i’ve been thrifting with my mom since i was a little child. we just didn’t have the money and we also cared for the environment. i used to get bullied for this but now everyone asks why i can have so many clothes without being broke... iT‘s FuNnY hOw BiTchEs TuRnEd iNtO mY fAnS..
HAHA same here! Well, sortof. I went to my education, I was 22 at the time and I wore a long, white summerdress. Someone mentioned the thriftshop and someone said; 'Ahhww.eew...why would you go there?' I said; 'I mainly wear thrifted clothes...' and they looked at me and gasped and said; 'But you shouldn't, Emma! You look great in this, why would you settle for dirty clothes?!' And I said; 'This was 3 euro's in the thriftstore.' And they were quiet and didn't know what to say xD The conversation changed to something else, I seem to remember.
same, my friends would always get new clothes and i only second hand, i used to feel sad about it....but now i realise why i had so many clothes...hehe and I am proud of actually having thrifted for the biggest part of my life
Same, except I was lucky enough to be home schooled. Unfortunately that also mean't that I didn't know how much of a fashion disaster I was until I was in my teens. :(
@@schuldigesherz2763 Haha, I was allowed to pick my clothes (and ask for permission, if they were expensive/revealing) from the age of 13. Before that age, I wore my mothers old shirts as a tunic, I wore boy's clothes (my mom's friend had a boy and a girl, she sold their clothes to us, I've walked around in shirts that said 'sailor' or 'I love dogs' even though I hated dogs) and I always wore socks in sandals, as to avoid blisters. Usually red socks in purple sandals. Not to mention, as a 9-year old, I wore lilac 'latex-look' boots in winter, because they were cheap and I lóved them and at the time, I had women's-size-feet and that was the only pair that wasn't boring. (Not to mention, my feet are currently a Dutch size 43, which is a men's size, so whichever 'feminine' shoe I fit properly, I have to buy, there are very few options xD
Tbh i grew up poor so i lived on thrift stores and clearance aisles. When i was young i found out my bestfriend was making fun of me for buying my clothes at consignment shops. Years later in high school i learned to cut sew and reimagine clothes. I was known as the "thrift store queen" and that girl messaged me to see what thrift stores i went to since it was trendy.
I just wanted to clarify that you do not need to be in a low financial bracket to shop at thrift stores its just what i experience growing up and what i could afford. Thrift is good for the environment a inexpensive way to try trends and a great activity for yourself or to hop with friends.
I remember my mom telling me to lie about where I got my clothes (including school uniforms) as a kid. I’m actually really happy that now I can just casually say “oh, I thrifted it” when someone compliments me on it.
Not to mention, depending on who your friends are, I mean they could be working minimum wage and all that. So splurging on name brand stuff doesnt have the same "oooo, aaahhh" effect that it used to. Just kinda seems like you're rubbing wealth in their face ya know? Better to be like "nah, I got this name brand thing for like $4...heh heh take that (name brand)"
adding onto what she said about thrifting being controversial, coming from personal experience, there was a point in my families life where we only went to salvation army on wednesdays bc they were half off. that was our only option for clothing. to be mad at innocent teens for shopping at goodwill for cheap trendy clothes is overboard. when ur poor, u don’t care what ur clothes look like. beggers can’t be choosers. all we cared about was that our clothes were comfy and cheap. all throughout middle school my style (or lack there of) was all over the place. all of my clothes came from salvation army. but i didn’t mind because at least i had SOMETHING. now that we’re financially stable and can afford nicer clothes, i still go to thrift stores bc i know the layout, i know how to thrift, and i know that i don’t need to worry much about it being half off or not. there is absolutely nothing wrong with thrifting for the trends/aesthetic
I agree with this completely. I thrift because it’s more economical and way better for the environment. Why buy something new when you can give a used piece of clothing a new life? I encourage everyone to shop secondhand, regardless of wealth. To me, it makes no sense to tell anyone, “you have money, you must buy new.” That just seems counterproductive and wasteful.
Also, especially if you live in the UK and instead of thrifting you shop in charity shops, it doesn’t matter why you’re shopping there, whether it’s because you want to be trendy, you want to save money or it’s your only feasible option, you’re supporting good causes
@@kendalljackson6595 Those people are stupid. We are all like everyone else, but also unique. Many of us have the same qualities, but they are all mixed in a different way. So being basic isn’t bad, it’s normal!
Thrifting to be trendy is better than supporting fast fashion to be trendy in my opinion. Both are cheap and convenient, but one is a lot more damaging.
Alyssa You’re making assumptions. Not everyone who thrifts is also contributing to fast fashion. Some people get their clothes mostly or entirely from thrift stores. And honestly, getting mad at people for thrifting at all is dumb. If they get good use out of the clothes and don’t just throw them away, I’m not going to judge someone for shopping at a thrift store.
@@abigaildelaney7653 I think the primary problem is that thrift stores (we call them charity shops in england lmao) are now being used as a trendy place to get clothes by people that can afford to buy them elsewhere. as it is not necessarily about the money these people will save but the 'experience' and 'satisfaction' of thrifting, some stores have risen their prices - which means that the economically disadvantaged people in society no longer can afford the more sustainable thrift clothes and instead have to turn to fast fashion brands that have extremely low prices.
