S4 Ep8 LAUREN BRAVO: writer and thrift-lover - on how to break up with fast fashion, a year-long shopping ban, and how to get creative with your closet.
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Pre-Loved Podcast: Lauren Bravo
This week’s guest is Lauren Bravo. Lauren is a freelance lifestyle journalist, thrift-lover and reformed fast fashion addict living in London. She writes for publications including the Guardian, the Telegraph, Refinery29, Stylist, Cosmopolitan and Grazia. Her first book, What Would The Spice Girls Do?, was published in 2018, and her new book How To Break Up With Fast Fashion: a guilt-free guide to changing the way you shop – for good is out now.
In this episode, we talk about Lauren’s career as a writer, her year-long shopping ban, the process that went into researching and developing her new book How to Break Up With Fast Fashion, the tone she hopes to strike with the book, and how to get creative with your closet. Plus, of course, her favorite vintage pieces! Thanks for listening, and let’s dive right in!
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@laurenbravo How to Break Up With Fast Fashion A year without new clothes
Crisis Finsbury Park Somewhere in Hackney Portobello Market Spitalfields Market @citythrifter @pipjolley @ajabarber @notbuyingnew Book Depository - book link
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