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    We make our living upcycling

    Aug 29, 2019 5 minutes
    WORDS CHRIS MORLEY

    ‘I “supercycle” clothes on Instagram’

    KATE McGUIRE, 48, is married and lives in west London with her son and twin stepdaughters. She set up Converted Closet in 2016 to show how to ‘supercycle’ neglected clothes into gorgeous, wearable pieces.

    ✢ THE IDEA

    I’d enjoyed a successful career in the City, firstly in banking, then as a headhunter. In 2012 I left work when my son Gus, now six, was born. I’ve always been crazy about fashion and had grown up altering clothes to suit me as I’d struggled with weight issues in my teens and twenties. In 2016, I set up an Instagram account @converted closet. I bought a tripod and took a daily picture to share how I converted my clothes. Today I have around 8.5K followers.

    ✢ WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

    Inspired by , a documentary about the devastating impact of fast fashion, I phoned

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