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Is Renting Clothes More Sustainable Than Buying?

At first glance, renting clothes seems like a sustainable alternative to buying new ones. It promises less waste, fewer garments in landfills, and the appeal of a constantly refreshed wardrobe. But as with many things in fashion, the reality isn’t so black and white.

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Jun 18, 20252 min read

Partnering with Purpose: Smart Works Birmingham Provides Free Clothing to Unemployed Women

We had the opportunity to visit Smart Works Birmingham, a charity doing truly inspiring work to empower women back into employment.

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Apr 10, 20251 min read

Reinventing Fast Fashion: From the TEDx Stage wearing upcycled CURTAINS!

Founder of Reinvntd CIC, Maya Patel, took to the TEDX Wolverhampton stage to deliver a talk, “Reinventing Fast Fashion and Textile Waste.”

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Apr 9, 20253 min read

What is Circular Fashion?

Circular fashion promotes a system where clothing is designed for longevity, reuse, and recycling, aiming to eliminate waste.

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Oct 29, 20241 min read

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Patch print workshops in the community went down a treat with @wolverhampton_today for the Green Cities & Circular Team, Eco Day 🌱 thanks for involving us! 💚

#circularfashion #sustainblefashion #reinvntd #upcycling #artsandcrafts

We’re proud to announce our programme for the Wolverhampton Hub for Sustainable Fashion Week! ♻️🧵✨

As an official @sustainablefashionweek_uk partner, @reinvntd_official is bringing together artists, makers, independent businesses and local communities for a weekend of conversations, creativity and practical action ✨

Swipe through to explore what you can get involved with and scan the QR codes / links to book your tickets.

Some activities have limited availability, so early booking is recommended 💕

Our Wolverhampton events form part of a wider programme of Sustainable Fashion Week activities taking place in communities up and down the country.

Which event will we see you at? 💚
 Find out more: sustainablefashionweek.uk
#sfw2026 #sustainablefashionweek #sfwcommunity #Reinvntd #WhatsOnWolverhampton

📅 Friday 25th September 🎤 Panel Talk & Networking: Rethinking Consumption:  📍 Wolverhampton Business Week x Friday Lates @wolvesartandculture Wolverhampton Art Gallery, WV1 1DU
⏰ 6-9pm
🎟️ FREE TICKET ➡️ https://www.goodhub.com/go/sfwpaneltalk

📅 Saturday 26th September 🛍️ Sustainable Fashion & Makers Market 📍 The Lockworks at The Chubb Building, WV1 1HT
⏰ 10-4pm
🎟️ FREE TICKET ➡️ https://www.goodhub.com/go/sfwmarket

📅 Saturday 26th September 🧶 From Tee to Tote: Crochet Your Own Handbag 📍 @medicinebakery at The Chubb Building, WV1 1HT
⏰ 10-1pm
🎟️ https://www.goodhub.com/go/sfwcrochet

📅 Sunday 27th September 🧸 A Teddy Bear’s Picnic & Sewing Workshop With @stitchety
📍Cup of Joy, Penn, WV4 5SN
🎟️ https://www.goodhub.com/go/sfwteddysewingpicnic

Last week we were back in the community in Wolverhampton doing what we love most! We hosted a ‘Patch - Print - Upcycle’ workshop and it was such a hit ✨

Thank you for having us City of Wolverhampton Council & Love Your Community @wolverhampton_today 🩵

It was lovely to see so many little hands getting involved with making their own fabric patches from scraps of material and fabric paints 🎨

#reinvntd #sustainablefashion #communitylove

A simple way to upcycle a plain old tee 👕🌺
Swipe through ➡️

Time cost - 1hr
Materials cost - £0 (had all the bits n bobs in our stash - fabric paint, made our own stencil, scrap material, thread, pins, mirror details off a saree)

#reinvntd #upcycleathome #diyclothes

Big ideas often start with the smallest seed 🌱

Thank you @afterhourscreative for always delivering 10/10 quality & style 💚
Absolutely love our new and updated business cards and we cannot wait to see a mini herbs in bloom 🤩

#reinvntd #sustainablebusiness #sustainablefashion

🚨 JOIN THE REINVNTD TEAM 🚨

We’re growing and looking for people who want to help create positive social & environmental change through sustainable fashion and community events. ✨♻️🧵

Whether you’re looking to gain experience, develop new skills, build your portfolio or support a cause you care about, we’d love to hear from you.

Swipe through to learn about our current opportunities:

🪡 Workshop Facilitator (Paid Opportunity)
📱 Content Creator (Volunteer Opportunity)
🎪 Events Coordinator (Volunteer Opportunity)
📣 PR & Communications Assistant (Volunteer Opportunity)

Over the coming months you’ll have the opportunity to support a range of exciting projects, workshops, community events and campaigns.