Speaking as someone who relies on thrift stores for my clothing, PLEASE keep going to thrift stores. More demand creates more supply betweens stores, and we NEED to encourage a culture of sustainable, eco-friendly fashion.
@@Nicole-rc5kb yes!! Especially as clothes stop fitting our bodies. I used to be in a terrible habit of throwing clothes away, which is so wasteful and prevents others from enjoying my old pieces. We need to keep our landfills empty and our thrift stores full
When people who have more than enough money to shop elsewhere begin to pick up thrifting, stores start to realize this and raise prices substantially. I say if you want to do this as someone who has plenty of money, don't do it too often. More demand doesn't always create more supply ESPECIALLY if they are rarely buying stock themselves and instead getting donations, but more demand always equals higher prices which could make clothing no longer affordable to some people. Just my two cents!
So, my native country is a "third world country" and my mom started thrifting since I was 14, we couldn't afford to buy expensive clothes at the mall, but there were lots of thrift shops were we could find the actual same clothes, but affordable. I used to feel really ashamed to wear thrifted clothes, even when it was nice clothes or even brand new, when my friends ask where did I get it I got nervous and said "got it from internet". But later I realized lots of girls, even my best friend thrifted. Now a days is "cool to thrift" and its funny because when I find something nice I brag about how good it is and that I got from the thrift shop, almost all my wardrobe is thrifted and I feel proud about it. Hope someday I'll thrift at the US, you guys have good shops!!
Hi same here.. me too. My mom always thrift our clothes since she was young, bcause the quality is very good and cheap. Till now we're still thrifting and I love it. Btw you are from Honduras? Lately when I'm thrifting I found clothes from Honduras and I never knew and heard about Honduras before. Then I search it. It's actually a country.
Dude, Levi's just re-released a bunch of thier classic styles and I've FINALLY been able to find my favorite 512s at thrift stores! I wore the sh*t outa 512s in middle school and high school. I'm glad I can find them again in second hand stores because they aren't anywhere else! *lots of people in the States shop at second hand, charity, and thrift shops because we've actually had to, not just because it's trendy. I remember when Maclamore released that song and everyone loved it until we saw how many rich kids came down from the nice parts of town to go thrift shopping for fun instead of going to the mall. Many malls are now dead. And many people who could afford good, new clothes, don't buy them (and thusly don't donate them to thrift stores) because they'd rather thrift. It's actually made the pickings at thrift stores here slimmer 😖. I hope the wealthy start buying and donating more again.
honestly there are so much clothes out there, and as a member of a family, who never had money for new clothing (until recently), I don't really mind the huge increase of popularity of thrifting. I've always worn second hand clothing, and now that more people do it I haven't noticed any huge decrease in the amount of clothes offered. as said, there are sooo many clothes that already have been produced, wearing them more often is very forward thinking and hopefully cuts down the incredible cosumerism
yes this, and if anything it's helped remove some of the stigma around not having expensive clothes!! when we were younger i feel like so many trends revolved around expensive name-brands like northfaces and uggs etc. but in the past few years i've always been complimented on cheap ass clothes lol! people are with the goodwill chic now I'm here for it
I've grown up wearing thrifted clothes and thrifting being popular feels so weird to me, because people in school used to find it so 'gross' or cheap. It's great that people consider it cool now, but some places kind of gotten more expensive and people act like it's a new hip thing
Most thrift stores: has cute clothes such as oversized sweaters and good denim My thrift store: has justice zebra striped tankini with a glittery peace sign Edit: wowo I have achieved comedy! Edit: nvm I moved and the clothes are hella good haha
When I was younger my grandpa would go to the richer areas and we'd go to estate sales and thrift shops for the day and then he'd take me to my favorite restaurants
The issue I've found with the increasing trendiness of thrifting is that all the thrift stores are increasing their prices crazily. They seem to be paying attention to which brands are popular in the influencer sphere and marking them way up because they know 20 somethings with money to spend are looking for them.
it really depends what location you're at and day of the week! usually different types of sales go on every day for certain items and I've noticed thrifts stores in LA are way more expensive than in NYC or Miami
Literally every time I shop, all I have is like Ashley narrating my thoughts on closing my head. Like “mix these textures “, “this could spice up an outfit”, and my personal favorite “ I could tuck this dress into a pair of loose jeans” . I love you ashley, you’re such a fashion icon in my life and really made me understand fashion and what i can do it with/how fun it is
I have some *very* summarized notes of her "how to put together an outfit 101" video pasted on the door of my closet, that way when I really don't know what to wear I give it a quick look and go "aha"!
When I was younger my mum refused to shop at thrift stores. Ironically my parents were really struggling with money, but my mum just didn’t wanna succumb to the “thrift store poor people”. I always was presented in overly expensive Abercrombie and such. Ofc this is a not at all great mindset- but as soon as I was able to explore a thrift store- I couldn’t shut up about them to my mum. So much for cheap. Most my friends like my thrifted clothes aside from a couple who think the same my mum does. Guess there’s always people like that but oh well. They never seem to know unless you say something!
My mom had that mindset but we went to a thrift shop and the same thing happened to me we went and I could not stop talking about it because you find such great things.
