Passion for fashion
Monday 8th March 2010
If the recession is curbing your passion for fashion don't despair. Alva knitter Nicola Glennie has the perfect solution for guilt-free shopping - a clothes swapping party.
The area's first `swish, swap and salvage' evening takes place on 25th March in Alloa's Make Room, Drysdale Street as part of the Imagine Alloa project.
Nicola said: "We're asking people to bring along items of clothing or accessories to swish into something else, swap with others or salvage. Apparently people don't wear 25% of the items in their wardrobes. By swapping clothes we've all had stashed away in the wardrobe we can save money, help the environment and look fabulous too. What could be better?"
Millions of tonnes of discarded clothing go to landfill sites around the world every year.
In the UK alone we send two million tonnes of clothing to landfill - nearly 4% of all the waste we send to landfill each year.
Council Leader, Councillor Janet Cadenhead said: "Every year in the UK millions of tonnes of textiles are thrown out. The reality is that much of this could be reused or recycled. The recession has affected everyone and clothes swapping parties like this are a great way to save money and the environment without compromising on style."
Former dietician Nicola is now a talented knitter, running her own business, Nic's Eco Knits.
Her range includes hats, scarves, tea cosies, vases, bags, baby gifts and bottle gift bags.
Increasingly, Nic finds herself making items to order or personalised for special occasions.
Nicola has also joined a host of other artists involved in the Imagine Alloa project in running workshops on knitting techniques, from the project's town centre shop, the Make Room.
For more info contact nic@nicsecoknits.co.uk or check out her website at www.nicsecoknits.co.uk
Note to editor:
The Clackmannanshire Alliance, led by the Council, worked with Clackmannanshire Business and Alloa Town Centre BID to successfully secure £2million from the Scottish Government's regeneration fund earlier this year. Together with additional money from Fairer Scotland, the town centre is benefiting from a massive £2.4 million investment. A large part of the success of the bid was the inclusion of public art projects.
A condition of the funding is that the money is spent by March 2010.
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