Reskinned 2025: Our Year in Review

We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who’s been part of it. To those of you who’ve sent in takebacks, shopped pre-loved on the site, discovered us for the first time this year, or have been with us since the very beginning. Thank you for telling your friends, championing circular fashion, and trusting us with the pieces you’ve loved and lived in. And to the die-hard pre-loved lovers (and the ones we’ve converted along the way), you’re the reason this all works.

A massive thank you, too, to our incredible brand partners. To the ones who joined us this year, and to those who continue to push further every day, taking risks, testing new ideas, and choosing to make braver, more circular decisions. It takes trust to try something new, and we’re grateful to be on that journey with you.

We couldn’t be prouder to be helping power takeback and resale across the UK high street. And we’re even more excited about what’s coming next.

So, let’s round off the year with a look back at our highlights.

Here’s what 2025 looked like at Reskinned.

By the Numbers

The numbers speak for themselves, and we’re kind of blown away by them. Even though we see this impact day in, day out, it still stops us in our tracks when we zoom out and look at the bigger picture, just how many pieces pass through Reskinned, and how many go on to be loved all over again.

Since 1st of January 2025:

• 21,902 takeback items have been returned through Reskinned, kept in circulation rather than sitting unworn or ending up in landfill.
• 113,650 pre-loved items have found new homes with our growing community of pre-loved champions.
• 809 items repaired, giving garments a second (or third) life instead of writing them off as waste.

When you really pause on those numbers, it’s kind of mind-blowing. That’s over 100,000 pieces of clothing moving through circular systems, and that’s just the start. In the UK alone, around 4 billion items of clothing are sold every year, with so many never reaching their full potential.

There’s still plenty of work to do. But we’re proud of how far we’ve come and excited about how much further circular fashion can go.

New Brands in Our Family

2025 saw some incredible brands join us on their resale and takeback journeys, each bringing their own products, communities and challenges, and helping circular fashion reach even more wardrobes.

Nobody’s Child

We launched Nobody’s Child takeback on the 17th of January, followed by their eBay resale store in May and their Reskinned store in September. Their easy, feminine pieces have been a firm favourite from day one, and judging by how quickly they sell out, you’re loving them just as much as we are.

Passenger

Our resale partnership with Passenger launched on the 7th of March with a very special first drop made entirely from repaired pieces. Patches, visible mending and one-of-a-kind details turned these into truly unique garments, and you snapped them up fast.

Mallet

On the 31st of March we launched takeback with Mallet, giving footwear a proper next step at the end of its first life. No matter the condition, old pairs could be returned to be loved again or responsibly recycled.

Marks & Spencer

We launched takeback and resale together in August, and it made a big splash. With timeless pieces worn across generations, it’s not hard to see why this partnership has been such a success.

Dryrobe

We kicked off takeback with Dryrobe in September, followed quickly by resale in October. The UK’s favourite cosy outdoor essential has been finding new homes ever since, and we love seeing these well-loved pieces head back out into the world.

Every partner we work with is completely unique, with their own products, customers and quirks. It’s been a real privilege to build systems that flex and adapt to each one, and to keep strengthening a platform that can support even more brands in the future.

And yes… call us crazy, but it’s been good fun along the way.

Our Team Grew Too

To support all that growth, our team grew too.

This year, Stephen joined us as Brand Partnership Executive, and Joanna came on board as Brand Partnership Manager.

Together, they’ve played a huge role in turning big ambitions into real-world impact, helping brands move from “we want to do something circular” to “this is live, operational, and actually working.”

We love having them on this journey with us.

Our Community & Charity Partnerships

Supporting the community has always been at the heart of what we do, and this year we invested more than ever in the people who need it most.

We launched our official partnership with social enterprise Give Your Best, giving you the option to add donations to your takeback parcels. Clothes in good condition go directly onto their platform, where people experiencing clothing poverty can shop for free. Instead of relying on whatever happens to fit, they can choose pieces they genuinely like and feel confident in, because everyone deserves autonomy over what they wear, whatever their circumstances.