People like that have a very prideful mindset and will only drag themsleves down in the end. It's just clothes with a lower price tag, yeah it may not be brand new but neither are the clothes people pass down to their younger siblings.
Sofii i’m so sorry! just a suggestion, as the wise ashley said, thrift stores have good dealz, cause we be getting some thrift store stealz (ok not exact but uh whoops)
Sometimes, if you've got a special occasion coming up, it's worth NOT buying a lot of cheap stuff and saving up $100 to buy the dress or coat or pair of shoes you love so much it makes you cry. There's also the rule of "cost per wear." If you spend $100 on a coat you wear 100 times, you've paid $1 per wear and that's well worth it, versus a sweater you bought for $10 that you originally thought was cute and then let it get lost in a pile of "meh" clothes, so that it ended up being $10 per wear.
I’ve literally only shopped at Thrift Stores my whole life and I’ll say I’m really excited about the cultural shift towards second hand. At least where I live it seems like there is plenty of good stuff for everyone and even if there is less for me to look through someday, maybe that will just make me more creative and adventurous, which is what I love about thrift stores anyway :)
ive started shopping there more recently as someone that is starting to buy their own clothes (and has no income lol) but i would always donate my clothes either to my family or local thrift shops! their so wonderful and amazing
I feel this! My mom used to take me thrifting all the time as a kid and I think it rubbed off on me. Though we didn't thrift all our things and didn't really do it out of necessity it was still like a fun treasure hunt. Now I live in an expensive city and even though I don't "need to" thrift the majority of my wardrobe is second hand because I want to be able to save money for more important things like retirement, travel and a down payment on a house. Plus I like to be able to support local charities and give life to something that is already in the waste stream!
One of ashley’s advantage over other youtubers is honestly her voice, most youtubers i watch talk in this high pitched super upbeat, almost questioning way that really bothers me. Ashley on the other hand has a well modulated voice
Finally an actually good tutorial on thrifting and all that and not just: *Go thrift shop* *Men's denim* *Little boys section* *Graphic tees* *The end bye*
Non è che non esistano. Ci sono,ma sono molto più piccoli ed è un pò più difficile trovare cose che ti piacciono davvero, oppure ci sono i negozi vintage ed i mercatini delle pulci.
@@withelisa there are charities like caritas, città del sole etc. There are random special bins around cities where you can put the clothes and then they get sorted and given to the needy. Or atleast that's what they tell us.
@@withelisa yeah i've put a lot of old clothes in those bins for people in needs, i hope they were actually given to them. i also got a bunch of second hand clothes from other people like cousins siblings or even just neighbors
When I was younger, I received the majority of my clothing as hand me downs or from thrift stores. I was always embarrassed that my clothes were older and not as "trendy" as my classmates. When thrifting became trendy it actually kind of validated me. It made me feel like the young version of myself would be so proud and happy to see clothing on other bodies that looked like my own clothes. I thrift now for more ecological rather than economical reasons but personally, I havent noticed a shortage or drop in quality because of the higher demand of second hand items. However, I would totally want to encourage others to be empathetic and understanding of why specifically "charity stores" exist and the population these thrift stores primarily serve. More privileged shoppers should work to serve the people that benefits most from thrift stores. I buy from thrift stores but I also donate useable items to ensure I'm feeding the cycle rather than taking from it.
I totally agree. I don't thrift that much but ever since I was a kid we donated our old clothes to the local Goodwill. I've probably donated more items than I've bought.
other thrift shops: good cute clothing and actually worth buying my thrift shop in kentucky: has a claire’s bow that has baby food on it with about 20 tears in it
I got a really cute pink and yellow Ralph Lauren t-shirt because my 4 year old cousin doesn’t like any of my clothes :) she says they aren’t pink enough or frilly enough XD. Now she’s happy though.
step one: have thrift stores that actually sell good clothes. i'm from northeast europe and our thrift stores have only like soviet union grandma clothes:))
DanDan I’m from Russia but still I can find some cool stuff at flea market, vintage stores (I’m from St. Petersburg) UPD: I think it all depends on your skill of styling and your well-watched-ness.
17:35 IDK if anyone is here rewatching this like 4 yrs after the video was even posted, but if you are, it is actually pretty easy to clean leather/suede at home. I usually just clean it in the sink. hand wash (gently) with a bit of dish soap and warm water then leave it to dry for a couple days. So much cheaper than drycleaning it and then you have an amazing thrifted/vintage item for only a little bit of work. I have done it for multiple items I thrifted and they have all turned out amazing and definitely much cleaner and less smelly
Not always! Ive been to many where the people who lived there had to move too far to bring most of their stuff with them and were rich enough to just restart at their new home. I know a lot are from deaths but it makes me feel better that they dont have to be :)
@@brittanyg6714 But that's not an estate sale - that's a moving sale. Estate sales are a very particular sale when you are selling off somebody's estate.
noot noot Nothing wrong with it! Pointing out what they are just helps people who don’t know be respectful. A lot of estate sales are ran by 3rd parties now but there can be family members of the deceased there watching people go through their loved ones house and personal items.
