Why Don't I Have Anything to Wear?: Spend Less. Shop Smarter. Revolutionise Your Wardrobe

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The answers are hung up on rails and folded in the drawers of our homes right now. As the creator of the Mindful Monday Method and the author of Why Don’t I Have Anything to Wear?, I’d suggest you ask yourself these questions to help you shop smarter and spend less. Question one: What do I already own? The stuff in here is good. It's well-researched and well-intended, with good advice on thinking more sustainably about fashion consumerism. It has good advice for how to think about fashion, how to curb a spending habit, and how to try and make sustainable choices. This is a question we ask ourselves if not weekly, then at least once a month,” Andrea Cheong, author of a new book entitled Why Don’t I Have Anything To Wear?, tells Vogue. “It has so much to do with our culture: seeing so much newness on social media, [and] assuming that it’s normal to own as many clothes as you see influencers wear. [It’s also to do with] constant advertising, how cheap some clothing can be, and how discounting facilitates this process of just constant buying – we’re kind of swept up in all of this.”

Research was commissioned by Samsung UK & Ireland and conducted via OnePoll and social enterprise Startup Sherpas. OnePoll surveyed 1,000 UK young people aged 16 to 25 in September 2023. Startup Sherpas polled 500 young people aged 13 – 16. Yeo, Melissa. “ 10 Andrea Chong Facts That Prove She’s Singapore’s Very Own Taylor Swift”. MustShareNews. January 15, 2016. Accessed on 26 February 2019. Lagom, the health and lifestyle imprint of Bonnier Books UK, has acquired Why Don’t I Have Anything to Wear?by Andrea Cheong to be published this summer. Andrea: Yeah, it was a very chilled job. I know the brand was really popular in Japan and I thought we were doing well. We had such a loyal customer base. People would come in and we’d recognise their faces, they’d remember your name and you really bonded with your customers. Menswear was doing fantastically well because having something like chinos doesn’t necessarily make you preppy.Solve for Tomorrow launches in partnership with InnovateHer, a values-led social enterprise specialising in education and coaching, with a vision is to make the tech sector more equitable by increasing diversity across the spectrum and creating more inclusive workplaces. Emma: So do you think that people, especially girls, have an issue with looking stereotypically ‘too preppy’ and that perhaps the look is no longer popular? The Kooks Creamery x The DC Edit collection was launched in January 2021. The collection featured a t-shirt, notepad, fabric calendar as well as limited ice-cream flavours, Yuzu Mint and Kombucha Oolong. Why don’t I have anything to wear?” It’s a question that many of us constantly ask ourselves – no matter the amount of clothes overspilling from our wardrobes – and one that often leads to us buying more, impulse shopping ahead of a big event, before ending up in exactly the same position next time around.

Aqil Haziq Mahmud. " Pioneering Duo". WKWSCI ALUMNI MAGAZINE. November 2015. Accessed on 3 April 2019. https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/jobsandvacanciesintheuk/march2023 The research study of 1,000 young people aged between 16 and 25 was commissioned by Samsung UK to mark the re-launch of its Solve for Tomorrow initiative for 2023/24 – a programme designed to spur young people to unleash their inner potential by coming up with ways technology can solve society’s issues in four key areas: Sustainability, Education, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Health & Wellbeing.Foo, Nadia Illyana. " The real Andrea Chong behind @dreachong". Youth.sg. July 25, 2019. Accessed on 24 July 2020. The publisher says it “teaches us how to shop smarter, save money, help the planet and create a wardrobe that works for us” and “will provide easy solutions and a fresh mindset on how to shop, offering the tools and knowledge to confidently assess whether a garment you want to buy is value for money or a rip off.” Andrea Cheong said: ‘The one problem that plagues all of us, no matter our age, income or even what we do for a living is, “why don’t I have anything to wear?” Based on my five-step guide, this book finally presents the answer to this age-old question. It stems from the fact that when it comes to fashion, most people don’t know how to shop.I believe that following my method can not only break our impulsive shopping habits but improve our wellbeing. Best of all, it’s learning to shop for the modern day, whichmeans that whether or not you care about sustainability, you’ll find it easier to make choices that better the environment. It’s time to be an empowered shopper,and I’m so excited to share my book with readers.’ After doing a wardrobe audit, Cheong then advises you to do a budget review and set out your sustainability goals, before thinking about material composition and quality (the author regularly posts videos of herself assessing the designs of various brands). “All of these things help to inform an individual shopper how to shop best for themselves,” she explains. Let’s make this clear: the most sustainable jeans you can get are the ones straight from your wardrobe. The next best thing would be secondhand. Denim has a reputation for being one of the most unsustainable garments. The process uses an astonishing amount of H20—just try to picture 10,000 litres. You probably can’t. So that’s why they say to picture 13 years worth of drinking water for an individual. Then there’s the dyeing of denim, which often involves toxic dyes that pollute waterways. Oh, it doesn’t end there. Often, our favourite wardrobe essential is made with more elastane than “necessary”. While elastane may provide some comfort, it’s not considered a sustainable addition to what would otherwise be a natural fibre because it’s not biodegradable and is derived from fossil fuel production. However, if you're inclined to a little stretch in your jeans, look for up to 2% elastane and opt for recycled options wherever possible.

Andrea Chong was a student at Zhonghua Secondary School and Victoria Junior College. She furthered her studies in English Literature at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) but dropped her Literature degree to focus on her budding career as blogger-influencer. [7] Career highlights Tan, Celine. “ “I Still Go To The Kopitiam In T-Shirt, FBT Shorts and Slippers. I’m Not Affected By The Number Of Followers I Have””. 8 Days. May 16, 2017. Accessed on 26 February 2019. New Samsung UK report reveals nearly half (47%) of young people believe they can innovate or contribute ideas to problem solving if they had the right support around them Retail therapy is always more expensive than actual therapy. The reason people consume so much is deeply psychological.Have you ever opened your wardrobe, filled with clothes, and felt you had nothing to wear? Have you ever bought a jumper that only lasted a few washes? Have you ever wondered if an item of clothing was actually worth the price for the quality? Chong, Andrea. “ DC Holiday Collection 2018”. Drea Chong. November 29, 2018. Accessed on 29 February 2019.