Sustainable Style Blog

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

The Staycation – how to pack a capsule holiday wardrobe to travel light for a ‘whatever the weather’ holiday

Posted by Victoria Lochhead on June 21, 2021

Going on a closer to home holiday this year? If you're loading up the car and heading off for a staycation, how can you pack the maximum number of outfits with the least possible amount of clothing?

Our blog will help you save space and sanity as we use the principles of a capsule wardrobe to create a versatile holiday packing list that will allow you to take 48 different outfits from just 11 items of clothing.

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Tags: Capsule Wardrobes, Clothes, Colour, Organising, Outfits, Packing, Travel

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

The Style Challenge is back!

Posted by Victoria Lochhead on April 29, 2021

Join our May Style Challenge with our free downloadable calendar.

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Tags: Buy Less New, Clothes, Outfits, Shop My Wardrobe, Style Challenge, What to Wear

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.