Sustainable Style Blog — Charity Shops

Secondhand Style - Using Preloved Clothes To Create Outfits

Posted by Victoria Lochhead on July 19, 2021

A beautiful embroidered Monsoon skirt does not an outfit make. Not without a few raised eyebrows anyway. So in our latest blog I demonstrate a few outfits created from preloved clothing from our dress agency, and show how different outfits can be used to different effect depending on your colouring and body type.

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Tags: Body Shapes, Buy Less New, Capsule Wardrobes, Charity Shops, Clothes, Colour, Outfits, Second Hand Clothes, secondhand clothes shopping, Style

Style me in seconds - How we used secondhand clothes for a fashion photo shoot

Posted by Victoria Lochhead on May 10, 2021

We challenged ourselves to create a fashion photo shoot from preloved clothing that relied on things from charity shops, our dress agency and borrows to create outfits that were magazine worthy.

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Tags: Buy Less New, Charity Shops, Clothes, Dress Agency, Preloved Clothes, Second Hand Clothes, Sustainable Fashion

Green is the new black - why secondhand clothes are in fashion

Posted by Victoria Lochhead on March 23, 2021

There is a welcome trend emerging – more and more people are turning to secondhand clothes as a way to bring new things into their wardrobe. With the rise of online preloved stores, what’s fuelling our new love affair with secondhand fashion? In this blog, we explore the trend to buy preloved clothing and look at why the move is so good for consumers.

Why I'm saying no to new clothes!

Posted by Victoria Lochhead on May 1, 2019

Back in 2014 I set myself a challenge of no new clothes for a year. in this months blog, I take you through how it began and what I learned along the way about finding treasure from charity shops: