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

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 nonprofit sector. But she had also become more conscious about how our insatiable appetite for new clothing is destroying...