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
know you a little better if you did
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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
