Get Swapping

There has been a lot of coverage in the press recently regarding Visa Swap, Visa's three week fashion swap bonanza hosted in the Visa Swap Loft in London's Covent Garden. Visa Swap gives people the opportunity to take their designer/good high street clothes, bags and accessories to the Covent Garden swap shop. Swappers will receive a special Visa Swap card in exchange for their items, the swap works on a point system so the better and probably more expensive the item, the more points you receive. You can then 'buy' other people's items with your points - anything left over will be donated to uber cool charity shop Traid (I bought one of my favourite dresses from the Brighton branch)

I missed the launch to this, much to my annoyance (can I win the lottery soon please and not have to work ridiculous hours??) but I love the idea so thought I would blog about it anyway.

This year there is a van that will pick up your clothes in and around London. You canfind out more about this here and this year VS have introduced the Visa Swap Market where you can buy small items to customise your new clothes, stylists will be stationed at the Visa Swap Market to give shoppers advise.

You can drop off your clothes at the below times.

June

Drop-off at The Flower Cellars 4-6 Russell St, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 7BN
21st June 10am - 6pm
22nd June 12 - 6pm
Drop-off at The Flower Cellars 4-6 Russell St, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 7BN
27th June 12 - 7pm
28th June 10am - 6pm
29th June 12 - 6pm

July

Drop-off at The Flower Cellars 4-6 Russell St, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 7BN
4th July 12 - 7pm
5th July 10am - 6pm
6th July 12 - 6pm
Drop-off at No.1 The Piazza, Covent Garden, London, WC2
11th July 12 - 7pm
12th July 10am - 6pm
13th July 12 - 6pm
Final Drop-off at No.1 The Piazza, Covent Garden, London, WC2
18th July 12 - 4pm
Final swap week, No.1 The Piazza, Covent Garden, London, WC2
19th & 20th July 10am - 6pm