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The Good Wardrobe

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I am delighted to see so many new initiatives springing up which can help us to not only be more sustainable with our clothing but also look super stylish at the same time.

The Good Wardrobe is a fantastic new website founded by Zoe Robinson, founder of Think Style, style consultancy that assists clients in dressing more sustainably without compromising on style.

It is a community site which allows you to share your style, find out about where to buy ethical fashion and access services that prolong the life of your wardrobe and connect with like minded individuals. You can ask for advice, give advice and rate and review shops. If you get thanked for nay of the questions that you answer, you will get tokens which you can use to donate to one of the sites chosen charities.

You can also find out more about the Sew it Forward Campaign. The idea is to slow consumption by encouraging people to share or learn sewing skills. If you live in London, you can pledge your skills to help someone learn a new skill. I really love the idea of their gift voucher as an alternative to  expensive, sometimes un-wanted and wasteful presents at Christmas. You can download it from the website (link above) and then fill it in with the skill that you can teach them and that will help them to prolong the life of their clothes and save money.

I have already posted a few questions and answers on the forum and am feeling motivated to get on and sort out some of those unworn items of clothing in my wardrobe. Is anyone else joining?

I hope you are having a good week . Christmas is creeping up on me far too quick, I haven’t even written my Christmas cards yet and about to be swept up into a whirlwind of Christmas plays and carol concerts (for the children) and parties (for me). Not complaining though, I have a horrendous cough that seems to be going on for weeks and I definitely think plenty of mulled wine would do me some good! Do you have any fun Christmassy stuff going on?

With warmest wishes

Ceri x

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No New Clothes For Holiday

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I have just returned from a weeks holiday in Tenerife. In the past I have been shopping before and during my holidays to buy a variety of different holiday clothes from bikinis and swimming costumes to sun dresses and sandals. This year I made the decision to pack light (well relatively speaking) and not to buy any new clothes for holiday. As I was only going to be there for a week and already have lots of swimwear, sarongs, summer dresses etc it made sense to save my pennies to spend on sangria and make do with the clothes I already have.

It is amazing how little clothing you actually need when the temperature is plus 30 degrees. I took just 4 dresses, a cut off denim skirt and a few halter neck tops plus bikinis, sun hat, sarongs and flat and heeled sandals which turned out to be more than enough. Having a smaller suitcase also made travelling much easier.

Anyway, here are a few photographs from my hols. It was great to be able to take pictures outside but I still haven’t mastered the settings on my light weight camera . I will get round to reading the manual one of these days.

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Dress – Monsoon
Bag – Accessorize012 No New Clothes For Holiday

Dress- Frank and Faith
Hat – Pachacuti
Bag – Oxfam

019 No New Clothes For Holiday

Dress – Komodo
Bag – Oxfam

Since I have tried to stop buying clothes and other possesions that I don’t really need I have found I get so much more enjoyment on spending money enjoying myself on a night out with friends or Mr Style Eyes. That said I do still buy the occasional piece of clothing either ethical fashion, vintage or charity shop but I think about it carefully and only buy something that I really love and that will last me for years. What do you think, do new clothes give you more satisfaction than going out and having fun?

I hope you are having had a lovely summer. For me it is not long until the children go back to school and everything returns to normality. I will have plenty to keep me busy as my new website is (hopefully) only weeks away and I can’t wait to share it.

Also thinking about arranging a fashion bloggers conference for next year if you might be interested in coming please comment below on whether you would prefer London/ Birmingham and weekday/ Saturday.

With warmest wishes

Ceri x

 

Seeing Red!

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0213 Seeing Red!

Top – really old (rescued from loft)
Skirt – swapped
necklace – Etsy

Red is definitely one of my favourite colours. Actually I love most bright colours. So on the weekend I decided to wear a really really old top from the Rene Dehry collection at La Redoute with a skirt which I swapped ages ago on www.posh-swaps.com (my clothes swap website). The top was one of my favourite tops which I wore so much I ended getting bored with but loved it so much I couldn’t bear to put it in the charity bag. I am so glad I didn’t as now I am loving wearing it again. I has a kind of chiffon scarf which ties around the middle.

There are definitely plus sides to my shopping ban (apart from having more money), it is actually forcing me to be more creative with what I have and wear clothes I haven’t worn in ages.

I hope you have had a lovely weekend. Mind seems to have been a whirl wind of children’s birthday parties followed by mountains of ironing. Don’t forget my ethical outfit competition ends on Saturday 30th June so you have less than a week left if you would like to enter. There are some fantastic prizes to be won!

With warmest wishes

Ceri x