Clothing Swappery

Ooh I love a good clothes swap - the chance to get a load of new stuff for free? I cannot resist. An added bonus is that you get to see the back of your tired old togs. I held a 'swish' (another way of saying 'clothes swap') at White Stuff's HQ to raise money for amazing organisation Into University (http://www.intouniversity.org/).

All the usual rules of clothes swapping applied but people also had to pay £3 to enter (all profits were donated to Into University). There were quite a few leftover threads in the end but these got donated to a nearby charity shop as well - everyone did well! Thanks to everyone who helped make the event such a success.

A lovely girly swap

Tara gets her swap on

Floral dress? Possible swap

The accessories table gets a good going over

Charlie surveys a lacy number

A possible stripy swap

Bonjo the dog steers clear of the action

So many clothes, so little time!

My favourite bit, the dress rail

Oops I Bought it Again.

A friend recently visited my house for the first time. I ran down to the kitchen to get a drink and when I went back upstairs I found her sitting on my bed, gaping. 'How can you have so much stuff' my minimalist one marveled.

Think it's time for another clothes swap/charity shop visit soon!

Sharing is Caring

What to do if you get bored of your clothes and can't be bothered to put them on Ebay? Why, host a clothes swap of course! Set a time, put it on Facebook, invite your most stylish friends and prepare to swap away.

I charged each of these lovely ladies for a charitable donation as well. Making something 'for charity' somehow makes one feel worthier through all of the materialism... that aside, we made some marvellous swaps and everyone went away with something new they loved and without the things they didn't anymore. My list for a top swap?

-Wine, lots of wine
-Cakes, lots of cakes
-A rail that can hold a lot of clothing (preferably not one from Argos)
-Lots of clothes hangers
-A large open space to plonk all of your glorious clobber. We mainly used my bed as the point of focus
-Nice underwear. Christina did well with her nude American Apparel leotard
-Music. We listened to Marina and the Diamonds
-A gorgeous little doggy like Elly's Betty to play with
-Bin bags to take all the remaining clothes to the charity shop

Jen surveys the goods
Betty and Elly have a chat

Ooh Christina has found something good

Beautiful!

Jen tells Betty to find her something to match the new blouse

Looking good

A new dress for Christina - a bugle-beaded beauty!

I wear Elly's gorge linen dress perfect for summer with its Burberry-esque belt

Christina likes my Oasis lace number, worn over her American Apparel bodysuit

Betty, concentrate!

All of the (bad) food groups were represented and consumed!

Betty and Hand 2 are introduced. They take an instant dislike to each other

A hand obsession gets scary

Swishing

Swishing or, if you prefer, swapping-clothes-you-no-longer-love, has hit London in a big way. Tampax hosted a wonderful event complete with beautiful iced cupcakes, champagne and a cardboard cut-out of Mother Nature herself. Held in Soho's glamorous Punk, it was fun and productive - who knew an outfit of size 18 sparkly trousers and a love-worn bunny jumper would work together?!

It helped to have stylish fellow bloggers to swish with!

Delish cupcakes

Hanging out with Tampax's Mother Nature character

A glamorous character wearing an amazing head-piece by genius modern milliner Piers Atkinson

Victoria Ufondu doing some savvy shopping

I get a bit over-excited about my finds

One of the dresses I got from the evening - I'm thinking it's quite Sofia Coppola with flats

My fave swishing outfit - everything I'm wearing I got that evening, except for the belt (vintage) and the shoes (Primark-copying-Gucci!)