“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 [...]
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 [...]
Marion Donaldson: the label that brought the swinging 60s to Glasgow
Posted in Frockery Focus, budget fashion, fashion, online shopping, retro clothing, vintage clothing, tagged 60s fashion, budget fashion, fashion design, frockery, Glasgow, Liberty print, Marion Donaldson, retro, retro clothing, swinging 60s, vintage clothing on January 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In our latest Frockery Focus section, we have turned the spotlight on Glasgow designer Marion Donaldson, whose fashion label – started with a mere £50 of capital in 1966 – is widely credited as having brought the essence of Carnaby Street fashion and swinging 60s London to the streets of Glasgow.
Probably best known for her long [...]
And so that was Christmas!
Posted in Christmas, budget fashion, environment, fashion, green fashion, online shopping, retro clothing, vintage clothing, tagged budget fashion, Christmas, retro clothing, vintage clothing on December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Frockery team are back to business after two days of turkey (and vegetarian alternative) consumption, but we are already planning to enter into the spirit of Hogmanay and a new year next week. In Scotland we celebrate for longer than those south of the border and so will be closed on New Year’s Day [...]
In celebration of the Little Black Dress (LBD)
Posted in budget fashion, fashion, green fashion, online shopping, vintage clothing, tagged , Audrey Hepburn, budget fashion, Coco Chanel, costume exhibitions, LBD, little black dress, vintage clothing, vogue on November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here at The Frockery we just love the classic little black dress, and the female members of our team all have one or two classic LBDs in their own wardrobes.
So we were delighted to hear of the new Little Black Dress Exhibition which is to run at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery from December 2007 [...]
Size matters
Posted in budget fashion, environment, online shopping, recycling, retro clothing, vintage clothing, tagged budget fashion, eco-style, plus size fashion, pre-owned clothing, recycled fashion, recycling, retro clothing, vintage clothing on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We have had lots of great customer feedback over the past few weeks (thank you all!) and are now working on a few new ideas to improve The Frockery shopping experience for the many vintage and retro clothing fans out there, as well as for those who are simply looking for pre-owned contemporary pieces that will neither break the bank nor [...]
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; [...]
