From Whistles to Mulberry, Daks to Paul Smith - the Oxfam shop at Royal Windsor was bursting with fashion gems for women and men.
Set amongst an array of equestrian wear and artisan craft stalls the Oxfam shop stood out with its bright Hermes scarves and quirky displays. So, what was the first thing to do?
Get mooching around the rails of course!
I firstly had a look at some of the men's clothes on offer, getting shop...
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Dig out those coats and rifle through your loft - because we need your clothes for the One Day Wardrobe Clear Out.
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Spring is here and yet we are still waking up to grey skies and an absence of light and colour. But do not despair, there is at least one place in London where you can get a quick colour fix as well as some creative inspiration.
In the heart of Bermondsey, standing amidst the Dickensian labyrinth of streets, is a colourful building more reminiscent of Mexico or Miami than London: the wonderful Fashion and...
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WRITTEN BY: EMMA STEPHENSON // @emmastephenson // FASHION INTERN AT WASTESAVER
After hours of sorting, weeks of organising, hundreds of flowers, eight models, 16 outfits and lots of helping hands - Oxfam's floral fashion show and pop-up shop made its mark on Huddersfield. The event was a great success in raising awareness for International Women's Day whilst giving guests a chance to purchase some vintage as well...
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WRITTEN BY: EMMA STEPHENSON, FASHION INTERN AT WASTESAVER.
We all love clothes and fashion here at Oxfam, so we thought what better excuse than to hold a fashion show. For weeks the team has been busy sorting through hundreds of clothes and collecting items for sale in our pop-up shop.
We have embraced the Spring/Summer trend of floral pattern with skirts, tops, jackets and dresses covered in flowers and prints. This theme...
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Hands up who's been swishing before?! Swishing is the practice of swapping clothes, often at a swishing party (I'm sure this definition will soon be in the Oxford English Dictionary). Swapping clothes that you don't wear anymore for a wardrobe update courtesy of someone else is win-win. It's free, it's sustainable and its fun.
With thousands of students on campus every day, the University of Southampton...
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Oxfam Fashion has been keeping up to date with some of the brilliant ideas for Get Together in the UK. Whatever you love doing, baking to biking, fashion to flapjacks Oxfam is encouraging you to host an event to celebrate International Women's Day on 8 March.
The aim is to raise money to help women worldwide live life without poverty. The 2013 celebrations launched with an event in London hosted by broadcaster and writer Lauren...
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I can't tell you how excited I was when I found out that Rumble in the Jumble was happening again this year. The Oxfam Get Together event, hosted by Radio 1's Gemma Cairney and friends, celebrated its second birthday on Saturday 26th January. I went along last year as part of my final major project and this year I was lucky enough to go as an Oxfam Fashion blogger.
Gemma Cairney, Grace Woodward, Cherry Healey,...
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It was only a few days ago that Oxfam's team fash were perched behind the Shwop Shop cash box for the Oxfam and Marks & Spencer pop-up shop but we're reminiscing already!
The two-day event was a massive success in raising awareness about the Shwopping campaign whilst giving our visitors the chance to get their hands on some unique, quality garments and celebrity clothes - with all money raised going to support Oxfam's...
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We were lucky enough to have two esteemed fashion stylists in attendance to our Shwop Shop grand opening this week. Brix Smith-Start and Grace Woodward donated items from their own enviable wardrobes as well as styling some fantastic outfit ensembles from Shwopped stock and Oxfam fashion managed to grab them for a quick chat.
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