The Good Wardrobe in the Press

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Metro, 23rd Jan 2014

Zoe contributed to Amy Dawson's Eco Girl column on DIY fashion in Metro:

This feels sew good: How to embellish your own fast fashion

‘You probably won’t stab yourself,’ says ethical fashionista Zoe Robinson, looking frankly unconvinced as she watches me grapple with a fistful of pins. ‘But let me...

Metro, 5th Dec 2013

Zoe contributed to a piece by Amy Dawson in Metro on how to customise a party dress for the festive season

How to transform your unwanted clothes into party season favourites

"Unfortunately, although I have plenty of boring old clothes ripe for reworking, something I possess to...

Sew It Forward press release, Dec 2013

Ethical fashion Sew It Forward event in Streatham with John-Paul FintoffPlease see below the press release and flyer for our Sew It Forward event on Thursday 5th December in Streatham. The evening is a collaboration with John-Paul Flintoff who will be talking about his Who Made Your Clothes project:

The Observer, November 2013

Zoe and The Good Wardrobe were featured as Lucy Siegle's Green Crush in The Observer Magazine and online

Lucy Siegle's Green Crush 

"Can you fix a broken zip? Can you solve a pocket-placement crisis on a pair of hand-sewn jeans? For guidance on such matters, The Good Wardrobe should be...

Crafty Magazine, spring 2013 launch issue

The Good Wardrobe was featured in Crafty Magazine's launch issue

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Crafty Magazine launch edition, spring 2013

The Guardian Sustainable Business, 20th Sep 2013

We teamed up with Redress for their Repair Month:

Rescuing thrown away fashion: the before and after in pictures

"It is estimated that European Union consumers discard 5.8m tonnes of...

Tilly and the Buttons, 28th June 2013

A Q & A with Zoe Robinson, founder of The Good Wardrobe:

The Good Wardrobe: Interview

"The other day I stumbled upon The Good Wardrobe and my eyes lit up. A website to help make the quest for sustainable fashion easier and more accessible? Yes please! I thought you, good reader, would be interested too, so I had a chat to the founder, Zoe...

The Guardian, Saturday 5th Jan 2013

We were featured on the front page of the Guardian Money section:

How I gave up retail therapy and learned to love mending

"In January 2012, Rebecca Smithers gave up buying clothes for 12 months, saved £1,200 – and transformed her life..."

"Of course, not everybody can sew. Since I launched my challenge, there have been some...

Crafty Magazine online

The Good Wardrobe is featured in the launch issue of Crafty Magazine. A full Q&A with The Good Wardrobe founder Zoe Robinson was featured on their website:

Sew It Forward

"We had such a good chat with Sew It Forward founder Zoe Robinson that we couldn't fit it all in our news pages in issue 1. Here's what she's got...

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