Clothing libraries are an ideal remedy for mass consumption. Everyone loves a closet that’s regularly filled with new items, yet when sharing each other’s garments with the help of a clothing library, this becomes possible without having to actually buy new pieces.

Our northern and southern neighbors have already embraced the concept. In the Netherlands there’s the LENA Fashion Library which operates from Amsterdam. Their focus lies on vintage, up-and-coming designers and sustainable labels, but your ordinary bad buys are just as welcome. In Paris you can rent designer fashion in L’habibliotheque.

We won’t have to wait much longer for the first Belgian clothing library either: Les ReBelles d’Anvers, the first Flemish clothing library, will open its doors in Spring 2016. They’ll mainly offer Belgian fashion, both online and offline.