“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 [...]
Archive for the ‘green fashion’ Category
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 [...]
Frocks for all eras
Posted in fashion, green fashion, nostalgia, online shopping, pre-owned fashion, re-enactment, recycled fashion, retro clothing, themed parties, vintage clothing, tagged 60s fashion, 80s fashion, 80s style, auto heritage, autoheritage, dress agency, frank usher, pre-owned fashion, re-enactment, retro clothing, retro themes, themed events, vintage clothing on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It has been a case of ‘frocks around the clock’ since the turn of the year as The Frockery has been coping with an increase in orders from customers new and not-so-new. Vintage and retro party dresses have been in particular demand throughout January and many of our own favourites have found new appreciative homes.
Meanwhile, [...]
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 [...]
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; [...]
