The Great American Apparel Diet
no buying for one year

Erika

Erika Kinno, age 37, Seattle native and resident (with stints in Tokyo and the cypress swamps of Florida). Erika is married with a 3 year old daughter and works full time in local government. She hopes the diet will give her time to weed out unworn items in her overstuffed closet, and either discard or remake them into something she will wear again (or into something else!). Erika is addicted to jogging and her husband`s gourmet cooking, and to reducing consumption/waste in her life—which inspires many “home art” hobbies including composting, vegetable gardening, canning, mending, quilting. Erika learned about TGAAD in late December and joined as a New Year`s Resolution. As penance for joining the diet late in the game, Erika is also giving up purchasing shoes and accessories.