Fair Friday, sustainable fashion & correct prices

Sales, soldes, discount! Did you know that it is primarily a psychological phenomena? Marketers are EXPERT in making you think you are getting more for less. It is a scam. Each season there is a business is caught out raising prices before “lowering” them for a sale. There is even a component of some business […]

It’s the #slowwardrobechallenge !

During this month show your TRUE ethical and sustainable colours by doing our challenge. We’ll keep you updated on our instagram, facebook and linkedin pages! Mrs Uptown shows you how. It’s #secondhandseptember! Can you rise to the #slowwardrobechallenge & buy only #secondhand this month & wear ONLY #ethical #sustainable style? Here’s how…. WEAR: 1) what […]

Giji goes DOWNTOWN UPTOWN & weekend relax on WRS

Mrs Uptown chats slow fashion, 1960s vintage, second hand and ethical designer fashion, with Katt Cullen on WRS. Katt and Giji chatted about ethical style and listened to DOWNTOWN by Petula Clark on Wednesday: Then about customers and the change towards second-hand whilst listening to UPTOWN Girl by Bill Joel on Thursday. On Friday Katt […]

How sustainable fashion relates to slow fashion

From KnowItAll.ch (see and buy their 11th edition on sustainability here!) Whether you are a lover of designer brands and need to find almost-new items, or are interested in renting a piece of jewelry or evening wear, this is the place to go! The online website has photos of each item and there is a […]

Summer Pop-up chez Aeschbach!

We are also on the left bank during August! Welcome to your luxury consignment experience….. Easy to access, opposite the bustling Place du Molard, you can find us in the central patio inside the new Aeschbach store, 40 rue du Marché, until 29 August 2020. We are super happy to offer you this beautiful space […]

Summer fun with DOWNTOWN UPTOWN!

An unusual summer this year, where many are doing a “staycation”! And in Switzerland, we are enjoying our beautiful mountains and lakes. So….. we’ve organised 3 fun events in Geneva for you! 21 July to 29 August 2020 Pop-up at Aeschbach Monday to Saturday40 rue du Marché, Geneve (Model @angelo.amaro with photos by @fbm_photography ; […]

Vintage Ethical Styling it from home – Designer Delights

To all our vintage ethical lovers out there! Hard times for everyone with COVID-19 and we should take this as an opportunity to change our consumer habits….As such to help you, we have asked three Genevoise ladies and Mr Downtown to showcase their favs from our store in their #stayathome instaposts….coming online over these next […]

Why second-hand needs to be slow fashion too

Interesting article from Forbes from September 2019 «With The Secondhand Designer Market Booming, Consumers Should Be Wary Of Fakes ». The article tries to explain what aspects determine inauthentic items, however, it doesn’t explain that most online re-sell sites post un-authenticated items for sale (or their clients do) and only authenticate AFTER the sale. Indeed, that […]

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