New stories from old threads
The Loop was created with one simple belief: good clothing deserves more than one life.
Founded by Nicky and Kate, The Loop brings together a love of fashion, creativity and a shared desire to reduce clothing waste. What began as an idea has grown into a space where second-hand clothing, repurposed pieces and sewing workshops come together.
We curate high street second-hand and preloved clothing that is in great condition and ready to be worn again. Every piece is inspected, cleaned and carefully selected. If something is not suitable for resale, we transform it into something new through our repurposed collection.
Old jeans become bags. Fabric offcuts become accessories. Leftover textiles become one-of-a-kind designs.
Nothing is wasted if it can be reimagined.
Meet the founders behind our sustainable fashion journey
Two best friends who met in fashion 25 years ago, Nicky and Kate built The Loop from a shared love of clothing and a growing frustration with how disposable fashion has become.
Several years after first meeting, they discovered a passion for circular fashion, reselling, recycling and repurposing garments in a bid to reduce landfill and give good clothes a second life.
About Kate
I trained in Fashion many years ago and spent 7 years working in the clothing
industry, where I met Nicky! My love of colour and textures pulled me into
interiors about 20 years ago. I have been running my own soft furnishings
company where fabric, design and creativity are part of daily life. I’m happiest
when I’m making, mending or reinventing something, especially when it involves
recycling or giving second-hand finds a stylish new purpose.
Teaming up with
Nicky again at The Loop feels like coming full circle. I live in Essex with my
husband Phil, two amazing teenagers, my lovely Dad - Nono and Poppy - our
oversized, loveable dog in the house we built together, which is probably my
biggest up-cycling project yet!
About Nicky
I have worked in fashion for over 30 years and have a vast knowledge of everything that’s involved in putting clothing in your wardrobes. I have thoroughly enjoyed my career, but I now opened my eyes to how damaging and wasteful the fast fashion industry is. So I decided with my bestie, Kate, to join the new movement in the industry in giving existing clothes a second life, whether it’s reselling or up-cycling.
My personal life involves being outdoors exploring new places with my husband Alan, in our lovely VW camper van.
I love live music, designing clothes, sewing and all things creative!
Collectively, my husband and I have 3 grown-up children and 4 grandsons, who make everything worthwhile!
To me, The Loop is about making a difference and allowing me to spend some more time with my family, not to mention working with my best mate, what’s not to like!
The environmental cost of fast and disposable fashion
The fashion industry produces over 100 billion garments every year.
Globally, it is estimated that around 85 to 87% of textiles end up in landfill or incinerated. In the UK alone, hundreds of thousands of tonnes of clothing are discarded annually.
There are already more than enough clothes in circulation to dress the global population many times over, yet production continues to rise.
Denim alone is one of the most resource-intensive fabrics to produce, with a single pair of jeans requiring thousands of litres of water during manufacturing.
Clothing has become disposable, but it does not have to be.