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Go Beyond Second Hand September

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Second Hand September

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 […]

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Breathe New Life Into Summer Holiday Clothes

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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 […]

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Don’t Bin it, Repair it

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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

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Case study – Ian Tarvit, The Zip Yard Northampton

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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