Interested?

📧 Email: info@reinvntd.com
Tell us a little about yourself, which role you’re interested in and why you’d like to get involved.

Help us reinvent what comes next. ✨♻️

#Reinvntd #VolunteerOpportunity #CircularFashion #CommunityImpact #CreativeOpportunities

🪡 Workshop Facilitator
Do you enjoy helping people learn new skills?

Support creative workshops that empower people to REPAIR, REUSE and REINVENT what they already own.

🧵 Assist with sewing, upcycling clothes and creative activities
🌍 Help deliver climate and sustainability education
🙌 Encourage and support young participants
✨ Create welcoming, engaging and inclusive learning experiences

Perfect for creatives, educators, students, makers and sustainability advocates.

📧 Email: info@reinvntd.com
Tell us a little about yourself, which role you’re interested in and why you’d like to get involved. ✨

📱 Content Creator
Are you always capturing content
or thinking about your next reel?

Help us tell the story of REINVNTD through engaging content that inspires people to rethink FASHION WASTE & SUSTAINABILITY.

📸 Capture BTS moments at workshops & events
💻 Create content for different social platforms
💡Showcase the impact of our work and the people we support

Perfect for aspiring marketers, photographers, videographers, content creators or social media enthusiasts

📧 Email: info@reinvntd.com
Tell us a little about yourself, which role you’re interested in and why you’d like to ge

Have you ever bought something because it was marketed as “sustainable” or “recycled”, only to later realise the reality was a little different? 😫

Only last month did I learn that recycled polyester is primarily made from discarded PET plastic bottles! 😱

Sustainability language is everywhere, but understanding what it actually means can be so confusing.

Hopefully increased scrutiny of fashion ads like this will encourage greater transparency and help drive meaningful change across the industry.

#fashionads #adsban #fashiontransparency #fashioneducation

🚨 WOLVERHAMPTON SCHOOLS 🚨

We've only got 2 spaces left to join our 'Future Threads', fashion challenge! ♻️🧵

♻️ FREE upcycling workshops in schools
🧵 All materials provided
📆 Workshops in schools July & Sept 2026
✨ Catwalk competition, @mandercentre Oct 2026

Let's empower the next generation to reinvent what comes next. 🌍

📧 Want to get involved? Send us an email at: info@reinvntd.com

Tag a school that should get involved 👇

#FutureThreads #Reinvntd #Wolverhampton #SustainableFashion #ClimateAction

🚨 Are you a secondary school in Wolverhampton? 🚨
Or is your child a student in year 9 or 10 in Wolverhampton? If so, we’ve got an incredible opportunity for you! 👀

We’ve recently secured funding through charity @savechildrenuk, to deliver Wolverhampton’s very first Youth Sustainable Fashion Show in the heart of the city centre. We’re in the process of selecting up-to 6 secondary schools to take part. 💚

Each school will receive:
♻️ 1 presentation / assembly-style session exploring fashion and textile waste, climate change and sustainability.
🧵students will get 4 hours of practical workshop sessions and learn how to upcycle pre-loved clothes into new garments, fit for a catwalk runway!
👕All materials and workshop facilitation is FREE of charge to schools.

Students will also get the opportunity to model their garments down the runway in the Mander Centre in Wolverhampton, which will be transformed into a fashion catwalk for one special day on Saturday 10th October 📅

We want schools to get involved, not only to put Wolverhampton on the map for leading the way in sustainable fashion education for our youth in the region, but this project also links directly to Art & Design, PSHE, AND supports a variety of Ofsted priorities including personal development, careers and enrichment with prizes including opportunities for work experience within fashion. 🌍✨

If you’d like your school to get involved, please like, tag and share this with teachers and schools!

To register a school’s interest, please email info@reinvntd.com / send us a DM 💌

#wolverhamptonschools #sustainablefashion #climateaction #circularfashion #reinvntdcic

PART 2 🎤

A couple of weeks ago, our founder @themayap was invited onto @wcrfm in Wolverhampton to chat all things Reinvntd CIC and our new support group, @cancersewwhat? following her own cancer diagnosis at the start of the year. 🪡💖

The support group hopes to bring together creativity, sewing and community for people navigating cancer.
Here’s part 2 of the interview 📻🎤

#CancerSewWhat #CancerSupport #CreativeCommunity #Wolverhampton #Reinvntd

PART 1 🎤
A couple of weeks ago, our founder @themayap was invited onto @wcrfm in Wolverhampton to chat all things Reinvntd CIC 💚♻️

