Elizabeth Laskar. Image by Kyriakos

Elizabeth Laskar, Founder and Director of the Ethical Fashion Forum and image consultant, regularly helps people to create fabulous style from whatever they already have in their wardrobe.

Here she shares her top five tips for making the most of your ethical style.

Love and understand your body. Learn to shop and dress for your shape.

Accessorise. Invest in five different styles of belt. They can change the silhouette of an outfit in seconds. Keep scarves, hats and jewellery to hand to spice up an outfit.

Label Lover? Choose your purchases by the label. Fair trade, eco, organic labels that is. Think about the social and environmental impact of your choices.

Colour. To express the many facets of your personality, know your colour palette and which colour suits you best.

Rethink and remake. Wear scarves as belts, v necks backwards, add a vintage lace trim, sequence or buttons to add sophistication to a simple style.