Clothes swop
As an addition to my tools project, I wanted to help set up/get involved in a clothes swop/auction here in Brighton. The link may seem a bit tenuous but I wanted to be able to re-skill myself so that I could mend my own clothes and alter clothes found in charity shops and such things. So a month or so ago I emailed around to some friends to see if there were any takers, and last night was the swop. I had a really good clear out of my wardrobe and re-cycled a lot of clothes I had picked up along my travels, with many handmedowns and auction finds. I have enjoyed them but knew it was time to let go of them. It felt so good to look at a clearer wardrobe, and to know that I really wanted the wear the stuff that was there.I headed off to Elin’s house last night with a very full rucksack and another bag. And came back with a few pieces, but ones that I liked. I loved seeing lots of people I had never met before trying on my stuff and some loving them and taking them away. It felt like a great example of fair shares. In Hackney we used to run an auction with the money going to charity, and the surplus clothes going to a charity shop. So doing a non-monetary thing was so of different but also cool. Plus it was a fun way to meet new people, and we all brought some food or drink, and it was a lovely sociable evening.