Want new threads but can­’t afford them in these straitened times? Got some old clothes that you want to see go to a good home? Wor­ried about the envir­on­ment­al obscen­ity of our throw-away fash­ion cul­ture? Then The Big Shwop is for you.

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The concept of “swish­ing”, clothes-swap­ping parties for eco-con­scious fash­ionis­tas, has been around for a while. Our lovely lovely lovely friends at Pretty Pretty Pretty also had a “dud-swap” for cos­met­ic products at their big party. But The Big Shwop takes it to a more pub­lic level, with their first Shwop hap­pen­ing at the South­ern Cross on Sat­urday August the 2nd. For more details on how it works, see their web site.