{"id":140316,"date":"2020-04-15T15:49:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T13:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/04\/15\/i-didnt-buy-new-clothes-for-a-year-and-it-was-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-my-wardrobe\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T15:49:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T13:49:12","slug":"i-didnt-buy-new-clothes-for-a-year-and-it-was-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-my-wardrobe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=140316","title":{"rendered":"&#039;I didn&#039;t buy new clothes for a year and it was the best thing to happen to my wardrobe&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With consumerism brought to a standstill by the coronavirus, the call to change how we shop is more relevant than ever. One responsible fashion expert shares lessons from his year-long Extinction Rebellion fashion boycottA few weeks ago, I found myself standing in the apartment of Matthias, a Berlin biker who was selling his leather jacket on a local classifieds website. The jacket wasn\u2019t for me, but I left with stories about when the Cramps played the 90s, and tips for German surf bands.Almost 12 months ago, I signed up to Extinction Rebellion\u2019s Fashion Boycott, a year-long pledge to buy only secondhand \u2013 which is how I ended up chatting rock\u2019n\u2019roll in a stranger\u2019s apartment. The boycott is framed as a protest against a destructive and exploitative industry \u2013 which it definitely is \u2013 but it is also an amazing opportunity to change your relationship with an inescapable part of modern life. As the coronavirus pandemic brings consumerism to a standstill, the call to change how we shop is even more apt.I have spent most of my professional life as a fashion editor, plugged into an industry that never stops making new things. The idea of shopping only secondhand seemed scary \u2013 even impossible. Some people love nothing better than diving into a pile of pre-owned mystery garments; not me. How am I going to find something I like? Should I just stop buying clothes?It turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to my wardrobe. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/2020\/apr\/15\/i-didnt-buy-new-clothes-for-a-year-and-it-was-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-my-wardrobe\" target=\"_blank\">&#039;I didn&#039;t buy new clothes for a year and it was the best thing to happen to my wardrobe&#039;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With consumerism brought to a standstill by the coronavirus, the call to change how we shop is more relevant than ever. One responsible fashion expert shares lessons from his year-long Extinction Rebellion fashion boycottA few weeks ago, I found myself standing in the apartment of Matthias, a Berlin biker who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}