![]() ![]() You can now rent modern and even current-season clothing, thanks to rental and swapping sites such as such as Hurr, By Rotation and My Wardrobe HQ (read our review of them all here). Safe to say, it has not yet ventured outside of my house. In 2019, during what I thought would be a money-saving month of #secondhandseptember, I dropped £250 on a ‘70s Saint Laurent suit with peaked lapels and floor-sweeping flared legs. You know, the manic feeling that you might miss out on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. What’s more, as fun as thrifting is, it often encourages a sense of must-buy panic. Vintage shopping comes with the added challenge of squeezing into 20th century sizes (spoiler alert: a 10 was basically a 14 back then). But as my style matured, it became more and more difficult to make the whole boho/1980s/granny-chic thing work from me. The theory being, once you stop being enslaved to trends, the sustainability part will fall in step behind.Īs a teenager, I was addicted to scouring charity shops for second-hand gems. I started to build a capsule wardrobe full of quality, easily mixed-and-matched pieces and keep them on constant rotation. ![]() So, since browsing is pretty much unavoidable for me, a few years back I vowed at least to be smarter about it. When you write about clothes for a living, it's hard not to. You're doing your bit for the planet, right? You're recycling, donating unwanted bits to charity and drinking coffee from a cute re-usable cup, but have you managed to reign in those fast fashion habits? ![]()
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