My family used to struggle financially when I was younger so my clothing style was basically "anything nice enough at the thrift store" meets "whatever's on sale" 😁 We're better off now but I still buy my clothes thrifted. They're cheaper, good for the planet, and I love the thrill of finding a designer item at a discount!
I started thrifting because I didn't want to wear the same thing everyone else was wearing. In a small town, everyone came to school in.the same clothes from the two trendy stores. I keep doing it because I love the thrill of the hunt and it's affordable and fun. Most of my best and favorite pieces came from thrift stores
Same when I was in my senior year of high school. I thrifted more and even though I didnt get best dressed, a lot of people still complimented my clothes and style. (And some of my friends were surprised that I didnt get that superlative for senior year). Now I'm in college and I'm living in pjs😂
nobody: not even ashley’s plants: ashley: *aggressive peace signs* OMGOSH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE LOVE :) and thank you so much Ashley luv you ;)
Just to let you know: I still buy clothes from "normal" stores, but far less than before thanks to you. Your videos made me think and I watched a lot of documentaries about fast fashion, and even though I still contribute to the system, I now also buy second-hand and donate my old clothes instead of throwing them away. Plus, finding a vintage piece of clothing that no one around me can have is pretty exciting! Thank you so much for doing these videos! You are an amazing person and I hope you're having a wonderful day
One of my personal downfalls when i started thrifting was that i would get so tempted by the low prices that i would buy a lot of stuff that i didnt need and wasnt going to wear. So think about what you buy and get things you really love! not buying anything is still better than buying second hand :) (Both for your wallet and the environment)
As a student in economics, actually, having tons of people thrifting is actually going to encourage this kind of business and increase offer, logically. Also, thrifting can also be done for environmental reasons !
I honestly wont be surprised if clothing brands start telling us "give us your old urban outfitters clothes and we'll sell it again and make more money! But we'll call it thrifting! And maybe donate 2% of sales to a shady big name organization!"
@@snuzzbobble that's true. That's why I try to discourage people with more money to not thrift much. Sure, it's fun, but some people actually need thrifted things and my local goodwill already started hiking up the prices. :(
@@kwtz2536 it's awful when charity stores are hiking prices because of more demand. You'd think with more foot flow they could keep it at the designated price and get more sold.
@@snuzzbobble Yeah that would be shitty coming from charity stores but I mean, in France at least we have different types of thrift stores, charity ones and then ones that could go in the "vintage store" category that was referenced in the video. It's really interesting too 'cause in France thrifting has also started being more on trend and prices have actually not risen at all...
Pro tip: if the racks have a mannequin on top and the clothes on it aren’t that cute, if your in a time crunch don’t spend to much time on that rack because the thing on the mannequin was the cutest thing they could find
Not true. I work at a thrift store and I NEVER put the cutest clothes on the mannequins because if I do, then people immediately want to buy the items on the mannequin, which means I have to pick out another outfit and redress the mannequin way more often.
Coco Avalon I mean that could just be you. I’m sure there’s someone who does the same thing but for the smaller thrift stores they’re gonna wanna sell more
I also work at a thrift store and usually we just put whatever clothes are in our hand at the time on the mannequin. It’s not necessarily the cutest thing on the rack, it just saves time. Personally, if I have an item I find particularly cute and nice I’ll put it in the middle of the rack. It’s way too much effort to put it on the mannequin. I hope this helped. :).
Somewhat Syd I mean like I said at smaller more local thrift stores they’re gonna wanna sell more stuff. Idk how it is at bigger chains like good will but I live by a bunch of locally owned ones.
Mallory : ] I work at a local thrift store. 🤣And also if the workers find something first we put it aside to buy. So that may be why it’s so hard to find stuff.
i think it all depends on where you live. where my grandparents live there are still thrift stores with very low prices. i mean, i was able to get calvin klein jeans and heels, and some ralph lauren jeans for 10$ in total (btw this was in goodwill, which i think is pretty popular)
PRO TIP FOR JEWELLERY: look for pieces where the clasp or lock metal is tarnished but the piece itself isn't (could be a little faded maybe), you'll know it's real gold/gold plated or sterling silver and it won't oxidize/change color on you 😌😌😌
Yes! Also, the fact that the clasp is tarnished and the rest isn't tells you that the clasp has been changed out. Meaning that the item is quite possibly very vintage if not a true antique.
Adding to this: When checking pearls, nibble/scrape them with your teeth; if the surface feels rough they are real (since pearls are made from nacre and sand), while fake ones are smooth (plastic).
@@drowsiella lol usually at the flea market no one questions it (I'm actually laughing thinking of how it may look like and why no one's ever said anything to me). But for real now, I just spend 10 minutes nibbling vs scratching my pearls and fake pearls and came to this conclusion: it's easier to get the feel of it with your teeth because of the sound, I guess? (like, the real thing resounds inside your head because of the roughness), while if you do it with your nails go with the intention of peeling something off them (go strong!) I noticed that the real ones look like they were peeling, but after I run my thumb over it, there were no scratch marks, as oppose to the fake ones, which either peeled or didn't but felt really smooth.
