One Girl Revolution

I can’t be the only person on the interwebs who can’t see the point behind The Uniform Project. It’s raising money for charity, which is always a good thing, but the premise just seems a bit… off.

This site fell into my browser window while I was looking for one-bag travel tips – I wanted to see how to get the most wear out of as few items as possible.

“OK,” I thought. “There’s an idea here. But…”

She’s pledged to wear one dress for a year for sustainability reasons. Except she’s not wearing one dress. She’s wearing seven copies of the same dress. Why not just buy seven different dresses at the same price point?

The proper way to do it would have been to buy just one of the dress. Let us know how it holds up to all that washing. What to wear on laundry day?

Have I missed the point?

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