Increased awareness about the environmental impact of the fashion industry combined with the slowing down of life since the start of the coronavirus pandemic has made customers re-evaluate their relationship with the shoes, handbags, coats and dresses they used to love but which are in need of a repair or a resize.

If you’re worried repairing your clothes might make you seem stingy, old-fashioned or not on trend, then take a leaf out of Prince Charles’ book.

The future British monarch has set up a repair clinic at Dumfries House, his home in Scotland, to mend clothes for people in the surrounding area – and is seeking to rally the British public to support sustainable fashion.