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Caroline Swarbrick

Marketing Events & Digital Co-ordinator for Oxfam trading

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Caroline leads Oxfam's fashion initiatives including Vintage events, festival shops and retail collaborations and acts as editor to the Oxfam fashion blog.

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Being a Conscious Cosmetics Consumer- Lush’s campaign against Animal Testing

Hattie Peacock on the cosmetic company's campaign against animal testing ...

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An Appointment with Dr Noki

Teresa Collenette blogs about being in surgery with Dr Noki at the shwop lab on the 5th May When Tanya and I arrived at the 'Shwop' Lab for Dr Noki's interactive workshop I had no idea what to expect beyond some creative upcycling, the perfect activity for a Saturday, I thought.  In fact, unbeknown to me, I was about to participate in an outright act of creative anarchy!  By the end of the session I was a converted...

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Hats Sleep Anywhere

Blog Post by Oxfam Fashion Blogger, Rozalind Jana   Hats sleep anywhere, any table, any chair. Top of piano, window-ledge, in the middle, on the edge. Open drawer, empty shoe, anybody's head will do. Fitted in a cardboard box, in the cupboard with your frocks. Anywhere! They don't care! Hats sleep anywhere. (With apologies to poet Eleanor Farjeon for the parody of her sweet poem "Cats...

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Teresa Collenette with her M&S Dresses for the heirloom challenge

Heirloom Challenge

Teresa Collenette, Oxfam Fashion Blogger, is invited to participate in the M&S Shwop lab bloggers challenge... ...

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Material Girl in a Material World

Teresa Collenette writes from the Marks and Spencer Shwop lab... ...

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Teresa Collenette Discovers Fashion with Passion!

Ever since Henrietta Ludgate opened her workshop there, Whiteleys, Bayswater, seems to have come to life and acquired a brand new buzz. I love to pass by there and see fabric strewn on tables and scissors in action! Imagine my excitement then to see that her workshop was hosting a sustainable sample sale... ...

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Street Style in April

April has been miserable. Though the days have finally gotten longer, the skies have been grey, and the rain fall has bordered on biblical. And yet, we Brits seem to be completely unfazed by the relentless weather when it comes to choosing our outfits.   Have you stylish lot hidden indoors with a DVD and a hot water bottle? No. Instead you have armed yourselves with a cuppa and some sunnies, and taken to the streets in...

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Shwopping in London Part 1: The Day Clothes Took Over Brick Lane

Oxfam intern Eilise Norris reports from behind the scenes at the launch of M&S's sustainable fashion lab, and explains why we should all get SHWOPPING! ...

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Shwopping in London Part 2: Meeting the Students at LCF

Eilise Norris meets the students of LCF at the launch of M&S's sustainable fashion lab ...

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Pier Pressure! Vintage by the Sea

Follow fashion blogger Teresa Collenette behind the scenes, and find out what it takes to set up for Oxfam Hove's infamous 'Retro Vintage day'. ...

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