Abby Pratt

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  • Calgary Stampede; a guide from a sustainable queen

    When I found out I was going to the Calgary Stampede this summer, I was thrilled, I was excited, and I was most importantly excited for all the OUTFITS!!

    Since this has been my first stampede I wanted to go all out with the looks, I wanted to be able to pull outfits out each day that I loved & could inspire outfits for stampedes to come!

    I am very passionate about sustainable, slow fashion, especially in a festival setting where so much of it comes down to the use of fast fashion brands.

    I knew I wanted to incorporate items from all of my favourite vintage/curated second hand stores in Saskatoon Sk, & surrounding areas.

    Seven Sundays, Replacing you, The Edit, Indefinite Article, Facebook Market place, Watrous thrift store, etc.

    I made it my mission to try my hardest to create all of my stampede outfits with second hand pieces or pieces I already had in my closet/borrowed pieces.

    Day 1

    Top: The Edit

    Shorts: Value Village

    Belt: Indefinite Article

    Boots: Replacing You

    Day 2

    Top: Seven Sundays

    Skort: Seven Sundays

    Boots: borrowed

    Bag: The Edit

    Sun glasses: Replacing You

    Hat: borrowed

    Necklace: Indefinite Article

    Day 3

    Shorts: Replacing You

    Top: Replacing You

    Boots: Vintage Frye boots (unseen)

    Hat: Watrous Second hand store

    Flower ring: VenusLemonade

    Day 3

    Top: The Edit

    Bag: Bella Chic (closet sale of Brianne Sikorski)

    Belt: Indefinite Article

    Bracelet: thrifted

    Glasses: Replacing You

    Boots: Replacing You

    See You Next Year Calgary Stampede!!!

  • Upcycled fashion for RY

    For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a passion for style, fashion, creativity & sewing.

    I’ve always played dress up, drapped fabric on my body, DIYed clothing from watching YouTube channels like Bethany Mota & Mylifeaseva.

    I spent a lot of time with my multi- talented Grandmother, playing in her sewing room for hours, infatuated with all the different fabrics she had collected, where I first learned to sew, creating dress up clothes with her.

    Back in February, knowing Lindsay from shopping at “ Replacing You”, she asked me randomly one day if I knew how to sew, or maybe if I knew of anyone. I said ya actually I do.. ME!

    That’s when the idea bloomed to create up-cycled, handmade, slow fashion w/ RY.

    We Started collecting fabrics, patterns, & thrifted pieces that just don’t sell at large thrift stores.

    I’d spent countless hours sewing in my bedroom closet with my tiny desk & second hand sewing machine from my Mother in law.

    At the beginning on the year I told my mom that it would be really cool if one day I could create custom clothing pieces for people to purchase, never did I think I could be given the opportunity to do so.

    Trial & lots of error later, I have created my first drop of Replacing You Handmade pieces!

    To Lindsay for believing in my potential for this project and giving me a space to do so with RY.

    To my Mom for the countless hours on FaceTime, trying to set up just the right angle so she could see exactly what I was doing wrong on my sewing machine, buying me tools you knew I needed but I didn’t ask for.

    To Lori-Ann for gifting me my sewing machine when I first said that I might want to get into sewing, she picked it up right away no questions asked when I said it’s a passion of mine.

    I am super proud of myself and excited for what the future holds.

    Here’s to creating more & more !

    RY Handmade in Canada dropping this Thursday in store🤍