Edit by Marie Curie

On Thursday 24th October Marie Curie held a grand opening to their new slow fashion sustainable shop named ‘edit by Marie Curie’ in Chapel Allerton in Leeds. This has been a long-time goal for many in the Marie Curie Retail Team, specifically Retail Director Jacqui Woolley and Retail Business Development Manager Simon Meek, who were the driving force behind the idea.

This is the first store of its kind run by Marie Curie, which is designed to resemble a high-end fashion boutique. Made up of designer clothes and accessories donated to the charity nationwide and sent to the shop on Harrogate Road to be sold on.

Retail Director Jacqui Woolley added that the project aimed to be an antidote to the mass production and sale of cheaply made clothing.

“Rather than fast fashion – you buy it you wear it, you throw it away – here you invest in it, you enjoy it and then you can almost change it for something else,” she said.

“It means that every luxury item has a longer lifetime.”

Simon Meek, Retail Business Manager for Marie Curie, said that the suburb was chosen because it was in a “really vibrant and up-and-coming location”.

“We are also targeting a slightly different audience. There is a desire for second-hand items but there’s a segment of the public who do not want to go into charity shops.”

On the opening day, the team were also joined by social media fashion influencers who posted on their Instagram pages about the store, you can check them out here: Steph Wetherhill @garmentfostermom and Aimee McMillan @thethriftyedit.

Take a sneak peek inside the store here.

Address: 116 -118 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, LS7 4NY

Opening times: Monday – Saturday 9am – 5pm, Sunday 10am – 4pm

Phone Number: 01132 211911

05/11/2024 14:40