Tag archive for "upcycling"

Zine Loves: Cherish & Cherubs (plus exclusive discount)

Eco Shopping, Gift Ideas

Zine Loves: Cherish & Cherubs (plus exclusive discount)

No Comments 14 August 2010

Cherish & Cherubs, the new Online Boutique for vintage inspired gifts has really got mumzine talking. There are lots of websites out there claiming to source unique gifts away from the high street but I am yet to find one that has such a beautiful range of genuinely up-cycled and vintage inspired gifts. Cherish & Cherubs are offering mumzine readers 10% discount of all products (detail at the end of the post).

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Make your own princess cape

Eco Shopping, Parenting

Make your own princess cape

1 Comment 21 June 2010

If your child wants to be a princess and you are struggling to avoid the Disney store then Mumzine favourites, Alice and Emma are here to help. "Alice and Emma are comitted to upcycling and would much rather use lovely old things than buy new things. We say – be like Maria in the Sound of Music and find some old curtains to make your un-disney cape." Emma Whyte - Co Founder, Alice and Emma.

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Whatever next? Tesco start upcycling and launch ethical clothing collection

Make Do & Mend

Whatever next? Tesco start upcycling and launch ethical clothing collection

No Comments 04 March 2010

Tesco are launching a charm offensive on the ethical community by collaborating with leading a ethical fashion label to create a line of recycled clothing. This will no doubt stick in the throat of a number of environmentalists. Tesco has attracted a number of high profile enemies, including the Tescopoly campaign. None the less, what this campaign will do is raise the profile of upcycling and ethical fashion and make it accessible to the masses. And for that we must applaud them.

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The 'Primark effect' means one million tonnes of clothes are sent to landfill every year

Fashion, News

The 'Primark effect' means one million tonnes of clothes are sent to landfill every year

No Comments 24 January 2010

Calls to bring forward a total ban on recyclable material being sent to landfill are increasing, as the EFRA waste report show big increases in the amount of textile waste being dumped. Throwaway fashion from shops such as Primark are being blamed

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