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10 things I’ve learned in my year of no new clothes
8 September 20208 September 2020 Janette Bennett

10 things I’ve learned in my year of no new clothes

Handmade, Reinvention, Slow fashion, Sustainable living

For an entire year, I have not bought new clothes, driven by evidence of the harm the fast fashion industry does to the environment and the people who work in it. This was a big deal for me: I’ve always

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Clothes with Karma in the time of the virus
16 March 20208 September 2020 Janette Bennett

Clothes with Karma in the time of the virus

Coronavirus, Reinvention, Slow fashion, Sustainable living

We touch in so many ways, just not physically Tessa is at the garden gate and we lunge at each other. I want to hug her and kiss her, smack-bang on the lips (it’s a South African thing). Then we

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The power of needle and thread
4 March 202010 March 2020 Janette Bennett

The power of needle and thread

Handmade, Reinvention, Slow fashion, Sustainable living

The art of sewing is stepping out of the closet as we take a stand against mindless consumption of damaging fast fashion. The need and desire to sew rests deep in my bones. I learned to love it, very young:

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A Durban thrift adventure
23 December 20198 September 2020 Janette Bennett

A Durban thrift adventure

Ambles, Reinvention, Slow fashion, Sustainable living

Durban was always going to be my big challenge a mere four-something months into my year of not buying new clothes. A visit to my old hometown has always included wandering through clothing shops, picking up an item or two.

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Freeing ourselves from supporting harm
15 November 20198 September 2020 Under the milkwood

Freeing ourselves from supporting harm

Environment, Reinvention, Slow fashion, Sustainable living

Could giving up buying new clothes be the biggest personal change you can make for the environment? That’s what The Guardian asked in an article on the growing number of people moving away from fast fashion to second-hand clothing. I came

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My happy jeans with karma
6 September 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

My happy jeans with karma

Reinvention, Slow fashion

Today, I am wearing my most beautiful jeans and they are making me feel happy, so happy that I want to dance. Not even the gloomy weather can get me down. Kathy wore them for years – and yes, she

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