Watch: The lessons I've learned in my year of not buying new clothes and shoes

Reformed shopper Esther N McCarthy says her new mantra is “share, repair, and rent”

Esther N McCarthy told Vickie Maye about how she has given up buying brand new clothes.

Believe it or not, you have a superpower. You have the ability to save the planet by changing one thing in your life. It’s something Life/Style Editor Esther N McCarthy learned in the last year and she has shared the lessons she learned after she gave up buying brand new clothes and shoes.

Speaking at a live-streamed event from the Irish Examiner’s offices for Sustainability Week, Esther told Vickie Maye she banned herself from purchasing brand new clothes and shoes for one year, partly to have a positive environmental impact and partly to prove that she could do it.