SCRAPLESS
NEW ECO-FRIENDLY STORES OPEN
M
egan King (23) and Katy Burlace are the
fashions with new, preloved and upcycled womens
founders of Scrapless and ReMake Fashion,
clothing. Katy said: “I want to help our community
forward thinking and eco friendly stores
move away from fast fashion and think more carefully
opening in September in Burgess Hill. Megan setup Scrapless as a community interest company which provides a resource for refilling foodstuffs and living essentials. She said: “I want to
about where our clothes come from, what impact they have on the environment, and how great it is to give life back into preloved clothes.” Scrapless and ReMake fashion are opening together
bring sustainable shopping out of Brighton and big
in Burgess Hill in the Martlets. The eco-duo are taking
cities to Sussex towns like Burgess Hill, so that we can
over the former William Hill Interiors unit which is
all support the planet and reduce our collective carbon
opposite the old Lidl and next to New Look and Pulse.
footprint.” Scrapless will provide a plastic-free shopping
A lovely spot which the pair hope to bring life back to
experience, and offer customers a chance to purchase
and help to revive the high street after this pandemic.
dried foods, household essentials, fresh fruit, veg and
Megan said: “Scrapless will build a community of like-
bread, sweets and more.
minded individuals in the area. This isn’t intended to just
Katy, a designer in the fashion industry for 20 years,
be a business making more, we really believe in what
is passionate about making a change on how we view,
we’re doing and how it will make an impact in Mid
buy and wear clothes. ReMake will host sustainable
Sussex. That is also why we are supporting local producers with the products we stock.”
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