Here's your money briefing for Thursday, June 12th.
I'm Oyin Adedoyin for The Wall Street Journal.
Overhauling your wardrobe can be expensive.
And when prices on everything from groceries to gas stay stubbornly high,
spending money on new clothes can fall to the very bottom of the priority list.
The cost of things and...
Our approach to money right now is making people just take a second and think,
oh, perhaps I could update this thing I have.
I actually still like this.
I don't need to replace this.
How can I make it work for me now?
We'll talk with Wall Street Journal contributor Esther Achara about how the financially savvy are reviving their wardrobe.
That's after the break.
People are taking a needle and thread to old jackets and sweaters and embroidering family heirlooms.
They're saying it's cheaper than buying new.
Wall Street Journal contributor Esther Achara joins me to talk about it.
So, Esther,
I haven't dyed an article of clothing
since I was in maybe middle school and acid wash jeans were the trend.
It seems like people are getting into DIYing their clothes for a different reason today.