Intentional Style

Sustainability

At Poplin, your personal style reflects your values.

From start to finish, the client process focuses on making intentional choices about what you wear and why. Whether sustainability is a way of life for you or you just want to feel confident that your style is not working against nurturing our environment, the Poplin experience can align with your values.

Before you buy

Your online personal profile gives you the tools you need to ensure you purchase only the pieces that flatter your frame, communicate your personal style and work for your budget- all while decreasing overwhelm. Even better, knowing your color palette means that you can purchase pieces now and in the future that will mix and match with one another to maximum your combinations without needing so many pieces.

During Your Closet Edit

Your closet should feel like a boutique curated just for you. When you remove extraneous pieces and only have options that flatter, give you confidence and function for your life, you’ll find that you have more combinations with fewer pieces.

A New Life for Your New or Existing Pieces that aren’t JUST right for you

You loved that dress, but it no longer serves you. Perhaps it doesn’t fit quite right or the style feels dated. Not to worry, tailoring may be the answer. Poplin tailoring goes well beyond hemming. Learn the fixes that work best for your body for future tailoring services and transform pieces you already have. That dress might be your next favorite top or skirt.

The final cut of items that don’t communicate your style and work for your figure can get a second life by giving some else the gift of your apparel either by selling or donating.

When it’s time to buy

Let’s make sure that shopping aligns with your values. Opt for new pieces that all mix and match together, giving you more creativity and increasing the longevity of your clothing. Then, choose from pieces in a variety of fabrics or focus or sustainable fabrics, when available. Second hand clothing on your Wishlist is an option and many clients opt for rental pieces from Rent the Runway or other services. Even better? A combination of choices based on what serves you best.

Feeling crafty? Some clients who sew make item based on Poplin recommendations and purchase other pieces for a complete collection.

Don’t call it a capsule

We’ve been hearing folks rave about capsule collections for years. We’re not about giving every woman the same twelve pieces to mix and match. We’re about giving YOU the collection of items that makes you look and feel your best. However, this approach borrows from the capsule in that there is a strategy behind your overall style and filters to ensure you purchase only options that will work together to maximize every piece.

Now, it’s time for the secret sauce

The outfit photos make getting dressed or packing for a trip simple. Equally compelling, they prevent you from purchasing extraneous pieces, decreasing the money you spend and the amount of clothing heading to landfills. Illustrating how certain items work in tandem means that creating outfits with additional pieces you purchase in the future will be just as easy.

Let’s Talk Sustainability + Values

Eager to elevate your style while wanting to be sure it reflects your values? We’ve got you. Share your style goals during your consultation. We work with what’s out there to lean heavily into values-based purchases whenever possible.

Options include:

• Brands that focus on sustainably source materials

• Pre-loved pieces from online or in person second hand shops

• Pieces from individual makers or local folks

• American made (and/or made in Canada) items

• Options from Fair Trade and brands that empower women

• Items from Black owned businesses

• Selects from clothing rental companies like Rent the Runway

• Tailor new and existing pieces to ensure they make you look and feel your best with less impact on the environment. After all, if you love it, you’ll wear it.