About Us
We opened Stingray Vintage as a bit of a lockdown project and things have gone from strength to strength since then. It's something we'd discussed on a number of occasions and finally had the time to put in during the first lockdown.
The shop is built on the foundation of liking well made, hardwearing clothes, and 80s to early 2000s clothing can be some of the best there is. We want to bring you items that are going to stand the test of time, and look good whilst doing so.
The biggest names in the industry make some of the worst quality clothes and we want to do our bit to reduce their impact on the planet. Even buying something made recently but second hand massively reduces the environmental impact of the item.
To see exactly why we do what we do, here are some stats taken from a report in 2018, The Impacts of Clothing Fact Sheets, put together by Traid:
- It is expected that clothing consumption will increase globally by 63% by 2030, from the current 62 million tonnes to 102 million tonnes by 2030
- In the last 15 years, clothing production has roughly doubled
- Of the countries that have been studied, in the UK the expected active life of clothing is the lowest. Passing on clothes we don’t wear is one way of giving longer life to clothes
- Extending the life of clothes by an extra nine months reduces its carbon, water, and waste footprint by around 20-30% each, and cuts the cost in resources used to supply, launder and dispose of clothing by 20%
Full report available here:
https://traid.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/impacts_of_clothing_factsheet_23percent.pdf
Much love, Francis xx