About
Thread Up Oxford.
We are committed to reducing textile waste in our local community by creating opportunities to think, act, and use (or reuse) in a better way.
As a community, what if…
Each individual in Oxford cut down on sending a single pair of jeans (~1lb of textile waste) and 4 t-shirts (~1lb of textile waste) to the landfill?
In our community, that’s 46,070 lbs (23.04 US tons) we can collectively keep from landfills in a single year!
Our mission is to create a more sustainable lifecycle for textiles, keeping unneeded waste out of landfills and giving new lives to used textiles.
Our vision is to build communities dedicated to creating circulatory cycles for textiles that are reused endlessly, constructing sustainable communities.
Our Story
What Once Was an Experiment
In the wake of COVID-19, our founder, Shana, conducted a large-scale material donation as an experiment. The first processing center and storage facility started in her basement.
A Community of Change
The community rallied around this experiment at local events and the operation outgrew the basement, forcing Thread Up Oxford to its own facility.
Who We are Today
Within the year, Thread Up Oxford outgrew its first functional facility, eventually opening their second retail-only location where Uptown Threads is located today!
How we contribute to reducing textile waste.
Uptown Threads
Uptown Threads is a thrift store that offers recycled clothing. All of our clothing available here comes from material donations made to support the mission of Thread Up Oxford.
Creative Reuse Space
Our Creative Reuse Space offers different textiles that you wouldn’t traditionally find in a thrift store. This space encourages educational and sustainable projects!
Operations Hub
The Operations Hub is our processing center for all material donations made to Thread Up Oxford. The majority of our volunteers help process our material donations here.
