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Learn to do a detox and sell on items you are holding on to that you don’t wear. Alamy\/PA\u00a0<\/p>\nThe frugal chic approach to fashion can introduce some useful cost-saving habits, writes SARA KEENAN.<\/p>\n
With the current cost of living crisis and more people turning to sustainable ways of shopping rather than fast fashion, we spoke with Lucy Norris, the founder of Secondhand Styling, and financial advisor at EQ investors, Zoe Brett, to unpack the trend and share their tips on how to best live a \u2018frugal chic\u2019 lifestyle to save money.<\/p>\n
Brett explains that her definition of the term is: \u2018being a bit more responsible around money and putting it to work where it\u2019s going to be the most impactful. For example buying things to last and also to slow down with the fast-fashion movement.\u201d<\/p>\n
Norris adds: \u201cIt is a conscious, intentional way to pull your fashion together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Norris explains that venturing beyond your comfort zone when it comes to sourcing items of clothing is key to being \u2018frugal chic\u2019. \u201cYou could go look at that charity shop that you have maybe walked past a million times but have been a little bit too afraid to actually go in,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt could be going to a boutique and heading right to the back of the rail and looking at the sale section too. Overall, the main thing is to get out of your comfort zone and expose yourself to treasures that you may generally cast away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Norris adds a lot of the time, we become really comfortable dressing a certain way. \u201cWe see things in style like a lovely three-piece set or a co-ord and think it\u2019s great but too expensive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reality is you can actually customise and restyle items you already have to make them look more expensive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat could be from tailoring or even taking off a certain button and changing it to a more elite one. Being inspired to customise is really good and you don\u2019t have to know how to sew in order to do that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s some great influencers out there that literally take a belt off their jeans and replace it with a scarf instead,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the ways that people are reducing impulse buying is trying to hold off from spending for 30 days,\u201d Brett says. \u201cIf you see a nice dress you want, you can just sit on it for 30 days and see whether or not at the end you truly want it or if it was sort of an impulse decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt helps with the idea of not spending money on the things that don\u2019t really add value to your life. Then you can save that money for things that are going to bring you genuine joy, for example a nice holiday or statement pieces for your wardrobe.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo a detox,\u201d Norris says.<\/p>\n
\u201cLearn to reset your wardrobe and also sell clothes on to make room for new ones. I do a lot of resetting for other people\u2019s wardrobes and one of the main reasons that I hear people holding on to items is because they think that one day they will fit in it or have an occasion to wear it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are always thinking about the future or holding on to the past. If it\u2019s not serving you in the present moment, then make space and actually get money for it. Then you can invest in something that you would actually be wearing right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Learn to do a detox and sell on items you are holding on to that you don’t wear. Alamy\/PA\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brett adds: \u201cYou can also build a capsule wardrobe which is your own sort of style.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a good split of if you had 70% of clothing, which is for your capsule wardrobe and then have a buffer of 30% where you combine more statement pieces to change up those outfits.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn your house there may be other people\u2019s clothes that you could actually be using and utilising,\u201d Norris explains.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor example, I would definitely look for some of my husband\u2019s shirts to wear during springtime. My stepdaughter also has got some really cool little head scarves that I would use. Look beyond your own closet,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n
Norris adds: \u201cAll of this is also about feeling confident.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you\u2019re feeling confident in what you\u2019re wearing, you\u2019re automatically looking more expensive and put together. There is a layer of actual confidence that comes from within as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The frugal chic approach to fashion can introduce some useful cost-saving habits, writes SARA KEENAN. \u2018Frugal chic\u2019 is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80,61069],"class_list":{"0":"post-340208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-wow"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}