From sustainable fashion workshops and community projects to our exciting plans for Wolverhampton’s very first Youth Sustainable Fashion Show later in the year… ✨

Here’s part 1 of the interview 📻

#Reinvntd #SustainableFashion #CircularFashion #Wolverhampton #communityproject

✨ Your clothes, your story ✨

We’ve taken a plain 100% cotton sweatshirt and transformed it with hand embroidery into something personal, unique, and made with care 🧵💙

Whether it’s:
💌 A name or nickname
🪡 A meaningful phrase
👶 Meaningful phrases
✨ Or something completely personal to you

…we can create it 💙

We’re now taking orders so feel free to DM us to order or chat ideas ✨

#HandEmbroidery #PersonalisedSweatshirt #Handmade #Reinvntd #BoyMumClub

From simple stitches to statement details ✨

Appliqué and Sashiko are just two of my favourite ways to transform something old with just a needle and thread.

Which technique is your favourite? Appliqué or Sashiko? 👀👇

#Reinvntd #SustainableFashion #SlowFashion #CircularFashion #VisibleMending

✨ NEW BLOG POST ✨

We’re back with the second instalment of our monthly Guest Blog series on Reinvntd 💚

Our latest article is now live 👀👕
‘Recycled Polyester Clothing And It’s Impact’.
✍️ Written by @sumayyah.design, a creative designer passionate about ethical and conscious living, exploring how the materials we wear affect both people and planet 🌍

This piece takes a closer look at polyester, from microplastics and environmental impact to what “recycled” really means ♻️ and why fibre choices matter more than we think 💭

🔗 Read via the link in our bio

#sustainablefashion #Reinvntd #guestblog #recycledpolyester #consciousfashion

Would you add anything else? 💚

#reinvntd #slowfashion #sustainablefashion

✨ Life update ✨

If you or someone you know want to join the community, fill out the form in my bio. 💗

#CancerSewWhat #CancerSupport #CreativeHealing #Reinvntd #SewingForWellbeing

🌍 This Earth Day, let’s slow down and reconnect ✨

Join us for a relaxed evening of conversation, community and conscious fashion at @cupofjoy.uk ☕️🤎

We’ll be opening up space to talk about sustainable fashion, mindful consumption, and what real change can look like, together.

🗓 Wednesday 22nd April 🕔 5–7PM 🎟 £5 (includes a complimentary drink) 👥 Limited spaces

Whether you come with a friend or solo, you’ll leave feeling inspired, connected, and part of something bigger 🌿

👉 Book via Eventbrite (link in bio or scan the QR code)

#EarthDay #SustainableFashion #SlowFashion #WolverhamptonEvents #CommunityMatters

Our final @yamfromhere workshop this Sunday 12th April at @wolvesartandculture🧵✨

This one’s all about Community! Come and share your story through photography & sewing, what does ‘community’ mean to you. 🤍

🎟️ Free tickets via Eventbrite, link in bio
📍 Wolverhampton Art Gallery
⏰ 12-3pm (drop ins welcome)

#YamFromHere #CommunityArt #BlackCountry #TextileArt

Green Week 2026 at University of Birmingham 💚✨

We were invited into the Business School to deliver workshops focused on Textiles, People & Planet 🌍♻️👖

Across two sessions, staff and students learnt how to:
🪡 fix broken hems & shorten garments
🧵 try darning & repair delicate fabrics like lace
♻️ create patches to upcycle and transform clothes
🌸 learn simple embroidery techniques

A big thank you to @unibirmingham for welcoming us to be part of the conversations about sustainability & fashion and to Chloe from @restitchstudio.worcs for all her sewing expertise in this workshops ✨

What’s one item you have sitting in your wardrobe that you’d like to mend or upcycle? 🪡💭

#reinvntd #makedoandmend #greenweek #circularfashion #upcycling

✨ NEW BLOG SERIES ✨
We’re bringing blogs back and we’re excited to introduce our new monthly Guest Blog series on Reinvntd 💚

Each month, we’ll be sharing voices from our community, exploring sustainable fashion, identity, and creativity 🌿🧵

Our very first article is live TODAY 👀 ‘The True Cost of a £5 T-Shirt’ 👕
✍️ Written by @sumayyah.design, a creative designer passionate about ethical and conscious ways of living, exploring how identity, media, and consumer habits shape the way we live 🛍️

This piece dives into what’s really behind cheap clothing from environmental impact 🌍 to unfair labour ⚖️ and why it’s worth thinking twice before that “too good to be true” purchase 💭

🔗 Read now via the link in our bio
Let us know your thoughts below ⬇️💬

#sustainablefashion #Reinvntd #GuestBlog #GenZVoices #consciousliving

On a recent trip to Malta, we hid our very first geocache 🌍

Inside? Three handmade Reinvntd keyrings waiting for the first lucky finders. 🧭

If you’re geocaching in Malta… you might just stumble across them 👀

#geocache #geocaching #geocacher #hiddengems #geocachefinds #exploremore #geocachereinvntd

Big news at Reinvntd 💚

We’re so excited to welcome Lucy Clarke as our Sustainability Director.

