Hi everyone! Welcome to My Green Closet, I am so excited to start this new series
on the channel where we'll be getting a peek into different people's wardrobes
and learn about how they approach conscious fashion and we're kicking off
the series with Kestrel Jenkins as a guest. Kestrel is the host of the amazing
podcast Conscious Chatter and I really wanted to have her on here because she
has this incredible, vibrant, creative style
and tons of treasures in her wardrobe so let's take a look
Hi my name is Kestrel and I'm the host
of Conscious Chatter, a podcast where what we wear matters. I'm really excited
to share with you some of my favorite and story-full pieces from my wardrobe I
love how Erin on My Green Closet really talks about how when you're building
your closet sustainably it doesn't necessarily mean it has to be the same
as everyone's and I love the way that she kind of showcases that we each have
our own unique ways that we can build something that means something to us and
that's also conscious so let's take a look at some of my favorite pieces
This piece really represents my personal style and as I was deciding this and
kind of thinking through the question I was like, why am I choosing this really
basic button-down shirt when I have such wild and crazy style sometimes but to me
this is one of those pieces that I wear all the time and I utilize it in so many
different ways. For example I will wear this buttoned all the way up with like a
short skirt or I will wear it tied around my waist kind of like what I'm
doing today with this other shirt and it becomes a really versatile and cool way
to bring a print, a stripe, into my wardrobe and have fun with it and also
use it as something business casual if I need to
shopping consciously means really asking questions and thinking through a
purchase before actually making it so for me one of those ways I like to shop
consciously is by going to thrift or vintage shops and this piece is a really
cool unique piece from the 1940s and it's a pretty long dress and it actually
zips all the way down which i think is pretty impressive and it has a really
beautiful embroidery on the front of it as well so this I was actually in a
Buffalo Exchange just kind of wandering around and I found this piece and I was
like I have to try it on, and turned out that one of the guys that worked there
came up to me and said, oh are you gonna try that on I hope it fits you because
it used to be my girlfriends and she never wore it and I always felt bad for
that garment because it wasn't getting utilized and kind of loved and so I
tried it on and it fit perfectly so this is a really cool unique vintage piece
that I love wearing because literally nobody else has it
so this next piece is one that I have had for years and years and I definitely
can't imagine getting rid of it. So I purchased this years ago in Wisconsin in
a Goodwill and when I purchased it I was like oh it's such a masculine looking
jacket that was kind of my mindset but I feel like it's turned out to be a really
feminine piece to me too, the way that you style it and I even have had a friend of
mine who's a stylist fix the sleeves because some of the
lining was coming out so this piece has gone through many years of wear and it's
in perfect condition still and I feel like I'll wear it many more times
If you listen to my podcast you will probably know that stories are totally
my thing I love the stories that go behind the way our clothes are made and
I love the stories that are kind of built into the pieces that we wear so
for me I have a couple pieces I want to share that have really cool stories to me
This piece this incredible sheer, vintage dress was actually a gift so I
had an Instagram friend Alex of Op Shop to Runway and we became friends in real life
last year and after we met and had an amazing time together and talked
about sustainable fashion over and over again when she went back to Australia
she was at a vintage shop and she came across this dress and she was like this
looks like a Kestrel dress and so she ended up mailing it to me and she was
right on the money it's totally a Kestrel dress but for me it's so fun to
style it and wear it because it's you know a friend of mine found it on the
other side of the world and then shipped it to me and now it's become part of my
wardrobe so I love this piece. Also another piece with a super cool story
so these jeans are by Re/Done which is a cool company based out of LA and they
basically take old Levis and restructure them and change them up so a
family number actually passed these down to me she's like I'm not wearing these
anymore they don't really fit me do you want them? and I didn't know that she
even purchased things that were quote unquote sustainable from you know a
conscious brand so it was really cool to me that she knew about Re/Done and was
stoked about the brand and while these are like super ratty looking jeans they
actually have been really fun to wear for me and something I wouldn't normally
purchase so I love wearing just like sheer tights underneath them
or pairing it with a really structured and businesslike top to kind of give it
an edgy meets more traditional look in any case for me it's really cool to know
that someone else wore them before she got them and then now I get to wear them
as well and add my own story to them
so I decided to wear an outfit that always
makes me feel good to kind of share that story so this is one of those really fun
outfits that I put on and makes me smile this is a wild asymmetrical knit dress
I found it a thrift store again and I love that it has a turtleneck so I feel
really covered up but at the same time it's fitted and has a really wild and
vibrant color so it's something fun to put on and then I always like dressing
things down when they're a little more extravagant so I have a button-up shirt
by one of my favorite companies Tradlands tie it around the waist and then
you maybe can't see it but I have some cute little light blue pumps on so this
is just an outfit that I feel really comfortable in but at the same time it
has a very fashion-forward look
If you're starting to think about what the impact of your wardrobe is and
trying to kind of think of ways to adjust some of your habits for me it's
always really important to think about what's important to you so you know what
are your values what's the most important and then start from there so
for me sometimes I'm really concerned about the waste in the fashion industry
so if that's what's going through my mind I really try to be conscious of
buying things that are already out there in the world and buying thrifted
things or buying you know reused things and trying to think about reducing waste
and also in that vein you can just you know look in your closet and find things
that you haven't worn in a long time and try to think of you know is there a way
that I can alter this and take this to a tailor or is there a way that I can wear
this a totally different way and kind of breathe some new life into it
building a conscious wardrobe I think is all about individual personal style and
we all have our own thing and we all have our own ideas and messages that we
want to share with the world and I think that's one of the most beautiful and
powerful things about fashion is you can say something to the world with what you
wear and there's a power in that art that you can create every day so have
fun with it and really above all love the things that are in your wardrobe
Thank you so much for giving us a look into your wardrobe Kestrel! If you guys
haven't already checked out Conscious Chatter be sure to do that it's an
amazing podcast, she talks to all kinds of people and brands in the sustainable
and ethical fashion space it's really inspiring and I've learned a lot I will
of course include links to that down below also I hope you enjoyed this new
series and if you like this video please give it a thumbs up. Thank you for
watching and thank you so much to those of you supporting me on Patreon and I'll
see you in the next one