My Slow Fashion Journey Supporting sustainable and independent businesses for me is now a no brainer, but it hasn’t always been the case. I was woken up from a fast fashion haze back in 2015, whilst I was up to my neck in throwaway Primark hauls and obsessing over fashion trends like my life depended on it. I was a fashion blogger, I had a rep to up-keep and fashion was my thing, I needed to keep on top of it. How glad I am this is no longer the case! I became a blogger as a fashion related hobby whilst my kids were small, following a career as a fast fashion designer for well-known highstreet brands and running my own indie fashion upcycling business; I had already experienced contradicting sides of the fashion industry! Despite running my upcycling business (and a lack of time and support to run it) I had become, in all honesty, lazy, and as a young, skint mum, turned to fast fashion for comfort! I was taken along to a Fashion Salvage event by a friend who was already well involved in the sustainable fashion scene and ran her own label, sustainable events and upcycling workshops.
(Photo credit - Bristol Textiles Recyclers / BTR) Fashion salvaging events were popular at Bristol Textiles Recycling
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