As we continue to grow, strengthening our leadership around environmental integrity, impact, and long-term sustainability has been a key priority. 🌱

Here’s what Lucy had to say:
“I’m thrilled to be joining Reinvntd CIC, an organisation that truly puts sustainability at the heart of what it does, for both people and planet. I’m excited to help expand inclusive education, protect our environment, and reduce unnecessary fashion waste.”

We can’t wait for what’s ahead.
Please join us in welcoming Lucy 💚

#Reinvntd #Sustainability #CircularFashion #SocialEnterprise

Some great news for sustainability ♻️✨

#sustainablefashion #circulareconomy #textilewaste #reinvntd

So much creativity & fun ✨🪡

Yesterday we had the joy of running a patch-making workshop as part of @veoliauk’s ‘Warm Welcome Spaces’ in Birmingham, and what a lovely session it was 💛

From buttons and scraps to stories and stitches, children and families transformed preloved fabrics into beautiful, meaningful patches. Simple hand-sewing skills, (many picking up a needle and thread for the first time) and lots of creativity! ♻️🌱

These sessions are about slowing down, feeling welcome, and creating together in a warm, supportive space. 🥰

Thank you to everyone who joined us, stitched with us, and shared the space 💕

And a big thank you to Veolia for inviting Reinvntd to be part of this brilliant programme!

#WarmWelcome #CommunityWorkshops #Upcycling #Reinvntd #TextileReuse #CraftingCommunity

We’re really proud to share this impromptu workshop next Monday! 💛

Reinvntd has been invited by @veoliauk to run a patch workshop as part of their Warm Welcome Spaces series in Birmingham.🪡🧵

We’ll be sharing simple hand-sewing skills and showing how small stitches can make a big difference to transform your clothes! 🌱♻️

Free, welcoming, and open to all.

We hope to see you there 💕

#WarmWelcome #MakeDoAndMend #SustainableFashion #CommunityWorkshops #Upcycling #Reinvntd #SlowFashion #TextileReuse

Something new is coming ✨🪡

We’re launching ‘Sew Club’ - a monthly virtual hand-sewing group where you can slow down, learn a new skill, and make something by hand from the comfort of your home 🥰

✅ Beginner friendly
✅ Step-by-step tutorials
✅ Monthly projects
✅ No sewing machine required
✅ All materials posted out to you
✅ Weekday / Weekend sessions, AM & PM

This is a relaxed, supportive space to unwind, stitch, and sew alongside others. Whether you’ve never picked up a needle before or just want a mindful creative ritual.

Sew Club is run by Reinvntd CIC, a sustainable fashion education, Community Interest Company focused on creativity, skills-sharing, and reducing textile waste.

🔗 Click the link in our bio to register your interest

#SewClub
#HandSewing
#BeginnerSewing
#SlowMaking
#MindfulCraft
#CreativeCommunity
#SustainableFashion
#LearnToSew
#Reinvntd

From a cherished jumper, to something held close 💛

Upcycling isn’t just about saving fabric from landfill. Sometimes, it’s about preserving stories, honouring people, and creating something meaningful.

This jumper was transformed into a memory cushion the client can keep close, every day ✨
We’re so grateful when people trust us with items that mean so much to them.

Send us a DM if you’ve got something sentimental you’d love us to upcycle for you 💌

#Reinvntd #MemoryCushion #UpcycledWithLove #SustainableFashion #TextileReuse #SentimentalSewing

Our first @yamfromhere workshop with @ewa.cic made possible by @heritagefunduk ✂️🧵🪡

The first of three creative sessions exploring identity, migration and belonging in the Black Country, telling the stories of those who call it home through textile arts. ✨🎨🪡🫟

Artist @thegabrielleguy captured the stories of what home means to participants through photography and mini interviews 📸

Our next free workshops will explore the themes ‘journey’ and ‘community’, and what this means for locals in the Black Country. Again we’ll use sewing, embroidery, threads and fabrics to tell those stories. 🤩

Want to get involved? Drop us a DM or keep an eye out for upcoming dates over the next month 👀

#YamFromHere #BlackCountryStories #TextileArt #CommunityArt #Heritage #MigrationStories #CreativeWorkshops #FreeWorkshops

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