Love Not Landfill Swap and Style Event

Fashionistas and eco-warriors alike will discover bargains and wonderful one-off pieces at Love Not Landfill’s exciting Swap And Style Event at London’s largest fashion recycling warehouse, LM Barry in Canning Town on 24th April, 10am-midday.

The Swap and Style event is a rare opportunity to rummage through thousands and thousands of unwanted clothes to uncover select new outfits with the help of Emma Slade-Edmondson, the stylist behind Back of the Wardrobe and Charity Fashion Live. There’s even the opportunity to be photographed by a fashion photographer in your fabulous finds!

The event comes under the banner of Fashion Revolution which launches on the 22nd April to encourage a more mindful and socially responsible way of thinking about clothes. Fashion is the second most polluting industry in the world after oil* and the rise in fast fashion has meant that the amount of clothes produced each year globally has doubled in 15 years from 2000 to 2015.

#Lovenotlandfill is a campaign aimed at young fast fashion fans in London. The goal is to reduce the environmental impact of the fashion industry via a core message: love your clothes then pass them on when you’ve finished with them so someone else can love them too. The campaign will remind young people to:
• Never dump unwanted clothes in a household bin as they clog up landfill and release harmful climate change gases
• Recycle, share, swap or repair unwanted clothes
• Share the message with your friends

Event attendees are encouraged to swap their unwanted clothes with new items that they find in the giant treasure trove at L M Barry Textile Recyclers on the 24th April.

Tickets are FREE but you will be required to pay £15 to reserve your space. This will be refunded on your arrival at LM Barry for the event.

All proceeds from non-attendance will go to Fashion Revolution, a social enterprise which works towards a fashion industry that values people, the environment, creativity and profit in equal measure.