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Exchange your clothes for cash

May 30th, 2008 · 5 Comments

“We keep dresses we’ll never wear but throw away our ex-boyfriends.”
I’ll let you know who said that in just a tick, but every now and then I get wind of a nice little plan and I like to share. There’s even cash in it for you!
This one involves collaboration between Oxfam and M&S because
(30%) of [...]

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Tags: Ethical fashion · Fashion Industry

A Special Party Frock – My dress was once worn by two different men!

May 19th, 2008 · No Comments

The other day I found myself in a bit of a tizzy. I had an invite to a party. It was one where I knew there would be paparazzi and despite being up to my eyes (not just glamourous work projects darlings – normal stuff like children, PTA meetings and ‘you said you’d help me [...]

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Caryn’s Classics: The wooden bangle

April 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Intelligent dressing is something we can all do when unhindered by the fashion rhetoric of young reporters under pressure to sell a new story. Yes the industry works as a never-ending cycle of ‘selling,’ dependent upon our continual consumption of the message. But you don’t have to ‘buy buy buy’ when you understand the power [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Ethical fashion · Forty plus · Intelligent Dressing

The Disappearing Dress

March 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The disappearing dress is real and with 74% of our discarded clothing consigned to landfill, someone has to do something!
Actually when former Valentino employee and catwalk designer in her own right Helen Storey, phoned Scientist Tony Ryan after hearing him talk on the radio, her mission was to explore potentials beyond the scope and remit [...]

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