We bought NO new clothes for TWO years! 👖🚫 How it went + what we learned!

Two years ago, we set our family of 5 the challenge of buying NO new clothes for a year!

Our goal? To challenge ourselves on our sustainability around clothes, and to focus on reducing our environmental, and human footprint. If you've ever thought about the sustainability of clothes and what we can do about our footprint, or if you've wondered about a period of no new clothes - hit play and hear all about our experience wins, and fails!

Clothing is one of the most detrimental industries to the environment, and a decade of shopping more intentionally and ethically led us to realise - we need to use what’s already in circulation. In this video, we share the full story: Why we took on this challenge, the rules we set, the struggles we faced during the year, why we extended it beyond the initial year, the moments we fell short, and the invaluable lessons we’ve learned.

If you’re curious about sustainable living or looking to challenge your own shopping habits as we head into 2025, this is the perfect place to start!

No new clothes | No buy year | no buy | nothing new



👖 OTHER VIDEOS + RESOURCES:

Jared’s Favourite Charity Shop - Oxfam online: https://tidd.ly/4cF7Etg
Charity Shop Haul + Second hand gifting:    • Charity Shop Haul: Second hand giftin...  
Making Dresses from Second hand fabric:    • The 1st thing I’ve ever sewn! 👗💍 2 Dr...  
Family wedding outfits 1:    • 2nd hand outfit sourcing is work but ...  
Family wedding outfits 2:    • The 2nd hand outfits out family wore ...  

👖 CHAPTERS +TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Intro
0:34 The challenge
0:51 Why we quit new clothes
3:23 The Rules
5:37 The underwear question!
7:17 My husband’s take
8:11 Year 1: Wins + Challenges
12:24 Year 1 Fails!
14:23 Why we kept going for 2 years
15:13 Finding Style: the BEST outcome
20:49 Year 2 Fails!
24:04 What do the kids think?
27:28 What next? Are we doing another year?
30:00 Further watching