In our current fashion climate, it feels like we’re entrenched in a gale-force storm of trends and information, not to mention the vast ecological disaster resulting from the fast-fashion industry. Globally, the fast fashion industry produces around 92 million tonnes of textile waste per year. But there’s one teen in South East London holding up an umbrella to this textile tempest: My good friend, Flora Macfarlane. 

Picture this: it’s a typical London morning, slightly grey, with a chance of sun later and, of course, a light drizzle in between. For the past half hour, you’ve been tugging at clothes left and right out of your overstuffed wardrobe, desperately trying to find the perfect outfit. But, how are you meant to pull together something quick and stylish for such unpredictable weather?

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