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Dressmaking, Fashion, Sustainable Fashion

6 things I learned from 12 months of not shopping

What I’ve learned and what will change, as I finish my challenge. Continue reading 6 things I learned from 12 months of not shopping

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Fashion, Sustainable Fashion

Reflecting on five months of not shopping

The end of a year, end of a decade too. A prompt to reflect on all that we’ve done, on what’s changed, on what we want to do in the next year or ten. The end of this year also coincides with my year of no new clothes. Five months in, seven to go. I’m happy to report that it has got easier every month. … Continue reading Reflecting on five months of not shopping

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The Runaway

Sometimes life gets too much. And given that I’m not confrontational by nature, when it comes to fight or flight, I run. At the quarter-life stage, I’m not where I thought I’d be. When I got the graduate job I envisaged living in one of the newly built glamourous apartments in the centre of Leeds. I thought I’d have great hair, and wear high heels … Continue reading The Runaway

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