“From start to finish, I’ve felt like every day was a Saturday. It\u2019s been quite difficult this last lockdown, so it\u2019s nice to be back and see everybody in store.<\/span>“<\/span><\/p>\n Freshmans, based on Carver Street, has been an established source of vintage clothes for people in Sheffield and this year will be celebrating it’s 26th year in business.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s a bit more than just a vintage shop”, said Louisa. “We\u2019ve got a nice community of people coming into store and I probably see them about 2 or 3 times a week. I know all their names and I know their family.”<\/span><\/p>\n She added: “We\u2019re a bit of an institution, lots of people know us. To keep a business going through a lockdown has been pretty tough going because I didn\u2019t want to be on the other side of it and not reopen.”<\/span><\/p>\n “I think what people have realised during this pandemic is what\u2019s important, who they value and where they want to shop. I\u2019ve seen quite a lot of new business come through throughout the pandemic with people trying sustainable fashion for the first time or vintage items and getting the whole ethos behind it.”<\/span><\/p>\n Freshmans Vintage, Carver St. Credit: Sophie Henderson<\/p><\/div>\n Round the corner on Division Street, Preloved Kilo also welcomed a “surge of customers”, both regular and new, back into store last week.<\/p>\n Shop assistant Charlie Allen said: “This week has been so busy, we\u2019ve had an overwhelming response from Sheffield which has been amazing.”<\/span><\/p>\n “It\u2019s felt really happy after such a hard time. There\u2019s a lot of hope.”<\/span><\/p>\n Based on the day-long event where people can buy a kilogram of clothes for \u00a315 at venues across the UK, the Sheffield pop-up shop is the first of its kind.<\/p>\n “Our main mission is about sustainability and tackling fast fashion”, Charlie said. <\/span>“People don\u2019t have to spend \u00a315 they can spend as much or as little as they want.<\/span><\/p>\n “It\u2019s really great to weigh it because I think it stops the class division, anybody can be able to afford our clothes. It doesn\u2019t matter what their background is there\u2019s always something in here.”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vintage shops in Sheffield have seen an “overwhelming” response from the city’s thrifters after they reopened their doors a week ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":32733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[73,437,33,438,9,439,440,441,442],"class_list":["post-32594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-coronavirus","tag-division-street","tag-lockdown","tag-re-opening","tag-sheffield","tag-shops","tag-thrift","tag-thrifters","tag-vintage"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/IMG_2930-1-1-300x225.jpg\")