Weekends With Wolf and Badger
E Commerce With A Conscience In Four Acts
On a recent deep dive into the vortex of online shopping, I was pleasantly surprised to discover the ethically upright online retailer Wolf and Badger. Sometimes you’re sucked into the darkness with air running low, while other times an island beckons with a welcoming beach; this was the latter. Wolf and Badger is a B-Corp retail platform that represents over 2000 independent fashion, home and lifestyle brands that adhere to ethical standards of sustainability and fair treatment of workers. Call it the ethical Etsy with taste.
Like Etsy, there are treasures just waiting to be unearthed if you have the patience. That’s where I come in. I painstakingly scrolled for days separating the wheat from the chaff and compiled a random selection of things. I’m always a little skeptical when something seems too good to be true but even this was easily resolved by visiting their NYC store in Soho. The merch I saw and tried on in the store confirmed that not only were they legit, they had some damn great stuff at very reasonable prices. The store was lovely and well laid out on three levels offering clothes, jewelry and accessories. The sales person told me they rotate the offerings every thirty days and have stores in LA and London as well. How am I only now finding out about this? Please tell me if I’m the only one
I’m excited to share with you what I found. To make order out of this chaotic sampling of goods, and have a little fun I’ve devised four cheeky fictitious weekend vignettes. Our avatar is a worldly, New York woman of a certain age who prides herself on going with the flow and of course packs flawlessly for every situation.
Your once radical leftist college roommate has settled down quite nicely in bucolic Greenwich. With kids grown she’s taken to painting and tennis. To break the Cheeveresque monotony you’re summoned up to a gin fueled weekend to recount her misspent youth. The hedge fund hubby may be boorish but he makes a mean martini and generally stays out of your way having heard every story a million times.
Your shared love of the ocean has kept your friendship alive with an annual pilgrimage to Montauk. No fancy East End digs here, he keeps it real with shells for ashtrays (yes there is smoking indoors) and bathrooms circa 1975. But what the hell, he’s the original hipster surfer dude you met in your 20s as he was pivoting from photographer to furniture maker. Still on the cutting edge, he’s now a psilocybin guide servicing all of the Hamptons.
That manuscript is not going to write itself. A little structure and external discipline is just the thing you need to overcome that persistent writer’s block. Distractions are kept to a minimum during the day but you did your homework and this retreat has a reputation for a chummy environment among the guests after hours, with a strict look the other way policy. Perfect.Â
What better way to become acquainted with your new, very promising lover who thus far has not exhibited even one red flag. Why not enjoy a hedonistic weekend with massages for two, lazy afternoons by the pool, maybe even a hot yoga class. Anything can happen before reality rears its ugly head.
Please let me know if you’ve ordered from Wolf and Badger and what your experience was. Keep the comments coming, I love them!
Love both the vignettes and Wolf & Badger's approach!
Immaculate taste as usual