There are few people quite like Bay Garnett. Over the span of her 25-year-long career, she’s earned her crown as the Queen of Thrift – rummaging around in charity shops long before ‘pre-loved’ was a trend.

This is the woman who inspired fashion house Chloé to make a homage to a vintage banana top that she styled on Kate Moss in 2003, one of her “ultimate favourite shoots”.

As a long-time contributing editor of British Vogue, she has collaborated with the likes of Jürgen Teller, Bruce Weber and David LaChapelle, creating wonderfully winsome editorials that merge high fashion with low.

And in 2023, the 50-year-old stylist continues to pioneer the art of secondhand shopping. We chat one sunny morning when she is at home in London with her two rescue dogs, the place where she feels “most at home”. Gearing up for Oxfam’s Secondhand September as senior advisor of the charity, Garnett is encouraging everyone to clear out their wardrobes, donate and buy from charity shops for the whole month (and beyond). “Being more sustainable can be more expensive, but shopping in charity shops can be cheaper,” she says. “Secondhand should be for everyone.”

Bay Garnett’s ultimate guide to buying secondhand