Miriam Keegan

Yeah, absolutely.

And I think I was in Ireland, especially dressed for the weather you want and not the weather you're getting, especially today.

But yeah, I think, you know, summer wardrobes are exciting and they're creative, but they are based on trend cycles.

And we see time and time again, denim shorts, khaki shorts, capris is the newest thing.

Well, coming back anyway.

And we just need to be mindful of, you know, looking at trends versus maybe classic trends.

pieces and focusing more so on keeping the good pieces that are, you know, going to stand the test of time.

And that includes whether you're going to buy new or buy secondhand.

But just, yeah, kind of taking a step back and just shopping your wardrobe a little bit more.

Yeah essentially because even when you know yeah it might be not as exciting or you might not get the endorphin of buying something brand new but even when you look at the cost of something so if you look at the it's two-folded so if you buy like say a 10 euro dress and you get you get to wear it once that's cost you 10 euro but if you bought a 90 euro dress let's say you had a wedding that's going to be talked about next and it's a summer dress and you're like I don't know I'm going to wear that for years to come I love the print and

And let's say it cost you, let's say, 90 euro.

That's even being a bit generous.

And you got, let's say, 10 to 20 wares out of it.

That's going down to nine euro per ware or 450 per ware if you actually get the 20 wares out of it.

But then looking at, I suppose, the more sustainability side of it and the human rights side of it.

The reality is that less than about 3%, it's a broad kind of fact, but about less than 3% goes to the people who actually made that garment.

So if it was 100 euro of a dress, they got about 2 or 3 euro to make it.

So, you know, we have to kind of take a step back sometimes and think, OK, just because I'm getting a bargain means someone else might be actually paying the price.

Yeah, we have enough clothing on the planet to dress the next six generations.

So we definitely don't need to be buying brand new.