Less: Stop Buying So Much Rubbish: The Sunday Times Bestselling Book from The Fashion Expert Championing Quality Over Excessive Consumption

Mr Grant writes with such genuine passion and total belief in his aim for a more sustainable and soulful existence especially where clothing is concerned. You can feel is commitment emanating through the pages of this book. A great companion book to the Orsola de Castro book 'Loved Clothes Last'. Highly recommended read - whether to dip into or cover to cover.

About the same age as the author and have increasingly been traveling towards the authors mindset over the past 10 years or so. Still way way too hard to find quality items even more so repairable at a reasonable cost.As an aside went to the authors clothing website and was forced to accept 'cookies' unless I manually 'objected' to 100's? of so-called 'legitimate interest' cookies..... need to do better!

There is a lot of history, but there are many mind blowing facts that makes you take stock and think. We can’t continue on this path and things need to change. Jobs are dwindling with so many things sourced from abroad now. It’s quite scary. It is true that many goods are tat, and don’t last anymore, ranging from socks ( so thin) to pans, kettles, clothes etc etc. The list goes on. The quality of new has gone in nearly every sector. It makes you wonder what the future will hold for our grandchildren. I have decided that the greatest gift I can give to them, is my time. …..to pass on the knowledge of sewing, knitting, pottery, crafting, growing, gardening, painting, , playing musical instruments and so many more life skills that my parents passed on to me. The skill of making gives you a sense of pride, helps with problem solving, makes you more grounded as a person and is good for the soul. That is the future. Thank you mum and dad.

There’s a lot on the history of manufacturing which may put some readers off, but I found it really interesting. I’m from a northern mill town so this really resonated and made me reappraise why it’s such a miserable place. It’s easy to blame the people, but there genuinely is little meaningful skilled work available- it’s all vape shops and chicken shops. No wonder everyone is on anti depressants. The popularity of crafting proves making stuff is fulfilling. So many kids aren’t cut out for academia but will never know that they’re good at using their hands because the opportunities are so limited in schools. I’m glad I read this book - it’s definitely given me a new perspective.