Fashion Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Wed, 29 May 2024 11:01:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png Fashion Archives - Positive News 32 32 The secrets of secondhand clothes shopping – according to you https://www.positive.news/society/shop-for-preloved-garments-and-what-you-love-about-secondhand-fashion/ Wed, 29 May 2024 11:01:21 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=481489 We asked readers where you shop for preloved garments – and what you love about secondhand fashion. Here’s what you said

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]]> ‘Transforming secondhand clothes is so fulfilling. I’ve embraced a flamboyant side of myself’ https://www.positive.news/economics/transforming-secondhand-clothes-is-so-fulfilling/ Tue, 28 May 2024 14:22:37 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=481434 Fashion influencer Nicole Akong gets a thrill – and a beautifully diverse wardrobe – from transforming secondhand clothes

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]]> ‘There’s joy and connection in searching for secondhand fashion gems’ https://www.positive.news/society/secondhand-fashion-clothes-shopping/ Wed, 15 May 2024 14:00:15 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=480311 Rethinking our relationship with clothes can be a gateway to a new way of thinking, says Aja Barber, who wrote the book on it

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]]> The charity shop fashion tastemaker on preloved’s stylish power https://www.positive.news/society/charity-shop-secondhand-fashion/ Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:54:04 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=478568 ‘Charity shopping influencer’ Jen Graham on how buying secondhand opens the door to sartorial experimentation

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]]> 10 things we learned making the new issue of Positive News magazine https://www.positive.news/society/10-things-we-learned-making-issue-117-positive-news/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:12:35 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=478164 Sometimes it’s OK to leave your kids in a pub, and nine more things we learned while putting together the new issue of Positive News magazine – out now

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]]> The fashion psychologist investigating how what we wear makes us feel https://www.positive.news/society/dion-terrelonge-fashion-psychologist/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 09:33:31 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=478131 Dion Terrelonge researches the impact of fast fashion on the environment and on self-expression

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]]> The style guru taking charity shop fashion to the next level https://www.positive.news/society/style-self-expression-wayne-hemingway/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:00:13 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=477566 Designer Wayne Hemingway talks David Bowie, ‘pension chic’ and his latest venture to scale up preloved fashion

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]]> Tell us about your relationship with secondhand fashion https://www.positive.news/society/tell-us-about-your-secondhand-fashion-habits/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:01:46 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=477046 Preloved fashion is booming, but where do you hunt for vintage garms? What persuaded you to go preloved? We want to know

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]]> The woman who grew her own pair of jeans https://www.positive.news/economics/the-woman-who-grew-her-own-pair-of-jeans/ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:05:32 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=460083 Justine Aldersey-Williams owns the only pair of jeans that have been homegrown, home-dyed and homespun in the UK

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]]> Fast fashion is an eco catastrophe. Is composting your clothes the solution? https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/compostable-clothes-the-solution-to-fast-fashion-waste/ Tue, 08 Aug 2023 15:37:51 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=444050 What if you could put your old knickers in the compost bin with your potato peels? Well, now you can

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