Tessa Dupuy is a sustainable fashion stylist and designer who does so by sharing tips on how to style like old Hollywood stars. Aside from sharing outfit styling tips on her social media, Dupuy also shares make-up and hair-do how-tos further encouraging people to have fun and immerse themselves in their sustainable fashion experience. Also, by connecting her styling of second-hand clothes with the styles of Hollywood’s past, Dupuy is leveraging on their star power to help solve today’s fashion waste crisis. This is why the work that Tessa Dupuy does is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of Responsible Consumption and Production.
Dupuy’s efforts have garnered over 110,000 followers on Instagram and over 50,000 followers on YouTube. This can be attributed to how detailed her content is, all while still being engaging. For example, her video on styling holiday vintage formal-wear, deconstructs how women in the 1950s dressed for the holidays, starting with their undergarments, to their petticoats, dresses, coats and accessories. Dupuy even outlines what sort of colours and shapes to look-out for, what goes well together and what does not to further help her audiences understand how to style these vintage pieces.
When styling these vintage pieces, Dupuy encourages her audiences to experiment and find what works for them, which includes pairing them with contemporary pieces. Today, the fashion industry, particularly fast fashion, generates 92 million tonnes of textile waste annually. This amount piles and fills up landfills around the globe in just a year, polluting the ground and water sources. This is why it is all the more important to ensure that people are able to utilize their clothes longer, and Dupuy’s efforts help people see the aesthetic benefits of doing so.
Tessa Dupuy is making vintage fashion both stylish and sustainable by connecting it to the timeless glamour of Old Hollywood. Through detailed styling guides and engaging content, she helps her audience embrace secondhand fashion while reducing textile waste. By showing how vintage pieces can be reimagined for modern wardrobes, Dupuy is redefining sustainable fashion and proving that classic style never fades.
Find out more about old Hollywood styles by Tessa Dupuy and her other initiatives by checking her YouTube or Instagram @mrstdupuy.