2019 was also the year I fell back in love with Instagram. What had become an ever-tempting stream of new clothes being digitally dangled in front of my eyes became an invaluable tool for sustainable fashion ideas, because there’s a fast-growing community of second-hand shoppers, sustainable label champions and ethics experts to choose from.

My favourite accounts include @laurenbravo (whose new book How To Break Up With Fast Fashion is also a must-read), Canadian minimalist @candicemtay, and vintage queen @emsladedmondson. Following hashtags like #oootd (old outfit of the day) and #slowstyle is another great way of discovering people who are doing clever things with stuff they already own. I’ve also found organisations like @fash_rev a great reminder of why I’m going to all this trouble, with easy to digest statistics that are good to pass on to friends when they ask you why on Earth you’re doing what you’re doing.

“6 months into my shopping ban on clothes, this is what what I’ve learnt”