LOOK SHARP IN A GREEN WAY

Mills and her daughters love to dress well and have cupboards filled with beautiful clothes. They think twice about buying new, though, preferring to revive older pieces or buy vintage or preloved at markets or on eBay. “I have a girl crush on Livia Firth – I stand by her 30 wears campaign,” Mills says. “Maddie has always preferred buying vintage clothes, while I’m still wearing clothes I bought at People Tree 15 years ago. I also swap clothes – the word hand-medown has negative connotations, but it should be encouraged.”

When she does buy new, she strives to invest in beautiful pieces rather than fast fashion; her go-tos are sustainable brands such as Rockins (rockins.co.uk) and Reformation (thereformation.com), for shirts and trousers, Julia Clancey for jump suits ( juliaclancey.com) and Yolke (yolke.co.uk) for slip dresses and silk pyjamas. She also wears Allbirds trainers made from wool (allbirds.co. uk), Otiumberg (otiumberg.com) and Stephen Webster (stephenwebster.com) sustainable jewellery and handbags made from upcycled bottle tops by bottletop.org. “It’s so much better to invest in a one-off item you will love forever than buying a load of tat with questionable origins,” she says. “Fast fashion kills off the romance of really loving the pieces in your wardrobe. By taking a greener, more considerate approach you fall back in love with what you already own.”

This more sustainable approach doesn’t always fit with Marie Kondo’s theories on decluttering, but Mills does not mind if her cupboards are full. “Once you’ve thrown pieces away, you end up filling the space with something else,” she says.