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Treat Loved Ones and Feel Good Too

Posted on November 13, 2019 (February 13, 2020) by Jacek

News & Blogs Little Things Mean a Lot Share it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Envelope-open-text How To Treat Loved Ones And Feel Good Too Christmas is for caring, sharing and smiling and you’re guaranteed to be grinning if you’ve sourced individual gifts and saved money in the process. How do I do that, we hear you ask. Simple – just head down to your nearest Zip Yard store. Our motto ‘if it fits under a sewing machine we can repair and alter it’ also applies to making bespoke gifts for family and friends. Use our seamstresses’ imagination and add a touch of class to your gifting – not just for Christmas but for birthdays and special occasions too. Here are some ideas to get you started: 1. Fancy Dress Costumes For Kids With Frozen 2 and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hitting cinemas, youngsters are clamouring for film […]

Little Things Mean a Lot

Posted on November 13, 2019 (February 13, 2020) by Jacek

News & Blogs Little Things Mean a Lot Share it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Envelope-open-text Trust Us With The Little Things That Mean a Lot If it fits under a sewing machine, our skilled seamstresses and tailors can mend it.We’re pretty handy with a good ol’ needle and thread too. Every item, large or small, brand new or vintage, is treated with tender loving care and returned to its owner with a smile. We’ve put together a list of recent jobs that illustrate why you can trust our stores across the UK with your loved clothes, home furnishings, cuddly toys and items of sentimental value – and to use our imagination to create something special. 1. The Ring’s The Thing The Northampton team felt like they’d stumbled into an episode of The Repair Shop when a 60-year-old purse was brought in. Used to keep the customer’s wedding ring safe, […]

Leeds Mum ‘Sew’ Excited About New Challenge After Career Break

Posted on November 4, 2019 (February 13, 2020) by Jacek

News & Blogs Leeds Mum ‘Sew’ Excited About New Challenge After Career Break Share it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Envelope-open-text A Leeds mum of two is combining her passion for business and fashion to run a repairs and alterations franchise. Neluka Dunning, who is the franchise owner at The Zip Yard Leeds North in Chapel Allerton, plans to put the store right at the heart of the community and will be promoting the importance of making clothes last. “It’s crazy to think that £140 million worth of unwanted but still wearable clothes are thrown away every year.”– said Mrs Dunning. The Zip Yard is determined to help reduce that figure by encouraging customers to extend the life of clothes through repairs, alterations and upcycling. “We need to see repairing and reusing clothes to extend their life as a first rather than the last option as it prevents further damage to the […]

Simple Steps to Sustainability

Posted on October 13, 2019 (February 13, 2020) by Jacek

News & Blogs Simple Steps to Sustainability Share it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Envelope-open-text Six Simple Steps to Dressing More Sustainably There’s never been a better time to make a change to a sustainable or ethical wardrobe – and there’s no shortage of passionate people keen to inspire us from eco-fashion brands and models to environmental activists and writers. We’ve compiled six top tips to help you on your journey to a brighter – and wiser – fashion future. 1. Wear Every Item At Least 30 Times Pick more versatile pieces that can be styled in different ways, rather than that one item you know is going to fall out of fashion in no time, and try to veer away from buying that statement piece you know you are only going to wear for one occasion and invest in something with more longevity. 2. Shop Second-Hand and Vintage Every […]

Go Beyond Second Hand September

Posted on September 13, 2019 (February 13, 2020) by Jacek

News & Blogs Go Beyond Second Hand September Share it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Envelope-open-text Four Ways to Go Beyond Second Hand September A staggering 11 million items of clothing end up in landfill every week, which is bad for the planet and our purses as we’re constantly buying items we don’t really need. As the UK’s largest garment alteration company, The Zip Yard fully supported Oxfam’s Second Hand September campaign urging people not to buy new clothes for the month. However, that doesn’t mean you should revert to old habits in October. Here are our four top tips for making a difference throughout autumn and beyond. Make Loved Clothes Last You don’t have to continuously buy new clothes just because you lack the skills to repair your existing ones. Don’t throw something out because the zip is broken or a button has fallen off. Buy a sewing kit […]

Breathe New Life Into Summer Holiday Clothes

Posted on July 12, 2019 (February 13, 2020) by Jacek

News & Blogs Breathe New Life Into Summer Holiday Clothes Share it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Envelope-open-text Spendthrift Brits will splash out £2.7 billion on outfits this summer on items they will only wear once. A recent survey by Barnardo’s revealed that consumers will buy ten million wedding outfits at a combined cost of £800m along with holiday clothes worth £700m. They will also buy millions of items for events such as barbecues, festivals and balls. One in four people polled said they felt too embarrassed to wear an outfit to a specialoccasion more than once – and half of us see buying new clothes for an occasion as an essential part of the build-up. But instead of splurging on new clothes, why not invest in high quality, long-lasting items you’ll love for longer or have a rummage through garments that have been pushed to the dark depths of your […]

Don’t Bin it, Repair it

Posted on July 1, 2019 (February 13, 2020) by Jacek

News & Blogs Don’t Bin it, Repair it Share it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Envelope-open-text It’s official. We’re no longer mend and make do society. And here are some shocking stats to prove it. According to research collected by sustainable fashion brand Thought, most of us readily admit to being cack-handed these days: Only one-third of UK folks (36%) bother to repair ripped or torn clothes; One in four (25%) choose not to mend clothes because they say it’s easier to buy new ones; A fifth of us ‘can’t be bothered’ to make repairs with one in seven (15%) admitting to not knowing how to anyway; A third of Brits reckon they can’t do that most staple of clothing repairs – sewing a button back on. Hang your heads in shame, Brits. But it’s not just clothing… Among other, once essential tasks roughly half of us can no longer do […]

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Case Study – Ian Tarvit, The Zip Yard Northampton

Posted on June 13, 2019 (February 13, 2020) by Jacek

News & Blogs Case Study – Ian Tarvit, The Zip Yard Northampton Share it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Envelope-open-text What is your business background and how did you get involved with The Zip Yard? “I previously managed transport and warehouse operations for DHL but always wanted to run my own business. Seven years ago, I decided to take the leap and set up an independent coffee shop with my business partner Michal Polak in Bedford High Street. As that was going well, we started to consider taking on a second business. Graeme Mulheron, who is the franchisee of the Bedford store, was one of our regular coffee shop customers and told me how The Zip Yard worked so we decided to go for it. I live in a village just outside Northampton so it made sense for me to run the store and we opened in December 2016.” What […]

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