LOANHOOD are back in Islington for their next London Swap Shop at Angel Central in the Islington Climate Centre. Clothes swaps are an opportunity to circulate clothes and accessories with other members of your community.

A circular fashion and sustainable lifestyle service, LOANHOOD’s aim is to keep fashion circulating by providing accessible and fun events that inspire diverse communities to rethink the way we make, sell and buy fashion.

350,000 tonnes, that’s around £140 million worth of used but still wearable clothing goes to landfill in the UK every year and LOANHOOD want to prevent that from happening. There are lots of way to be part of the circular economy from renting, resale, repair and recycle.

 

Book a free ticket here.

 

HOW IT WORKS

Please bring no more than 5 items of clothing, accessories and/or footwear freshly cleaned * and ready to go on the racks. LOANHOOD accept all shapes and sizes including children’s clothing.

LOANHOOD offer a token system for customers who bring no more than 5 items. Items will be categorised into relevant tiers (1 token under £50, 2 tokens over £50) based on the type, brand, RRP and condition. This will dictate how many tokens you can use to shop for new items. 2 token items will have a yellow sticker assigned to them.

This is a community driven swap where LOANHOOD accept items from high street up to high end.

 

DROP 11:30- 15:30

LOANHOOD open the doors for drop only at 11:30am, this gives the team the chance to populate the shop before officially opening the doors for swapping at 12pm.

Bring up to 5 items to trade for tokens. Items will be assessed by the Swap Shop Assistants on arrival and displayed on the rails. Once the items are traded for tokens they go straight onto the shop floor, so make sure you are 100% sure before you pass them over.

LAST DROP IS AT 15:30

 

SWAP 12:00- 16:00

Browse the rails and use your token currency to exchange for new preloved items. You can only swap if you have dropped items during the drop period.

If you don’t use all your tokens you can save and bring to the next clothes swap.

 

WHAT TO BRING

Clean and of good quality women’s, men’s and children’s clothing and accessories.

Free of faults or minor repairs

Something you once valued or will be valued by someone else. Ask yourself – would you give this to a friend?

*No Underwear/Swimwear/Worn shoes

All items will be assessed using LOANHOOD ‘Swap-Shop Item Guide’ by their Swap Shop Assistants.

 

Please note* we only accept new or hardly worn shoes

SWAP CLOSES 16:00 SHARP

 

TOKEN CURRENCY

1 Token – preloved under £50

2 Tokens – preloved over £50 & great condition (keep an eye out for the yellow stickers)

 

Terms & Conditions apply, please click here for to view them.

 

Photography credit: Jason Leung on Unsplash