A new ‘no buy’ movement is teaching people how to kick their shopping habit

A practical guide how to stop buying clothes.

Six years ago, Lauren Fay decided to stop buying new clothes for a full year. At the time, this seemed like a radical thing to do; but she was an early member of a growing movement devoted to drastically reducing our clothing consumption.

Back then, Fay was partly motivated to save money. She’s just left a high-paying job in finance for a more meaningful career in the non-profit sector. But she had also become more conscious about how...