In this episode, I’m so excited to be speaking to the wonderful Charlotte Staerck, Founder and CEO of Handbag Clinic, a leading luxury handbag restoration and preowned resale retailer. I’m a huge fan of Handbag Clinic which has given some of my favourite bags a new lease on life.
Self-confessed handbag addict, Charlotte, has always known handbags would be part of her destiny. She takes us on a designer bag journey, from a DKNY bag, bought with her first ever pay cheque, through to the life-changing moment she bought her first Mulberry. It was after meeting her husband who was the Managing Director of a leather restoration company, that the penny dropped and Charlotte founded Handbag Clinic.
In this episode, we hear about how Charlotte and her team can make your long-cherished handbags live many lives, why a bag is a form of investment and how the growing awareness about the negative impact of fast fashion and throwaway culture has transformed her business.
The ask: Ditch any judgement of buying pre-loved items, because this will be the way going forward. Something that might be sitting at the back of your wardrobe will be sure to give someone else heaps of joy, so consider selling it or bringing it in to be restored. We want to see you keep reusing your fashion items.
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