If you’ve got a wardrobe crisis on your hands, it’s tempting to hit up fast fashion shops. But why buy flimsy, bad-for-the-planet new garms when you can find pretty much anything you can imagine in London’s charity shops?
These aren’t just musty stores full of other people’s cast offs. This city’s best charity shops are Aladdin’s Caves full of donations from fashion mavens, lovingly preserved and ready to transform you into a sleeker, more stylish-looking version of yourself.
Head to London’s priciest postcodes (like Fulham, Richmond or Chelsea) and you’ll find designer garms at prices their makers would be appalled at. Or have a good old-fashioned rummage at east London’s rag emporiums, safe in the knowledge that your haul comes guilt free, in terms of both price tag and environmental impact.
From charity ‘boutiques’ with more cashmere than your average yacht club to old-fashioned junk shops you can lose an afternoon in, here are London’s best charity shops. Just don’t go telling everyone.
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