Sustainable Style Blog — secondhand clothes shopping

Frugal Fashion: How to save money on new clothes

Posted by Victoria Lochhead on July 11, 2022

Frugal Fashion: How to save money on new clothes. According to the ONS the average household in the UK spent almost £1200 on clothing and shoes in 2020. With the cost of living soaring, namely on essentials like food, fuel and heating bills, it would seem that cutting down the clothes expenditure can be a good place to save a few pounds. So, in this blog I'll be sharing my top tips to help you save cash on clothes.

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Tags: Buy Less New, Clothes, Dress Agency, Preloved Clothes, Save Money, Second Hand Clothes, secondhand clothes shopping, Shopping, Slow Fashion

The Fluid Wardrobe – how to build the ultimate sustainable wardrobe you love

Posted by Victoria Lochhead on August 9, 2021

How can we work towards a more environmentally friendly wardrobe without having to resort to a beetroot tie-dyed dress made from sack cloth? How can we build a wardrobe we feel good about but also want to wear? In this blog, I'll be taking you through the concept of a fluid wardrobe and sharing my tips on how to create one for yourself.

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

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.