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Sustainable Style Blog — Charity Shops

Give Your Wardrobe a Little Autumn Love With Our Five Step Revival Plan

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Give Your Wardrobe a Little Autumn Love With Our Five Step Revival Plan

If your wardrobe is groaning under the weight of summer leftovers or it’s been a while since your last proper clear out, then the change in seasons is your perfect cue to hit refresh.  In this blog I offer up my Wardrobe Revival cheat sheet. It’s gentle, it’s manageable, and it might just make you fall in love with your clothes again.

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Choosing Sustainable Fabrics: What to Look For and Why It Matters

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Choosing Sustainable Fabrics: What to Look For and Why It Matters

Whether you shop for new clothing or trawl the charity shops for a preloved bargain, what your garments are made of has an environmental impact.  This post offers a shortlist of sustainable fabrics that are worth seeking out—each with clear benefits of lower environmental impact, durability, and everyday comfort.  

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Creating a more sustainable wardrobe in 2024? Here's five things you should do.

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Creating a more sustainable wardrobe in 2024? Here's five things you should do.
According to Greenpeace "Global emissions from textile production annually are more than the carbon footprint of international flights and shipping combined." (2019). Making changes to how we produce, buy, use and discard our clothing is without doubt fundamental to our global battle to reduce emissions and protect the environment.   If you're on the cusp of making changes towards a more sustainable wardrobe, here's our rundown of five simple things you can do to achieve it in 2024.

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Newbury: Your guide to the best charity shops for clothes

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Newbury: Your guide to the best charity shops for clothes

You may have noticed that your local High Street charity shops are getting busier.  The tide may well be turning in favour of pre-loved clothes (yay!) and many are turning to their local shops as a great place to start digging up a bargain.  So, recently I went on a scouting mission round my home town of Newbury to see what bargains I could turn up in under an hour.  Here's my guide to the towns charity shops.

 

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Royal Ascot: can you find a pre-loved outfit from a charity shop?

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Royal Ascot: can you find a pre-loved outfit from a charity shop?
Is it possible to find an outfit worthy of a trip to Royal Ascot from a charity shop?  Last week I went exploring around the charity shops of Maidenhead to see if it was possible.  Here's what I found...

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