Following years of organised pop-ups, environmental charity Redress has opened its first permanent second hand clothing shop, The Redress Closet.
Situated in Sham Shui Po, the move to a permanent place is in line with the charity’s mission to reduce textile waste and make circular clothing accessible to the public.
The new site offers customers a wide selection of pre-loved items – from womenswear and menswear to bags and accessories. Customers are also invited to drop their unwanted clothes at the shop for sorting and redistribution through the charity’s Takeback program.
“Over the last three years, our Takeback programme has collected and redistributed approximately 57 tonnes of unwanted clothing, directly reducing waste to landfill,” said Nissa Cornish, Executive Director, Redress.
“What we put into our closet matters,” said Christina Dean, founder of Redress. “Fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Complementing our long-standing secondhand charity pop-ups with this permanent shop is one way we are supporting Hongkongers in making sustainable fashion choices,” she added.
