Into the Wardrobe

Into the Wardrobe

A curated collection of contemporary & vintage resale
~ attention to detail, craft & distribution
xo Hours may change seasonally.

"WAS" A neighborhood RESALE shop ~ spanning your apparel needs... Our items are H&M to Armani, 5 to 500$. Although much of our inventory is locally sourced we broker items from our own & our clients' travels, which can span the globe. In our 12th year, Into the Wardrobe has been able to cultivate many relationships and loyalties coast to coast. Select consignors ship to us from their current locat

ions ~ whether they are contacts we have made in our travels, clients who were once students & faculty turned success elsewhere, who LOVE RI and continue to support us.. And our customers.... Well, they are just savvy inside and out ~ stylish, conscientious, ecologically minded, both materially & economically sustainable, valuing both effort and product. Keep coming Into the Wardrobe where keeping style affordable makes a greener more beautiful life well within our choosing!! YOU make the choices that make the difference ~ CHOOSE YOU-sed ! We are designed and passionate about face to face business... stop by the shop, introduce yourself... our phone and email communication are minimal; mostly to keep up with in shop goings on and established relationships. We love to help with fit and form, and get to know our customers. we believe there are pieces for everyone.. it has little to do with body shapes and sizes, its finding what works for you! ... til then, be well.

03/12/2026
03/12/2026
our 'private' lives.. I think they mean 'our lives' .. it was all a male serving mask!! Barely a wit was authentic for...
02/11/2026

our 'private' lives.. I think they mean 'our lives' .. it was all a male serving mask!! Barely a wit was authentic for most 👁️ bless those who managed to be properly empowered

In the early 1960s, when women’s private lives were expected to stay hidden and obedient, Sherri Finkbine became a national lightning rod simply for telling the truth.

Known to children across Phoenix as “Miss Sherri” on Romper Room, she was the picture of wholesome motherhood on television—calm, reassuring, and trusted by families. Off-camera, she was also a real woman with four children, a wanted pregnancy, and a doctor’s prescription meant to ease morning sickness. That prescription was thalidomide, a drug still being quietly tested in the United States and not yet widely understood to cause catastrophic birth defects.

When Finkbine learned that the medication could result in severe deformities—missing limbs, organ damage, a lifetime of suffering—she made a decision rooted in care, responsibility, and maternal fear. She sought an abortion to prevent a child from being born into irreversible pain. In another era or another country, that decision might have remained private. In America in 1962, it became a public spectacle.

Arizona law denied her the procedure. As word spread, the backlash came swiftly. Sponsors withdrew. Viewers wrote furious letters. Religious leaders condemned her. Strangers debated her morality as if it were public property. Her job—built on the image of ideal motherhood—was quietly stripped away the moment she acted like an actual mother facing an impossible choice.

Desperate and running out of time, Finkbine traveled to Sweden, where doctors recognized the medical reality and allowed the procedure. She returned home having done what she believed was necessary—and paid the price. Her television career never recovered. She became less a person than a symbol, used by politicians, churches, and media outlets to argue about abortion without ever centering the woman at the heart of the story.

What made her case so destabilizing was not scandal or secrecy, but honesty. She did not hide. She spoke plainly. She said what so many women were thinking but were forbidden to say out loud: that love can include mercy, and that motherhood sometimes means choosing prevention over suffering. In doing so, she forced the country to confront a truth it wasn’t ready to face—that women were already making these decisions, with or without permission.

Long before Roe v. Wade, Sherri Finkbine’s ordeal exposed how quickly society would punish a woman for prioritizing medical reality over moral theater. Her story isn’t just about abortion. It’s about what happens when a woman’s compassion collides with laws written without her in mind—and how courage, once shown, can never be fully erased, even when the woman who showed it is pushed out of view.

stolen music.. SURPRISE!! 🙄👁️
02/10/2026

stolen music.. SURPRISE!! 🙄👁️

Paul Thomas Anderson and Jonny Greenwood want the documentary to remove the use of "Phantom Thread" music. https://variety.com/2026/film/news/melania-anderson-greenwood-want-phantom-thread-music-removed-1236656857/

“It has come to our attention that a piece of music from 'Phantom Thread' has been used in the ‘Melania‘ documentary. While Jonny Greenwood does not own the copyright in the score, Universal failed to consult Jonny on this third-party use which is a breach of his composer agreement. As a result Jonny and Paul Thomas Anderson have asked for it to be removed from the documentary.”

love our Lil Rhody spirit!!!
02/10/2026

love our Lil Rhody spirit!!!

Pour yourself a nice hot cup of F**k Ice. ☕️

5 years and think how far we've cime
05/15/2025

5 years and think how far we've cime

In the next decade, designers and consumers will need to radically shift their perspectives on value and commit to a circular economy based on recycling, upcycling, and repurposing what already exists.

05/15/2025

11-Year-Old N.Y.C. Boy Opens Thrift Shop for Low-Income Families

05/15/2025

Straight from the runways.

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