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Are these secondhand Adidas trainers genuine?
And if they're fakes - does it matter? I think it does and this is why...
Jun 13
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Gemma Metheringham
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January 2025
What's the point of being carbon literate?
A friend asked me this and it's a good question. Why bother? I think it's really important we all become carbon literate in 2025 and start reducing our…
Jan 6
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November 2024
Is mending my clothes a good thing to do?
Would you buy secondhand clothes that I've mended? It's a question that polarises opinions and leaves me wondering whether mending my clothes extends…
Nov 26, 2024
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October 2024
Could you buy what you're wearing today secondhand?
There are around 23 billion secondhand clothes in circulation, yet people still tell me that shopping preloved can be difficult. Why? Last week I…
Oct 21, 2024
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What would you pay for my old clothes?
Prices in the secondhand market are inconsistent and highly subjective. To find out more I designed a series of experiments asking what my 'much loved…
Oct 12, 2024
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September 2024
Meet the innovators reinventing secondhand fashion's future.
Our third “Is Fashion’s Future Secondhand?” panel explored how innovation, creativity and technology could transform the future of fashion resale and…
Sep 23, 2024
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Meet the innovators reinventing secondhand fashion's future.
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Is a secondhand fashion future inevitable?
Is the FT Weekend right? Is the rise of secondhand relentless? My research suggests there may be issues the resale market needs to consider before…
Sep 5, 2024
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August 2024
Do you really need that new frock?
Now #underconsumption core is trending on TikTok, are you trying to buy less stuff? If so, try asking yourself these seven questions before you click…
Aug 25, 2024
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How many clothes do we really need?
Have you ever wondered? Or, since only a quarter of the clothes hanging in the average British wardrobe are worn regularly, is the question we should be…
Aug 12, 2024
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July 2024
Sustainable fashion consumption isn't a new thing!
I enrolled in the Fashion Futures MA hoping to discover innovative new routes to sustainability but realised that we already have all the tools we need…
Jul 30, 2024
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What happens to the clothes we return to brand take-back schemes?
More and more brands are asking us to give them our old clothes - but what really happens to the items we return? Innovative start up Reskinned invited…
Jul 9, 2024
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June 2024
The secondhand fashion community is growing..
Meet the innovators and pioneers who are building communities outside secondhand fashion's traditional boundaries and find out how they're persuading…
Jun 28, 2024
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