A new comment I’m going to start adding in 2026 is that my content is made without any AI! And here's why... In a world where AI is everywhere and content creators are given SO many ways and encouragements to use it - I want you to know, my content is made by a human, me!

For me as someone who talks about sustainability, there are too many sustainability and ethics questions with the rising use of AI - so I'm not going down that track yet. From graphics to captions to video editing to timestamps, there are so many ways to harness AI but it doesn’t feel right to me while posting about small steps for sustainability and thinking about the impact of our lives on others. It feels like giving myself a big setback, everything takes longer, I’m not getting tips and advice from chat GPT but it matters to me. So, this content was made just by me!

Detaching from the fashion industry is such a relief and also far more creative than simply following the herd. I don't want to look like everyone else. I don't need to fit in. That ballet school needs a proper talk about sustainability and  exploitation.

I really admire how real you are. You stay true to yourself and your values without trying to sell anything or be someone you're not. Even when you feel like you don't quite fit in you still choose authenticity - and that's so rare these days. It's honestly refreshing and inspiring to see.

That checked dress is super cute.

LOVE your thoughts on style- freeing and frightening to think that my style comes from slowly defining things I love and that suit ME!

Hi from Las Vegas, Nevada. I'm widowed, living on a fixed income which has been adequate but not great.  I can sew, and recently went through my closet to pick out clothes that I wasn't wearing.  I've been taking those clothes apart to resew or restyle into something I like better or to fix things that need repairing.  I'm enjoying the whole process tremendously.  I also live with mostly second hand furniture and get lots of compliments on how pretty my apartment looks.

I've been doing charity shops for over 10 years now. Saves the plant and I find it fun

The dress was perfect on you. I’m glad you stuck with it.

I am 73 and marriedin 1970. By 1980 I had 4 children. I have been buying secondhand clothes since 1970's. Secondhand furniture since 1970 and recovering and upcycleing. I still have clothes from the 1980's. Yes I own alot but I look after everything

I have been buying my clothes second hand for many years now. Occasionally I buy something new but find I really resent the cost compared to charity shops/ebay/vinted! I pretty much always find what I want and I believe no one would think my wardrobe is as cheap as it is!

I had a no new clothes year except underwear for 2024 and then last year it was a low new clothes year. I bought 7 new things the whole year. I’m keeping going with this as it’s just how I live now. Normal shops seem weird to me now with all the same things in multiple sizes and I don’t tend to go in  anymore! I love my charity shops and the hunt!

Hi I’m from Australia and recently have lost weight, grew out of my lovely clothes and gave most away and suddenly realised how much is available in my size second hand. When my children were young and we had limited $ I shopped mainly second hand so it’s not new. I found that I also loved some of my larger clothes and decided to just take them in etc. from that has come a reassessing my values around clothing and also wanting to find clothes I love not ‘in fashion’ but ‘my fashion’ utubed  the concept and found you :) definitely going on this journey. Thanks for sharing your journey

I bought my first house at 18 so there was little 'disposable income' and I really got to grips with charity shop clothes shopping during those years - and the funny thing is that I was the most complimented woman at work (out of the 40+ that I worked with) yet no-one ever guessed where I'd bought my clothes. They thought because I am childless that I had money to spend on clothes, little realising I had a mortgage to pay solo and was thrifting all my clothes - and 50+ years later I'm still doing it. It enabled me to pay off my mortgage at 34 and retire at 55.

Pacific Northwest Oregonian here! I’m starting my second hand only journey this year! I’ve done it about 50/50 but this year I’m going 100 for myself only. My husband was like “don’t bring me into it” and I just smiled because he always says that but then when he sees me seriously invested he wants to know more. So playing the long game haha. But I’m excited! I also have two toddlers so I will eventually move to buying more second hand for them but honestly right now most of their clothes are from kids secondhand shops so already on my way there with them. Gotta take it slow.

That dress is classic and looked fantastic on you!

Walking through shopping centres now makes me feel really uncomfortable knowing the vast majority will end up in landfill. My kids really don't mind where there clothes come from and my eldest is at high school this year if it means he doesn't have to go shopping he's good 😂

Loved this video. I don’t often comment but we do need to step back from the consumerism treadmill. However I have fallen into the trap in the past of overconsumption of charity shop items, because there is literally so much great second hand clothing and you can definitely get that dopamine hit from finding a great bargain. So I have started critically looking at what I have and stop chasing more and start building enough.

I stumbled upon your channel by accident one morning and I now find myself checking to see if you have put out another video! I love your message as I have not purchased a garment for myself from a mass producing company since 2017.  I am so inspired to continue to thrift. I am also learning so much from you with regard to where items originate and how much suffering is caused by mass production. My children (16, 18) are completely on board as well. Thank you for all you do!

My mother was a very elegant and exquisitely dressed lady who always bought the very best quality in her clothes that she could find.  So when she passed away a few years ago, I inherited all of her clothes, and at first I thought “oh my gosh, what do I do with all of these beautiful clothes”(I’m talking cashmere sweaters, pure silk dresses and blouses, wool crepe pants suits, wool dress slacks that are lined in silk, long camel coat) and then since she and I were essentially the same height, weight and build, I decided to just keep them and wear them myself.  Granted, they are not what is currently in “fashion or on trend”, some of them even go back to the 1960s, but they’re lovely and were very well cared for….so I will continue to wear them until they wear out or I wear out, whichever comes first.  I just couldn’t see myself allowing all of her lovely things to ultimately end up in a landfill somewhere….just the thought of it breaks my heart.  I love wearing her things because it makes me feel like I still have part of her here with me.  
Good on you for thrift shopping and using what’s already in circulation.  I wish more people would do this instead of buying all this fast fashion cheap junk.  Well maybe if enough people start seeing videos like yours, the idea will catch on…I’ll keep my fingers crossed.😊🤞🏻

I've been buying secondhand only clothing for three years in june , it's the best thing i ever did .I dress for my self now and it brings me such joy ! i used to trawl round the shops never finding any thing i liked .Now i love all my clothes and get compliments alot from strangers 😁😁