Usually I'm a charity gal which is really the best way to go. Especially if you loiter round charities in Bethnal Green where the real boujies dump quasi-designer stuff
Likewise. I recently moved back to North London and can't wait to scrounge the cast-offs of people with more money and even less sense than me. Current seasonal favourite is a very warm shearling
[1] Burberry coat found in the Camden Traid shop last year for £20(!).
Aside from being a cheapskate I've also become more conscious over the past year or two of the enormous environmental and humanitarian impact of so-called "fast fashion" - lots of people tend to associate the term with yer cheaper online retailers like Asos and Boohoo (which are in themselves horrendous for that), but it also applies to the more high-end High Street retailers including some mentioned here, I'm afraid - Uniqlo, & Other Stories and their ilk (both of which I like, and have shopped at in the past).
Lots of garments will actually have been made in the same factories but then are sold at differing price points depending on the retailer, which in some ways makes the pricier ones worse as they're taking a bigger margin while the workers are paid the same piffling amount/have to work under the same shitty conditions.
The last place I bought clothes from was Lost Stock, which I'd implore everyone to use.
Aw, glad you had a good experience (hopefully) - when my order eventually arrived none of it was stuff I'd ever wear sadly, but thankfully I was able to pass it on to a couple of mates, happy that the money's going to the factory workers either way.
And that dress is pretty lush,
Goblin.
