“You can’t go wrong!”, exclaimed Lorraine Kelly on GMTV this morning, positively salivating over a white tiered dress from trash fashion outlet Primark costing just £9. Her male stylist sidekick, who was smugly showcasing it as ‘Primarni’, naturally nodded in simpering agreement.
Just when we thought the media sentiment was turning – and it seems to be thus over at the [...]
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You can’t go wrong – or can you?
Posted in budget fashion, eco-style, environment, ethical fashion, fashion, green fashion, tagged Add new tag, budget fashion, eco-style, ethical fashion, fast fashion, green fashion, media, sustainable on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The end is nigh for trash fashion
Posted in budget fashion, eco-style, environment, ethical fashion, fashion, green fashion, recycled fashion, tagged budget fashion, ethical fashion, fast fashion, green fashion, sustainable, textiles waste on May 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yes, the end is nigh for disposable ‘trash’ fashion. Well, it must be true if the BBC are telling us that cheap chic (an oxymoron if ever there was one) is on the way out. Have they been reading our blog, we wonder?
For the past decade or so, fast ‘fad’ fashion has dominated the high [...]
Landfill Fashion: what a waste
Posted in eco-style, environment, fashion, green fashion, recycling, tagged Add new tag, eco-fashion, environment, fashion, green fashion, preloved clothing, recycling, textiles, waste on April 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We are becoming increasingly fed up of living in a society which seems hell bent on creating ever greater mountains of unnecessary waste. From plastic bags in their billions to fast food packaging, cheap promotional items that no one wants or needs, and even shrink wrap covering for supermarket cucumbers, we are drowning in the stuff.
Textiles [...]
Frockery shopping for frugal fashionistas
Posted in budget fashion, eco-style, environment, ethical fashion, fashion, green fashion, online shopping, pre-owned fashion, retro clothing, vintage clothing, tagged budget fashion, ethical fashion, fashion designers, living lightly, London Fashion Week, retro clothing, slow fashion, vintage clothing on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The credit crunch is taking its toll on household budgets everywhere as the cost of living continues to soar, with upwardly mobile mortgage payments, escalating fuel prices and public transport fares making ever greater demands on all our disposable incomes. Meanwhile, as the credit card bills continue to roll in as regular reminders of our buy [...]
Goodwill to all people and the planet
Posted in Christmas, eco-style, environment, gifts, nostalgia, online shopping, recycling, tagged Christmas, eco-style, environment, green gifts, nostalgia, recycling, retro, retro gifts, secret Santa, stocking fillers, sustainability, sustainable on November 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Frockery firmly believes that the upcoming season of goodwill should be extended to looking after our planet as well as the people around us.
Having recently floated the idea of green stocking fillers and sustainable ’secret Santa’ gifts, we have been encouraged by the positive response of some of our eco-friendly customers, who say they do want to [...]
The Frockery Fifty Quid Fashion Challenge
Posted in budget fashion, competitions, eco-style, environment, green fashion, online shopping, recycling, retro clothing, vintage clothing, tagged budget fashion, competitions, ethical fashion, fashion recycling, green fashion, pre-owned clothing, recycling, retro, retro clothing, vintage, vintage clothing on October 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Frockery has launched its first Fifty Quid Fashion Challenge in which its website visitors are being asked to put together a stylish look for a given occasion for £50 or less.
Challengers are being invited to submit an entry to one or both of the following categories: an outfit for a office based job interview; [...]