I'm pretty sure you can remodel those old lady clothes to fit you. I like to do that with some of my mom's clothes and even some of my brothers old shorts, and they actually look really good! You don't even need to be good at sewing as there can also be things like fashion tape and stitch glue(?). And you can definitely get tips from the internet on how to do these things!
re thrifting as a trendy thing, i work at a pretty big secondhand chain and our prices have definitely gone up bc of the rise of the "thrift aesthetic" ... like a cashmere sweater that used to be 3.99-5.99 is now 12.99-13.99, which leads to customers who need these items bc of economic hardship taking tags off and bringing it up as a "no tag" item, where it'll be marked up even further to punish them for taking the tag off/them getting kicked out of our store, depending on management that day. but yeah we've noticed the demographic shift and changed basically everything about our store's layout/ad strategy to make it appear subtly trendier/more expensive/etc.... so i'm kinda against the trending aesthetic bc i'm so close to the consequences. i grew up shopping at my store out of necessity too and used to get made fun of for wearing out of season/"grandma clothes" all thru elementary/middle/HS but now that i'm in college it's suddenly super fashionable... Etc etc etc. multifaceted issue... ethical consumption... yadayadayada but TLDR yeah thrift stores have actively noticed the change in who shops where and how much more money they have to spend and are raising prices bc of it Also PLEASE don't trash thrift stores lol thank you ashley for that dhskafshdjf ily
kirka nightcore I completely agree! I also grew up thrifting and loved it bc I could find neat things but i did have moments where I’d feel embarrassed at times when seeing all the new clothes my peers would get. I don’t care about that anymore but I too have noticed the price increase and also noticed a vast difference in the type of clothing I can ind in certain areas. I used to love thrifting vintage sweaters but after the hipster kids discovered thrifting it’s nearly impossible to find any good ones 😭 (also I second the keeping thrift stores clean point🙌)
Also it’s likely stores are reacting to rise in expenses. Rent for the building is more expensive, pay for workers is more expensive, transport etc,, it depends on where you are and how you’re buying
@Mark O to consider in your questioning: anecdotally, as someone who has been thrifting for necessity AND making proverbial lemonade out of that situation by styling the finds for almost two decades- it isn't just the actual price that makes me think the popularity is the culprit. In stores I have been in all over the country, spaces are starting to have "basic" prices of $1-8 AND "boutique" prices of $12-15 specifically on pieces that are trendy labels. A quality item that is NOT a trendy label might still be $3, but if it's "vintage levi' mom jeans?" that shit's $15 in most stores now. There are also many more people in thrift stores buying specifically for labels to resell in the stores, rather buying for themselves - if it's enough for me to notice the uptick, presumably a manager would also notice. These two points would tend to imply that prices are not rising overall because of increased costs, but in a targeted way related to popularity. Also to my mind, the fact that the rise in price so far outpaces the rise in expenses (above) seems to support that prices are being raised in response to something other than base expenses. Side note: because of what I just said, I also feel like if you aren't necessarily interested in trendy pieces, but you actually just need some clothing, you still have good options in a thrift store, though it is sort of a bummer that certain higher quality items are getting priced up these days. I can't buy coats in the thrift store overall, but I can still buy a great silk blouse for $3. I can't get the aforementioned mom jeans, but since I like a relaxed fit I can still get name-brand quality jeans for $5- if you walk away from the trend, you're still probably good. (which isn't the same as not being stylish if you know what you're doing ;) . ) So, thoughts. I hope you keep researching and I'll be curious what you find!
Here's another protip: Make sure to check the care tag when you're looking at thrifted stuff. Are you really going to wear something you have to dry clean, even if it's super cute?
I thrift a lot for silk and cashmere or clothes made of real wool (I wouldn't buy any of these new), so special care is part of the game! The thing is that we over wash our clothes a lot. I'm not breaking a sweat in an office job wearing a silk blouse. Steaming and airing it out does the job most of the time.
i made the mistake of thrifting a $19 burberry sweater from goodwill that had a TINY hole in the sleeve (you couldn’t even tell unless you knew it was there) but i put it in the wash, next thing you know the shirt is crumpled up, no big deal i’ll just iron it... oh, half the sleeve is torn off... great
Actually you’d be surprised, you see, everyone and their dog in la now go to thrift stores. So they’re not only scoured, but it is extremely hard to find an actual thrift store and not a “vintage shop”. That basically means everything is extremely expensive. Not only are the prices raised, but since so many people go to the stores because it’s trendy, you can rarely find anything there. If you talk to people who are experienced in thrifting most of them will tell you that they actually drive out to smaller towns because those thrifts shops will have more finds.
Oh yeah. I thrifted all throughout middle school and mid highschool, I moved to Texas from Minnesota in junior year and I stopped thrifting. I go for fun with my boyfriend now bc I took him once and he really liked finding flannels at thrift stores, but I hardly buy anything anymore now that I live in Texas
Ashley THANK YOU for prioritizing retail workers - I love that you mentioned us right at the beginning of the video. It's totally true that not throwing clothes on the floor or keeping the clothing racks organized makes a WORLD of difference. A lot of people simply don't care about that so it made me really happy to hear you remind people to be considerate ❤️
@@alexislee6825 I think flea markets tend to be more consistent, where a business will have a booth in a building where they leave things overnight. Swap meets are events in large parking lots. A business might have its regular spot, but they unload and reload for each event, which is usually once or twice a week during good weather.
