{"id":99587,"date":"2023-10-03T18:12:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T18:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=99587"},"modified":"2023-10-03T18:12:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T18:12:05","slug":"im-a-charity-shop-addict-and-have-a-go-at-people-who-wear-shein-its-draining-but-their-workers-are-paid-3p-a-garment-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/fashion\/im-a-charity-shop-addict-and-have-a-go-at-people-who-wear-shein-its-draining-but-their-workers-are-paid-3p-a-garment-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m a charity shop addict and have a go at people who wear Shein – it\u2019s draining but their workers are paid 3p a garment | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A FORMER fast fashion addict who now shops exclusively in charity shops has admitted she calls out people who wear like the likes of Shein.<\/p>\n

Lottie Lashley reckons she now saves a whopping \u00a3300 month shopping second hand – a move she defines as \u201cethical\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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The 25-year-old is happy to bash people at parties, as well as her family and friends, as \u201cunethical\u201d for buying mass produced clothes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lottie, who lives in London, says she fell into a \u201cfast fashion addiction\u201d as a \u201ccoping mechanism\u201d when she went to university.<\/p>\n

Research shows that the brain releases happy hormone dopamine when online shopping,<\/p>\n

This dopamine rush can become an addiction, or a \u201chigh\u201d that shoppers keep chasing to feel rewarded.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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After looking into the ethics of fast fashion, Lottie ditched her habit and now uses charity shops twice per week to save an eye-watering \u00a3300 a month on clothes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The social video editor is passionate about championing charity shops and has launched a TikTok account where thousands follow her tips and tricks to finding the best second-hand finds.<\/p>\n

Lottie is more than happy to confront work colleagues and friends on what they are wearing if it isn\u2019t sustainably sourced.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of her videos describes how if someone tells her about their recent fast fashion purchase, she will \u201cimmediately pull a grossed out face and tell them about how the garment was made by people working in inhuman conditions\u201d.<\/p>\n

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"I really got into fast fashion when I went to uni and I used it as a coping mechanism, which a lot of women do,\u201d Lottie says<\/p>\n

"I would say it was an addiction to fast fashion, just the seeing it, and needing to have it.<\/p>\n

"And then I looked into the ethics of fast fashion five years ago and I realised how un-environmental it was.<\/p>\n

"I realised I needed to use my skills with social media to share my love of sustainable fashion online.<\/p>\n

"I talk to my colleagues about it and at parties.\u201d<\/p>\n

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