer and I just saw it and thought it was so cute this new
truly pinkish color by the way I'm pretty colorblind Amon and I see colors
so differently so to me this is a light pink I'm not sure what it is for you and
it says it's all good this is again like a pale pink long-sleeved sweater and
must have been in a pale pink phase at some point this one I was gifted at
Christmas from a man's mom and I really liked it
these I find are so good like it could be hot out and I just want to cover up
and I'll wear it or it can be freezing cold and I need another layer
and I find this is really great as well again even called this black today so I
don't know purple black then the last shirt is kind of a new addition but you
if you follow me on Instagram or I think I wore it in our last video we posted
it's the adventure shirt so it's from those merch sales that we did we had to
wait until we got back to Toronto to get one because we didn't have an address
while we were in Mexico but I've been living in this it's super soft super
comfortable my two t-shirts are both from Lululemon as well one's just a
striped t-shirt and the other is a black one the recent company I have been
loving I discovered I think it was three years ago no it's called knixwear
and they're a Toronto based company so I've always hated bras so when I
discovered this company I fell in love pretty quickly three Christmases ago a
man gifted me one of their bras which is actually what I'm wearing under this
right now and I used it so much that I finally took the plunge and got a few
more of their items so here's one as an example oh I don't know if you guys can
really tell but the material is super comfy you don't get that feeling of oh
my god I need to take off my bra right now and even at the end of the day you
know that feeling of oh this is good it feels nice to take it off but it
doesn't feel like oh my goodness I've been constricted all day and I'm so
uncomfortable this is sort of like a sports bra crop top like I could go to
the gym just wearing this in my tights feel really good in this and this is
from NYX wear as well while we're on the topic of NYX where I just wanted to show
you the tanks that I wear buy them a lot of you have followed us through the
hello Mexico series have sent me messages asking about these tanks and I
really can't say enough good things about them this is what they look like
here I feel like I don't know where the black one is so I have this gray color
this kind of let's call this oh do you think like a purple emo and a
black what happens is sometimes things end up in a man's closet but I'm not
gonna look through that right now so potentially that's where that is
um these tanks are so comfy as I said you can see that they've kind of got
this light lining in them but they they're not like a padded uncomfortable
padding and yeah I really love these so I've got three of them and the black one
that I don't know where that is right now
oh here's the black mix where I found it told you I've had one black mix where so
most of these tanks actually all of them are from Lululemon again so I've got a
navy blue one a grey one and then another white one and this kind of what
color is this what shall we call this I'm actually dark salmon before we go
any further I can't believe I haven't talked about them yet my overalls you
guys are always damning me asking me about these overalls
they are Vancouver again at that same option I'll have to try to figure out
what it was called they're actually men's overalls and I live in them you
already know that but yeah mint overalls check it out I have a few dresses white
and black stripe and then it comes like a cross and I tie it in the front Amon
calls that my staple dress because if ever I'm in a pinch I throw that on and
then one last just long playing dress whoa stretch out my legs I have a few
pairs of pants that you might be like coming back not so neutral these ones
here are made from recycled water bottles I found them at a yoga show that
we are vending at for our chai business what do you guys think I think there are
little bit's ethers so that's a bit of an issue but I just wear my long gray
tank with these a lot last pair of these I got secondhand from my sister I don't
even know if she knows I have these sorry mo but if I had them for years and
they're literally just like black flare pants
and I wear them again all the time these are my black lulu tights they're
full-length I've had them for honestly four years they've come at least the
entire time that Amy and I traveled together I've had these pants so there
are six six years strong and many many countries strong and then in terms of
jeans I've got the overalls I'm wearing one pair of black jeans and one pair of
light jeans with like big holes in the knees which my mom expressed some
concern about the other day but I think are pretty cool
these are Lululemon black shorts I've got purple Lululemon shards I've got
just some jean shorts you guys saw me wearing these every day in Mexico for
sure and then I've got my short jean overalls you can see a theme here I'm
obsessed with overalls I think they're so cute I don't know if it's very
adult-like of me to love them so much but I do so that's that and then these
pants every time I go somewhere I try to go to a local market and pick up these
pants now this kind of defeats the purpose of buying quality over quantity
because I've had quite a few pairs of these in my time and they always end up
ripping in all sorts of places the last pair I picked up was from our trip in
Africa you can see that they're coming apart and I have to hand wash these so
they're more of a pain than anything but my gosh I'm obsessed with these pants
they're kind of like Genie pants so so comfy I wear them as pajamas lounging
around hanging out my last thing is my actual pajama set which again is from
NYX where I'm completely obsessed with this pajama set it's so comfy and it
makes vlogging in the morning a little bit more enjoyable because I wake up in
something that I find really cute so this is the top of the pajama Saturday
31 32 it looks like I'm about 32 items plus
what I'm wearing I don't really know if underwear and socks counts and all of
this but I have a few pairs of underwear and socks as well okay one of the other
things I get asked a lot about is my winter jacket this was bought secondhand
for five dollars a couple of years ago before that I had owned the same winter
coat for I think 10 plus years um this jacket with my big Jedi hood five
bucks this jean jacket that I wear all the time
especially now it's coming into spring is actually something my grandmother
bought me from the gap when I was in grade six do you believe I still own
that and still wear it all the time then I've got my Patagonia coat again this
was purchased long before we were vegan so it is a down jacket but I have heard
that Patagonia has come out with a vegan alternative so I'm really interested
when this one goes in checking that out but what I do love about Patagonia as a
company is they believe in fixing your where instead of just buying new stuff
so they actually fix everything for free if you just bring it back to the shop
from a little local maker you guys know I if I do have a soft spot for spending
money it's with locally made goods this girl her company is called Madame Babu
and you've probably seen me wear this too I dress up my dresses with this
kimono or shorts and my tank tops or whatever it might be
whoa I feel like that brings me to the end of the Wardrobe tour
I really really appreciate you guys sticking this out with me I know it was
my first time chatting to you guys alone but I would really like to pursue doing
more of these videos I feel like it's a really great way to sort of check in
together you guys get to know me a little better and hopefully I'll get to
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thank you so much for watching and I'll see you later I need a glass of water oh
boy oh boy good to know yeah I just did laundry specifically so that I had
everything clean for this video I'm sure you guys could smell the clean laundry
through the camera