At my local thrift store the money made goes to the homeless shelter and the soup kitchen, so in my community it actually helps the community to go thrifting!
As a person who worked in a second hand shop this is such a fun video. 😊 I would definitely recommend returning to the same shops regularly, I'm not in a 'trendy' area at all but I have struck gold with some items. A lot depends on how you style the clothes. Think outside the box in that regard. Also try everything on, because there are some hidden flaws in a lot of second hand clothes. Also if you have the time charity shops always need volunteers, it's fun work, and you can keep an eye on the clothes coming in.
I remember being in 5th grade and being so embarrassed that my "new" school clothes were from good will and honestly I LOVE that thrifting has been so popular and is now more "socially acceptable" I love a good thrift and as a 20 year old mom I'm definitely always looking for a steal. I'm totally living that broke on a budget life. Not to mention that it's environmentally friendly! Also I love how in depth you go when it comes to thrifting. You gave some great tips that I would have never even considered. Thanks for sharing!
@@dogsaver1207 I know that's the biggest downfall! I'll go to goodwill and find some clothes that are adorable, but the prices are sometimes so high that I could buy something new for the same price.
@@sweetheart101227 Yes. ⬆️Feel same about thrift prices 💲. Know sale cycles of fave FF outlets. Would rather buy new on deep clearance when I find it cheaper. (Besides stigma from childhood lingers over 2nd hand clothes.) Plus, unlike Ashley who is adorable & very talented at styling, I am slightly above Garanimals level mix & match of separates. 😁
There's nothing wrong with thrifting becoming more popular, but young or middle to higher class people need to be mindful of its purpose. I remember the last times I went thrifting with my mom and it just became a very unpleasant time. You go there because you literally don't have enough money to buy new clothes and there are these groups of teenagers almost shouting and making fun of the ugly clothes and getting like 12 different pieces (which isn't bad in and of itself, but they make a mess and go thrifting just as a sort of fun afternoon out). Also, this may be my personal experience, but I've encountered very rude 30 somethings with very expensive watches, phones and shoes, that basically force you to make them space to look for something in a rack even if you were there before. One girl just pushed my mom away from the pants section and we (my mom and me) didn't even talk about it, but she hasn't come thrifting ever since. I now go on the evenings, just before they close, because it's more peaceful. But it is becoming harder to find presentable looking clothes that look good. TLDR: Thrifting has inevitably become a more hostile way for low income people to get good clothes, and it probably won't go back to how it was before (which is good for the environment), but please make sure to be respectful with staff and other shoppers, don't shout or make fun of clothes in a very loud way (as if thrift stores were a joke) and be mindful of the initial reason we shop at thrift shops (we don't have money to shop at regular shops). Thank you and have a good day!
@Sofiya Vedyashkina exactly! it's of course not okay to be disrespectful, but if people want to thrift shop I encourage it. as you said, it is better for the environment.
If i were you, i'll srsly full their hair! That stupid teenager think they're cool and rich because they did that. I'm really sorry for their mom 'cause their mom paying for their tuitions in school but then they don't learn anything specially respect. I'm always buying clothes in thrift stores because it's affordable and also you won't find someone that has same clothes than you. They should be open minded. Not because you're buying clothes in thrift stores doesn't mean you're poor. Sometimes it's more affordable and useful than branded items. Keep on buying thrift clothes girl and let your outfit scream to their faces! Slay!!
Sofiya Vedyashkina yeah if you want to you can complain about anyone thrifting. Some people say wealthier people ruin it, others hate skinny people for buying the clothes (which are usually bigger) and then altering them, etc. Can’t we just be glad more people are helping the environment and helping push back against fast fashion...thriftiness can’t be perfect
@Sofiya Vedyashkina That's a fair point. I think I just thought that everyone that did it back in the day did it because of financial reasons, but that doesn't have to be true just because it was our case. You're right.
I used to go by the “shop in the wealthy areas” but I swear to god, rich people must burn their clothes bc I can never find shit. Always size 14+ crossroads/suzannes tops with no shape (Australians will get me).
I went to salvos and savers this pas week and actually found some cute stuff in a not rich area!! But you're right it's not as good as before and the prices have sky rocketed in the last few years. Have you gone to the yesteryear vintage warehouse? I was able to get some cute stuff from there too.
You know why? Bc rich people dont like to bother with thrift stores so they give clothes to poorer family relatives/ftiends/colleagues aka "just sthow it away if you don't need it" I got myself some cute cachmere sweaters this way, and a brand new leather wallet
I’m so jealous of American thrift stores. Things like that don’t really exist here in Germany. (We obv have thrift stores but they are super small any rarely have furniture or household stuff)
Ada It is, but more in terms of recycling and ecoefficiency, less on the „reuse“ side of things. Oftentimes, old clothes are just donated (which isn’t any better than dumping them, most charities have more than they could ever handle) Many people still have a mindset that buying Second-hand is also second class or something. I think it’s an effect of the war, since the current generations of adults have oftentimes been raised during the „economic wonder“ of the sixties and seventies and now have a „Finally we can have nice things“ attitude. But many younger people are starting to rethink that so I think we’ll see more and more Second Hand stores as time progresses. Also, we just don’t have the same Space here that’s available in North America and those thrift stores are huuuge 😂
YaseminBee They are still very different from something like a value village. We have a Sozialkaufhaus and a Verschenkemarkt but many people just see them as trash dumps tbh. Also since there’s a lot less selection here you’re taking away from less fortunate people by shopping there, as suggested in the other comments.
