we all reuse

A great reaction piece from the Catwalk Queen blog to the House of Lord's condemnation of fast fashion...

seems like swapping's the way to go for the die hard fashionista...

http://www.catwalkqueen.tv/2008/08/a_slap_on_the_w.html#more

Clothes swapping parties will hit our TV screens this autumn on BBC Two and online.

Twiggy's Frock Exchange is a three part series in which 100 women take part in a giant clothes swapping party and receive a style makeover without spending a single penny.

Lucy from wellreuse took part this week -

"The show was very well organized and a great introduction for new swappers. Seasoned swappers and customizers like myself enjoyed the great clothing that the stylists has selected from our wardrobes, and helping other to style and choose their new items."

Clothes swapping parties will hit our TV screens this autumn on BBC Two and online.

Twiggy's Frock Exchange is a three part series in which 100 women take part in a giant clothes swapping party and receive a style makeover without spending a single penny.

Lucy from wellreuse took part this week -

"The show was very well organized and a great introduction for new swappers. Seasoned swappers and customizers like myself enjoyed the great clothing that the stylists has selected from our wardrobes, and helping other to style and choose their new items."

Local authorities across London are now adopting reuse as a larger part of their waste strategies.

Give and take days are spreading across the London boroughs - organized and staffed by the LA themselves, these events not only facilitate reuse but also measure it.

Each item or bundle brought to the venue is classified and weighed before being put out for the taking. These figures are passed on to Defra to be added to the regional and national totals.

According to Recycle London, over 7.5 BILLION articles of clothing end up in our dustbins every year meaning 75% of recyclable clothes are wasted, which could be recycled. Wonder how much we could reuse?

A Wrexham woman was originally arrested for theft for taking four plastic garden chairs destined for landfill from a privatised Council waste dump.

Despite a signed written statement, two video interviews, radio interviews and letters to the press admitting taking chairs from the skip, plus two witness statements, from the skip operative and his supervisor, the CPS has decided there is not enough evidence and the case has been dropped.

The Recycled Sculpture Show 2008 exhibition was launched simultaneously with Love London at ZSL London Zoo on May 29th and runs until september.

It’s aim is to connect with people through the innovative & creative transformation of waste.

To find out more visit http://www.recycledsculptureshow.co.uk There's also details of how to submit work for future shows.

Oxfam is taking reuse and remixing to the masses with its recent celebrity rich remixed fashion launch.

It is opening three new boutiques in West London this summer - in Westbourne Grove, Shawfield St, Chelsea and Chiswick High Road - with more likely to open across the UK in 2009.

more here

Revamp fashion has also taken the next step with a full range of remixed clothes at the Cancer Research flagship store in London's busy designer destination, Marylebone High st.

As part of the M&S and Oxfam Clothes Exchange, customers making a donation of M&S clothes to Oxfam will receive a voucher worth £5/€7, valid for one month, to use with their next purchase of £35/€50 or more on clothing, homeware or beauty products at M&S.

The Exchange will be trialled for six months and reviewed on an ongoing basis, and from 28th January vouchers will be given out in exchange for M&S clothes in Oxfam’s 790 stores across the UK and Republic of Ireland....

Alex Stephens, Evening Standard

28.03.08

A consumer backlash against over-packaged food and drinks is revealed in a survey today.

It found almost 80 per cent of London shoppers now believe supermarkets use too much packaging on their food items.

Seventy per cent said they tried to buy products with minimal packaging and 80 per cent felt some foods did not need any at all.

The increasing environmental concerns of shoppers have prompted stores to redesign packaging and so improve their green credentials.