Tag Archives: upcycled

How to hold a swishing party

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Victoria

Clothes swapping parties (swishing) are a great way to give your wardrobe a new lease of life for little or no money, as well as making sure items you no longer want go on to a nice new home. Until … Continue reading →

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Charity Shop Chic: How to shop

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Victoria

Following on from my previous Charity Shop Chic posts Why Shop Charity and An Ethical Dilemma, a few people have asked me how I manage to rummage for as long and as enthusiastically as I do in charity shops. So, … Continue reading →

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Ethical fashion at The London Green Fair

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Victoria

This weekend I helped out in the Ethical Fashion tent at The London Green Fair in Regents Park. My main job for the day was ‘swishing’ which is basically an organised clothes swap shop. Then I helped out dressing a … Continue reading →

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Styling ideas: florals and cardigans

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Victoria

This is Lucy’s favourite outfit so far… It’s a skirt made out of Cath Kidston fabric (picked up at TRAID), a polka dot shirt, green cardigan and green belt (all thrifted.) The floral print makes it pretty spot-on trend-wise for … Continue reading →

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Handmade: Sustainable fashion school

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Victoria

Given my interest in sustainable fashion I recently took a course at St Martins College of Fashion in London about exactly that. It presented me with a couple of challenges, ahem, opportunities, the biggest one taking the shape of a … Continue reading →

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