Thandie NewtonThandie Newton has said she can’t understand why people buy new clothes when there is so much great vintage material out there.

She said that she loves buying secondhand clothes because of the benefits for the environment: “It is grotesque how out of control manufacturing has become, and the excess, the pollution that’s caused by it.”

“Vintage [fashion] is not only glorious and stylish, it’s also the way forward in terms of recycling.”

“Whenever I go into great vintage stores, I wonder why we ever buy new things.”