{"id":22514,"date":"2023-03-29T14:47:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T14:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=22514"},"modified":"2023-03-29T14:47:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T14:47:14","slug":"saudi-fashion-commission-swap-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2023\/03\/29\/saudi-fashion-commission-swap-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Fashion Commission to host third Swap Shop in Riyadh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To promote ethical and sustainable fashion choices, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/04\/20\/saudi-arabias-fashion-commission-signs-mou-with-luxury-retailer-chalhoub-group\/\">Saudi Fashion Commission<\/a> will host the third edition of Swap Shop in Riyadh, in Square 1\u2019s \u2018A Fashion House&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The event, held in collaboration with Sela and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cenomiretail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cenomi Retail<\/a>, will take place on April 1-5 and will be open to the general public from 9 pm to 1.30 am.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Guests can swap pre-loved clothing and accessories for other used pieces, or, alternatively, exchange them for new items provided by Cenomi Retail.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Saudi Fashion Commission hopes that Swap Shop can raise consumers&#8217; awareness about the creation of a sustainable Saudi fashion scene.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0CEO of the Saudi Fashion Commission, Burak Cakmak, said: \u201cAs we work towards a sustainable future for the industry, we want to involve consumers in this journey and share with them the importance of circulating pre-loved clothing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThank you in advance to everyone taking part in this initiative \u2013 I look forward to hearing about the best finds and one-of-a-kind pieces from the Swap Shop treasure trove.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The second edition of Swap Shop at Fashion Futures 2022, held in partnership with YOOX Net-a-Porter and sponsored by Al Hokair, saw around 1,300 visitors, with almost 1,000 people swapping clothes and 5,500 items brought to the Swap Shop.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Saudi Fashion Commission is set to host the third edition of Swap Shop in Riyadh to draw attention encourage sustainable fashion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":22515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4484,1],"tags":[3958,4820],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22516,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22514\/revisions\/22516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}