I have frequently said on this website that I never acquire new clothes. I mean that I never go to the high-street stores to purchase the most up-to-date trends. Instead I go to the charity shop to buy 2nd hand things after which I make adjustments to change them in to whatever I want.
When you’re trying to keep your expenditure down, you can do a lot with old items of apparel. In days gone by I would’ve binned my jeans once they became slightly tatty, but now I utilise the denim to create various garments.
And rather than getting different shoes all the time, I utilise thread and glitter to make ageing shoes seem exciting. You could read more here, and there are pictures on my page of a lot of the fabulous garments I’ve designed utilising solely second-hand clothes and some creativity.
I am always on the internet, searching for videos on the subject of how to repair clothes or create different outfits.
It’s tremendous: merely one click and you can be enjoying a tutorial on needlework from an expert in their living room. Once in a while I stick up videos I have made, when I am especially pleased with an outfit I have created. The response is typically good, and it is nice to appreciate that others may gain knowledge from my work.
There is an amazing website that has a lot of ecologically-minded ideas for utilising garments which are old or worn. You can find it at http://www.missecoglam.com/fashion/item/5079-get-creative-and-customise-your-old-clothes.
I have tried many of their suggestions and I reckon they’re usually easy to get done and create fun garments that will amaze your peers. I’m invariably shocked if I spot people chucking away decent clothes, just due to the fact that there’s a tear in them or perhaps a zip’s broken. If everyone took the time to repair their ageing clothes then we could reduce wastage greatly.
As well as environmental considerations, if you create your own apparel you can be more unique than the rest.
This is really useful, because you know that you won’t arrive at a party to find that a pal is dressed identically to you!



