Author name: Lexy Silverstein

Coachtopia products featured on Depop, highlighting circular fashion, resale shopping, and sustainable luxury accessories.

Coachtopia Is Now on Depop: What It Means for Circular Fashion and Resale’s Future

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Coachtopia just opened an official shop on Depop. New bags. Restored bags. Vintage Y2K Coach finds. All in one place, at depop.com/coachtopia. On the surface, it sounds like a pretty standard brand launch announcement. A sub-brand opens a storefront on a resale app. Fine. But there’s a lot happening underneath that press release that’s worth […]

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Lex in the City: NYC’s Greenwhich Village Secondhand Shopping Guide

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Greenwich Village thrifting is smaller and more scattered than people expect, but that’s part of the charm. Unlike Williamsburg or the East Village, the Village isn’t dominated by giant resale warehouses. Instead, it’s full of longtime neighborhood vintage stores, carefully curated boutiques, church thrifts, and hidden specialty shops tucked onto side streets. This is a

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Beyond Reusable Water Bottles: Ariel DeLaCruz on What Sustainability Actually Means

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From The Lexy Show, Season 9 — listen here We spend a lot of time in this space talking about what to buy. The right water bottle. The organic cotton. The sustainable brand over the fast fashion one. Those things matter. But after talking with Ariel DeLaCruz, I’ve been sitting with a different question entirely:

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Close-up of ocean waves with microplastic pollution visible in the water, illustrating how synthetic swimsuit fabrics made from nylon and polyester shed microfibers into the sea — featured on Lexy Silverstein's sustainable fashion blog

Your Swimsuit Might Be Killing the Ocean — Here’s What to Do About It

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Today is World Ocean Day. Your Instagram feed is probably full of blue graphics and “protect our oceans” captions from brands that have never once looked at their supply chains. So let’s skip the aesthetics and talk about what’s actually happening. How the Fashion Industry Is Polluting the Ocean The ocean covers over 70% of

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On May 16, 2026, Everlane's board voted to sell the company to SHEIN for $100 million. And if you felt something drop in your stomach when you read that, you're not being dramatic. That feeling is the correct response to what just happened. I've been covering SHEIN since before most people knew how to pronounce it. I fought them when they came to my school. I've written about their business model, their labor practices, their greenwashing playbook. I followed them closely but I didn't see this coming.

SHEIN Just Bought the Brand That Was Supposed to Be the Alternative to SHEIN

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The Everlane acquisition isn’t ironic. It’s the strategy. There’s a line from Everlane’s Instagram, posted two days before the news broke: “Better isn’t a mood. It’s a standard we refuse to lower.” The comments are now disabled. On May 16, 2026, Everlane’s board voted to sell the company to SHEIN for $100 million. And if

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Atma Prema

Your Jewelry Has a Dirty Little Secret — And Nobody Is Talking About It

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From The Lexy Show, Season 9, Episode 19: “Why Sustainable Jewelry Deserves More Attention | Atma Prema” We’ve spent a lot of time dissecting the environmental sins of fast fashion: the polyester, the sweatshop labor, the overconsumption. These are all important conversations. But along the way, we forgot about the shiny things that take an

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Thrifting Isn’t Stealing From Poor People. Here’s What the Data Actually Shows

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The internet loves a villain. And lately, the villain of sustainable fashion discourse is the thrifter. The person scanning racks at Goodwill for a deal, wearing vintage, hunting secondhand for something unique. The claim: by shopping secondhand, you’re pricing out poor people and taking what isn’t yours. It doesn’t hold up.

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Sustainable Fashion at the Met Gala: Who Actually Showed Up (And What Was Happening Outside)

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There was no theme this year. Not really. The spring 2026 exhibition is titled “Costume Art,” and the dress code is “Fashion Is Art,” referencing the exhibition’s pairing of garments with art objects. Which is fine as a curatorial concept. But as a directive for what celebrities should wear to one of the most photographed events on the planet, it offers almost nothing. No lens. No urgency. No invitation to ask harder questions. Just: be artistic.

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icole Kidman, Anna Wintour, and Lauren Sanchez at the Met Gala 2026 as sustainable fashion advocates question Jeff Bezos sponsorship

Met Gala 2026: Bezos, the Ball Without Billionaires, and What Sustainable Fashion Actually Means

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We love the Met Gala. The looks are genuinely unhinged in the best way, the fashion is incredible, and your entire For You Page turns into a runway recap for 48 hours straight. We are not here to cancel fashion’s biggest night. But this year, there’s a lot more happening on those steps than couture – and if you care about sustainable fashion, it’s worth actually talking about.

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Lex in the City: San Diego Secondhand Shopping Guide

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If there’s one thing about San Diego thrifting — it’s not one strip, it’s a full city-wide hunt. You’re not walking one street like Silver Lake. You’re bouncing between beach towns, suburban warehouse thrifts, and tucked-away vintage spots. Some stores are curated and easy. Others feel like you walked into someone’s garage sale times a

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Sustainability Doesn’t Have to be Hard (ft. @gogreenwithalexa)

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In this episode of The Lexy Show, Lexy sits down with @gogreenwithalexa to unpack the truth about everyday products and their environmental impact, starting with something most of us use without a second thought: sunscreen. From understanding what ingredients to look for, to how small choices in our daily routines can add up to real change, this conversation breaks sustainability down in a way that feels approachable, not overwhelming.

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Lex in the City: Coachella Valley Secondhand Shopping Guide

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I went secondhand shopping for my Coachella fit way before the festival, but whether you’re heading out for weekend two or already planning for next year, the options around the valley are genuinely good. Because Coachella is one of the most photographed events on the planet, and every year the same thing happens. Brands flood the market with “festival looks” built from synthetic fabrics that shed microplastics and take centuries to break down. People wear them once. The shuttle buses leave Indio. The clothes get trashed. There’s a better way to do this.

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