Swishing is the brainchild of Lucy Shea, CEO of the UK’s leading sustainability communications agency, Futerra. The aim of swishing is to unite well-preserved but unloved clothes with new owners, all in the name of ethical and financially viable fashion. Visit the website for dates of upcoming events near you.
For information on all things sustainable and green in Cardiff head to the Green City Events Twitter feed or Facebook page. Founder Rebecca Clarke hosted one of the city’s first swishing events in 2005 and is currently working on launching the Green City Events website at the end of this month.
Bikes and Buttons is a Cardiff based organisation aiming to put the fun into environmental issues. Founders Nia Campbell and Carolyn Ryves run up-cycling workshops in English and Welsh and are available for kids parties too. Their second swishing event The big charity clothes swap and mini market takes place on Saturday 3 November from 6.30pm til 8.30pm at the Whitchurch community centre.
Forget jumble sales and sifting through someone else’s trash, in Cardiff swishing is all about the treasure.
Swishing is clothes swapping on a designer scale, an organised clothes swap event where only designer or high end high street will do. In Cardiff lots of charities and community groups are getting in on the act, as people are recognising the need for more sustainable, cost effective ways to shop in the capital.
Rebecca Clarke, founder of Green City Events says, “it’s about meeting people in your community, swapping skills and sharing stories, which makes for a unique and exciting shopping experience!”
So if you’re desperate to update your wardrobe but don’t have the cash, head to your next Cardiff swishing event, and snap up some designer bargains.
Swishing is the brainchild of Lucy Shea, CEO of the UK’s leading sustainability communications agency, Futerra. The aim of swishing is to unite well-preserved but unloved clothes with new owners, all in the name of ethical and financially viable fashion. Visit the website for dates of upcoming events near you.
For information on all things sustainable and green in Cardiff head to the Green City Events Twitter feed or Facebook page. Founder Rebecca Clarke hosted one of the city’s first swishing events in 2005 and is currently working on launching the Green City Events website at the end of this month.
Bikes and Buttons is a Cardiff based organisation aiming to put the fun into environmental issues. Founders Nia Campbell and Carolyn Ryves run up-cycling workshops in English and Welsh and are available for kids parties too. Their second swishing event The big charity clothes swap and mini market takes place on Saturday 3 November from 6.30pm til 8.30pm at the Whitchurch community centre.