The Fashion Pulpit: Singapore's Points-Based Clothes Swapping Boutique

Founded in 2018 by Raye Padit, The Fashion Pulpit grew out of an earlier sustainability awareness project, Connected Threads Asia, once its founder realised that raising awareness alone wasn't changing consumption habits.

The problem it solves

The average person wears only a fraction of what's in their wardrobe, while still buying new. The Fashion Pulpit gives people a lower-friction alternative to buying new: trade what you don't wear for something you will.

How the model works

Members bring in clothing, which is quality-checked and converted into points based on style, brand, and condition. Those points then act as a swapping budget in-store. The business also offers upcycling and tailoring services, and runs flexible membership tiers from single-day passes to annual plans.

Scale

Since 2018, The Fashion Pulpit has diverted more than half a million fashion items from landfill. Its 2023 impact report recorded over 38,000 pieces recirculated that year alone, avoiding more than 116,000kg of carbon emissions and saving an estimated 55 million litres of water compared to producing new garments.

Source: tatlerasia.com. Verified 7 Jul 2026.