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• Oxfam urges shoppers not to buy new clothes for a month

  31-08-2019 08:00
  Second Hand September aims to raise awareness of fashion’s environmental impactSeptember occupies a mythical position in the fashion industry, when magazines are traditionally heavy with advertising and substantial winter purchases are made. This year, however, fashion’s most important shopping month will be disrupted by Second Hand September, a drive urging consumers not to buy new clothing for the entire 30 days.The Oxfam-organised campaign aims to raise awareness of fashion’
  
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• Shop less, live more – save the planet. It doesn’t sound that bad to me | Gaby Hinsliff

  31-08-2019 07:00
  A sustainable environment means consuming less, not differently. With retail therapy losing its appeal, that should be easyWomen love shopping, don’t they? Everyone knows we were born to do it; that left to our own devices we like nothing better than spending all day in some changing room, leaving our menfolk slumped outside in abject boredom, praying for it to be over. Except it’s not true, or certainly not for all women, and almost certainly never has been. Only 29% of women actual
  
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