Hey, Ashley! I found you when I was thirteen. You literally taught me everything I know about styling and thrifting now. You've saved me a ton of money because of it, you helped me feel more confident. You're videos are so simple and straight to the point and I feel like you're a big sister leading me on my way. Thanks a bunch
i think thrifting if u don’t necessarily need to is okay, but buying stuff really cheap and then reselling for something a super high price is just unethical
xenia anderson yeah of course, however thrift stores are specifically aimed at ppl with less income, and therefore less access to “literally every store” in the same way others do. so if someone with a comfortable amount of money comes in, buys a bunch of stuff (thus taking away someone with less money’s ability to buy that stuff for cheap) and resells it for a profit u could very easily agree they are taking away supply from others. plus thrift stores can’t replenish goods the same way others stores can, cause it’s all donations. i used to work at an op shop and it’s even worse then for ppl who are plus size maybe, as they already have less variety and have to compete with those who want to modify larger clothing to make it smaller. ur right it is how things work but like doesn’t mean it doesn’t suck for some ppl
I agree on some level but I think resellers usually sell things at a profit because a finder's fee, since they actually went in and sorted among a lot of stores/clothing to find that one cute product, and also they often make small repairs to the items.
I worked in a thrift store for four years and clients trying to be helpful made it worse more often than not, since we had a system to organize and hang the clothes and they just didn't know it. I appreciated the thought and being "seen" but preferred it when they just gave me back the stuff they didn't want so I'd hang it. Not trying to criticize or anything, just FYI
I worked at a fast fashion store and it was the same!! Like ofc don't throw the clothes you tried on on seven different locations around the shop, and "helping us" by hanging pants inside out is obviously half-assed fake effort (we have to take the extra time to unhang them). Also we usually have a "system" as to where we put the clothes on the rack. Some customers are very neat because they understand that leaving the clothes in the dressing room leads them to get stolen en mass, and abusing button shirts damages them so we have to take them off the sales floor and then other customers don't have the chance to buy them. Others just feel sorry for us when they see us flooded, but it's seriously not their fault we're understaffed. If there were enough for us to keep the place neat, your clothes would be much more expensive! Just handing the items back to us is doing your part in being a decent customer to us, the store and the rest of the shoppers. And if you really want to go above and beyond, pay very good attention to how the clothes were hanged/folded before you take them off to try on.
@@louise4778 Even if it's back in the right spot it's probably not hung right. I've noticed that stores have a specific way of folding pants to put them on hangers that I can never redo after I try a pair on. It's better to just leave them on the rack they provide in the dressing room instead of the salespeople having to hunt them down and rehang them.
This is an awesome strategy guide! I live in Portland, OR, and my problem here (Portland has a large population of green, recycling, outdoor-loving hipsters, for anybody who isn’t familiar with the city) is finding things before others do. Thrifting is so huge here, many goodwills and antique shops are picked clean daily 😩 Doesn’t stop me from going around thrift shopping very often! We do have a huge specialty shop called “House of Vintage” but I dislike going there, because they mark up prices SO steeply and the whole place just has that air of ‘better than you’ hipster.
There’s one thrift store “chain” where I live and it’s everywhere. They have volunteers who come in and sort out all of the clothes. They pick out the best of the best that was donated and that’s what they sell and then they keep the rest of the clothes,furniture, etc. in the back or send it to another store where people who are in need of things can get an order to go into the back part of that store and pick out however much clothes they need and then they get them for free. If there’s no way the clothes can be worn (severely damaged clothes go here) they send them to a different store where they turn it into fabric and then they donate all of the fabric to africa
"Fashion is not a matter of money, it's a matter of interest" Pretty much all of my clothes especially rompers, dresses, jumpers came from thrift shops and are around $2-$10 and people ask why my outfits are always different and they literally became fans of my ootds 😂 they go to expensive stires, i go thriftin'
I love how you brought up the controversy with thrifting and people who primarily rely on thrifting for their main source of clothing. There are so many of these new trendy online “thrifters” that buy nice affordable pieces and resell them for 200% + more, which is ok but has gotten way out of hand and it’s unfair because the items they sell are sometimes not worth their asking price and people shopping online are being taken advantage of because they don’t know any better or do their homework. Great video🙌🏾
chicken tenders but she sells great quality pieces that aren’t crap 😌. She takes her time to find quality pieces. I’m referring to the folks selling Walmart polyester tees for $30+
For leather or suede, savon de marseille. It's a oil based soap so it doesn't dry the leather out. Dissolve quite a lot of it in warm water and then soak the leather item in it and brush the dirty areas. Rinse the item out, but make sure not to rinse all of the soap out, you want some of the oils to remain in the leather. Then let the item dry in a cool environment. The drying period can take a couple days. When the item is still a bit damp, treat it with leather conditioner and then let dry completely. I did this with my leather jacket and got the dirt that had accumulated on it for nearly a decade off and it got snug like the day it had been when I bought it. Just know it is risky, if too much of the oils are washed off or the leather dries too fast, it will become brittle.
