[quote Ponoka7]**@Smallsteps88, where do you think second hand clothing comes from? The Charity shops rely on people who want new clothes, or impulse/over buy and are willing to donate them. A lot of them will be the people who buy new for holidays or don't like wearing the same going out-out clothes. Have you also given up meat? That's the best thing you can do for our planet.
@Smallsteps88, a lot of people can't afford clothes that aren't made in Bangladesh etc. The Bangladesh clothing factory collapse showed us that Mango/white Stuff/Wallis etc also use sweat shop labour.
@MinesAPintOfTea, I had a holiday wardrobe suitcase, it meant I could take advantage of last minute deals and not have to try to shop, around work. The shorts I wear on holiday I wouldn't wear in a city, or some of the dresses, floaty kaftans (for over maxi dresses in Muslim countries) or kimonos.
I buy new for holidays. I grab as much as I can during the sales for a October holiday and wear it the next summer. Or buy new for our May holiday and wear it that summer. Or donate it. Sometimes we buy cheap t-shirts for quad biking etc, nothing washes after some quad biking excursions through the desert etc.
I don't know why there's so much derision, we need people spending money. Bangladesh needs people who buy cheaper clothing. Our economies are built and sustained by consumerism.[/quote]
@Ponoka7
I have to take you up on your accusation that White Stuff uses sweat shops, and where you got that information from.
Of all the shops on the High Street, I would say White Stuff is the most ethical and I support them for that reason.
They have updated their Statement on Modern Slavery on their website every year for the past 5 years.
www.whitestuff.com/doinggoodstuff/doinggoodstuff-our-suppliers/doinggoodstuff-our-suppliers-modern-slavery-statement/