Stylish Sustainable Fashion Event – Mutley Plain

Stylish Sustainable Fashion taking place on Mutley Plain – Saturday 26th March 1pm – 3pm

Three popular Mutley Plain charity shops are working together to showcase the best in sustainable fashion and raise the profile of Mutley Plain as a great second-hand shopping destination.

Oxfam along with Shekinah Mutley Plain, Plymouth will both present an instore catwalk show as a platform for spring and summer collections curated from donated items. The show in each shop will run between 1pm and 3pm on Saturday 26th March.

Children’s Hospice South West will be showcasing a range of spring and summer outfits in their shop windows and on the fashion rails.

Supported by students from Plymouth College of Art and Plymouth High School for Girls A Level Textile students the event includes up-cycled collections using donated fashion from Oxfam.

Mutley Baptist plays host to a photocall on the steps of the church, and the upcycled fashion showcase in the shop window of Green Space on Mutley Plain.

The Mayor of Plymouth, and Consort (Councillor Mrs Terri Beer and Mr Colin Beer) will open the event at Oxfam, Mutley Plain at 1pm, Saturday 26th March and then visit Shekinah and Children’s Hospice South West.

Volunteer models, dressers and runners have all contributed their time to this sustainable fashion event. Outfits and designs will be on sale after the shows in each shop, offering a chance to pick up unique fashion outfits.

The Oxfam show will be styled by Plymouth Instagram stylist Duchessofthrift.

Oxfam Mutley Plain shop manager, Kay Challen comments: ‘This is the first time we have planned an event in partnership with our charity shop neighbors on Mutley Plain. It’s a great opportunity to raise the profile of Mutley Plain and highlight how our shops can help people save money and inspire shoppers to think ‘second-hand first’.

Pieces on show have been kindly donated to our charities by the public and illustrate the quality and range of fashion that we have in store. Everyone has worked so hard to make this a really fun event – ​​we hope visitors will enjoy the shows and get the habit of shopping second-hand on Mutley Plain.