7 WAYS TO SHOP YOUR WARDROBE FOR SPRING

Want to be on trend? Recycle your classics and only update with looks that last forever

There’s a huge fashion trend happening this season, yet you won’t spot it on a catwalk. This isn’t about colour or cut, nor a particular designer nor must-have label.

This season’s obsession is for ‘conscious consumption’ — buying less but better.

As consumers become more alarmed at the waste created by garment manufacture, so fashion retailers have responded with clothing designed to last across many seasons.

Meanwhile, resurrecting pieces you bought many years ago has become a big thing among editors at the international fashion shows.

For the spring/ summer 2019 shows, I unearthed a 15-year-old tiered chiffon skirt by Cacharel and paired it with a two -year- old white shirt and new pair of mules. I got so many compliments and, for once, could say , ‘What, this old thing?’ and genuinely mean it.

Nobody is suggesting you give up shopping entirely. The trick is to invest in pieces that work in more than one way with things you already own — and for more than one season.

To help you put this ‘conscious consump - tion’ into practice, here are the spring looks I believe will be working in my own wardrobe for years. I hope they work as hard for you . . .