I lieu of my resolution to upcycle/recycle clothing and ditch the consumption of new clothes from retail stores, my shopping and treasure hunting need in full swing, I headed to Savers with my brother before he left for California and found some great items. On the rack of treasures I found this dress:
I thought” how cute will this be for Miss A?”…check the tag and there it is, the Savers tag and the retail tag. Oh the irony! (But check out the sweet price!)
Well I snatched it up and than wondered, am I breaking my own rules? Sure it was donated and technically I am reconsuming this dress , but it IS new. So I let A try it on……done, it’s a keeper. First addendum to the rules, no first hand new clothing;)
Patchwork Reality 
Detecting changes in a photo is poissble nowdays with proper forensics software. For examples, with site you can tell whether a photo has been Photoshopped or not. The software works by doing pattern recognition, since digital camera’s tend to have specific patterns in the pictures they create. Most image manipulations will change these patterns which can be recognised. The software should even be able to give some indications what kind of manipulations have taken place.