In August, we also teamed up with The Children’s Society. For every pair of children’s shoes sold on Reskinned, we donated £1 to support children facing clothing poverty across the UK.

We also partnered with FLAARE, the community organisation who create opportunities for young people and youth workers to create success. We worked with them to build campaigns that spread awareness of fast fashion and the circular economy, and why it’s so important to choose pre-loved over new.

Access to good-quality clothing should be for everyone, not just those who can afford it. These partnerships are one small way we’re working to make that belief a reality.

Events in the Real World

We do a lot of our work online so we can reach as many people as possible. But this year, we made a conscious effort to bring circular fashion off the screen and into real, physical spaces, where people can touch it, experience it and be part of it.

Here’s how we did it:

• We hosted a repair workshop with Lydia Bolton and Give Your Best, using scrap fabric sourced from Reskinned to mend old pieces and make them new again.
• At Source Fashion, we headlined their very first pre-loved catwalk, proving that circular fashion doesn’t belong on the sidelines, it deserves the spotlight.
• For Plastic Free July, we introduced our takeback bin to the public at Are You Mad’s Coal Drops Yard pop-up.
• We ran a repair workshop with Finisterre, transforming items destined for recycling into one-off, reworked pieces.
• And we closed out the year with a festive shopping night alongside Give Your Best, putting community front and centre, exactly where it should be.

Hosting events in person means we get to meet you, talk face to face, and show the magic of pre-loved fashion in real life. It’s one of our favourite parts of what we do.

Accolades That Mattered

Recognition has never been the goal, but it does matter. It’s a moment that tells us that other people are seeing the work we’re doing, and it’s heading in the right direction.

In March, we officially became B Corp certified, something we’d been working towards for over a year. It’s a rigorous process, and achieving it was a huge milestone for us, reflecting our commitment to continually doing better for people, the planet, and the way business is done.

We were also named Recommerce Champion at the eBay UK Top Seller Show 2025, an honour that made us incredibly proud and really reinforced the role circular resale is playing in the future of retail.

These moments remind us why we do what we do, and push us to keep raising the bar.

Influencer Partnerships That Made Sense

This year, we stepped into the world of influencer partnerships, but only in a way that felt true to us. We worked with people who genuinely live and breathe circular fashion, and who use their platforms thoughtfully and responsibly.

A huge thank you to Lira Valencia for World Oceans Day, Brett Staniland for Takeback Friday, Charissa McAneny for Secondhand September, and Bianca Foley for Earth Day.

There were no awkward scripts, forced messaging or performative sustainability here. We simply handed the mic to people already doing the work, using their voices and platforms to create real impact.

Brands We Teamed Up With

Collaboration was a big part of 2025 for us. We worked with some brilliant brands who share our commitment to longevity, care and reuse, and who genuinely align with the way we think about impact.

Wilton London supported clothing care through better laundry practices. Circular & Co joined us for Plastic Free July with an eco-cup giveaway. For Earth Day, and to celebrate Reskinned’s birthday, we partnered with Recabins on a giveaway centred around slowing down, reconnecting with nature, and spending time in one of their cabins. And for Second Hand September, we teamed up with Elvis & Kresse on a very special sustainable luxury bag giveaway.

We love collaborating, especially when it means you get to discover brands doing good in the world.

Looking to 2026

If 2025 proved anything, it’s this: circular fashion isn’t going anywhere. It’s gaining momentum and it’s working.

It’s not a buzzword.
It’s not a myth.
It’s not a side project that costs more than it gives back. And it’s definitely not about clothes you don’t actually want to wear.

Circularity means brands making a genuine, positive impact. It means finding clothes you love at a fraction of the cost. And it means giving the planet a bit of breathing room, too.

Thank you to everyone who played a part in making 2025 such a memorable year at Reskinned: our team, our community, our partners, and everyone who chose to do things differently with us.

As we said last year, and we’ll probably say again next year: this is only the beginning. And it’s about to get even better.