10 Best Eco-friendly and Sustainable Christmas Gift Ideas you'll Love
With the Christmas season comes the anticipation of gifting, and with gifting comes a lot of waste. Choose to go low waste this year by making a small change in...
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Made in Canada Gift Guide
Whether you’re shopping for yourself, your family, your stylish friend, or your partner, this holiday season shopping Made in Canada is guaranteed to have a thoughtful impact. We’ve come together...
5 Workwear Wardrobe Essentials
We put together five timeless, versatile and comfy workwear wardrobe essentials to help you streamline your wardrobe.
How to Style Your Summer Clothes for Fall
Before you pack up your summer clothes and start evaluating your fall capsule wardrobe, we want to show you some simple fall transition outfits you can put together with pieces...
Encircled: A Certified B Corporation
We’re proud to be a Certified B Corporation and have the second highest impact score out of all Canadian apparel companies. Curious to learn more about this certification? We've broken...
4 Ways To Style The Comfy Button-Front Dress
Be comfortable for any occasion with The Comfy Button-Front Dress. Learn how to dress up or down a button-down shirt dress for easy elegance.
Styling the Boardroom Boss Capsule Collection
Looking to create a capsule wardrobe but unsure how to streamline your closet to include both workwear and weekend ready clothing? With these elevated essentials, we’re here to help you...
12 Ways to Style a White T-Shirt
The classic white t-shirt is a seasonless staple, perfect for your capsule wardrobe. Learn how to style white t-shirts with these 12 white t-shirt outfit ideas.
Styling the Capsule Chameleon Collection
If you’ve ever thought a capsule wardrobe wouldn’t work for you because your style varies so much depending on the occasion, we’re here to tell you that it is possible!...
What to do With Old Clothes You Don’t Wear: 6+ Ways to Dispose or Donate
Over 90% of clothing is thrown out before it needs to be but sorting through excess clothing can be a daunting task. By the end of the process we’re often just wondering...
Styling the Queen of Comfort Capsule Collection
Guest post written by Jen Pistor, Model, Blogger, and Online Influencer. I took the Encircled Capsule Wardrobe Quiz and discovered I am a Queen of Comfort! Using Encircled pieces...
How to Spot Greenwashing in the Fashion Industry
Consumers are increasingly demanding ethically and sustainably-made clothing, which unfortunately many brands recognize as an opportunity to boost profits through sustainability-focused campaigns, despite not taking any steps to improve their...