Anjel - Hey! Don’t mean to be imposing here- but you actually might be hurting your leather, I’ve known many people who have permenantly stained their leather by using too much water. I’ve been working with leather for a really long time, since I ride horses, and am constantly cleaning tack. What I’ve found works best is dipping a sponge in warm water, and applying pure glycerin soap(because it leaves no residue) to the sponge, then you should ALWAYS wring your sponge out most of the way, just leaving enough water to allow suds to form on your leather. From there, you should scrub lightly in small circles, and then take a wrung out cloth, and wipe away the soap bubbles, which clears away all the built up dirt with it. Then, let the leather dry overnight/for at least 6 hours. What works for me is oiling/conditioning with pure neatsfoot oil (because it doesn’t go rancid on leather) take a dry cloth and apply a small amount to the towel, then spread the oil onto the leather in small circles, making sure not to leave any visible sheen on the leather. Then you can let the leather sit for another day as it soaks in, and repeat the oiling process before wearing again. I hope this helps/isn’t annoying.
If your leather does become too dry and brittle, I highly recommend a leather conditioner called Leder Basalm by Effax. It is the conditioner of choice among equestrians (who have a ton of leather items like saddles) and I used it when I accidentally put my leather belt through the washing machine and it came out feeling like cardboard. Applied liberally and allowed a couple days to set in and a year later it still feels like brand new.
Jasmine Pearce if you condition the leather with oil you can end up splitting open the threads holding it together since it rots. Just a tip from working in a professional stable.
@@Wyldefaeboy It was a jacket that I got in middle school, getting it professionally cleaned would have cost more than the jacket itself. And as I said, I have had the jacket for a decade, it was dirty, not just with surface grime. The instructions I got from a motorcyclist who has to clean their gear off motor oil and sweat. Had the dirt only been superficial, I would have not cleaned it that way, but the jacket needed to be thoroughly washed, if I wanted to keep using it. The leather used in horse riding gear is a lot more stiffer, thicker and durable than what is used in everyday items. So what might work for that type of leather might be too extreme for more supple leather according to my friends who ride horses. My jacket didn't stain, neither has my friends gear, they really emphasised on the long and slow drying period. I'm not an expert, I asked around in my circle and read about leather to find a cheap way to clean the jacket. Every method I was recommended came with risks, and this was the one I ended up using. I really wouldn't have risked it, had not the jacket been disgusting (it had gone through a lot, I used it all through my teenage years) and professional cleaning so expensive.
as someone who is poor and rely on second hand clothes, I actually receive a lot of me clothes from family and friends so thrifting has never really affected me. i don’t want to speak for everyone and i acknowledge my privilege.
Yea it’s like a treasure hunt! I found some really nice name brand pieces yesterday and my friend got a purse for $10 she later researched the brand and it was originally a $2,000 bag made of deer skin
i grew up feeling rich because my fam always made it a regular thing to shop for fast fashion clothing in regular downtown malls and have everything normal, and even then i used to feel afraid that my clothes looked thrifited because i didnt feel like i fit the clothes me and my family bought. exploring how much i actually cared about going the "eco friendly route" opened up my outlook on thrifting, and how thrifted clothes are a good thing makes me happy especially because i feel more happy about my thrifted clothes compared to most of the clothes i bought in fast fashion stores (and the rare lowkey bougie brand clothing i have in my overpacked closet) 🤍✨💛
personally I’ve always had clothes from the thrift store bc of my families financial situation and I didn’t care since I didn’t understand. but I remember when thrifting became popular and I myself would also go and try and find more unique items instead of trying to find regular clothes like my mom always did for me and I remember seeing these two girls from my middle school who were the type to bully others bc they had second hand clothing and seeing them there trying to find those cute oversized sweaters (at the time) made me feel so weird? other than that it sucked bc it become so popular that prices became high (for our family) and we started to only go on sale days for seniors with my grandma or only buy the $1 items .. I don’t thrift much now bc I don’t rlly buy clothes often and when I do It has to be quick and fast but my family still does and they love it.
Yes. I can only afford to go on the dollar days, and by then there's really not much of the cute/ good quality stuff left, if any. So i generaly am not a fan of this being trendy.
Kezia Hope Yes it was such a weird time like this happened when I was in 8th grade so it just felt weird seeing people who normally would only wear name brand clothes at the thrift shop bc it was trendy and not bc they were poor lol
I'm a professional thrifter and this video is very dead on accurate. One thing I would add in the notebook is to look at price. If price is higher then in other places, maybe don't go back to that store.
as someone who has had to buy and wear second-hand clothing since i was a child and continues to need to do so, the gentrification of thrift stores can be frustrating. prices have significantly gone up, especially in larger chain stores that more people rely on. sometimes, it is more economical now for me to buy clothing from walmart now than it is second hand, and for low income people the cost has to take priority over ethics the majority of the time, and that sucks. it is sometimes more inexpensive to buy something new from a cheap fast fashion store than it is to buy it second hand. while i completely agree that it is of course better to purchase these things second hand, many people cannot afford that luxury. there is so much privilege in the ability to spend extra money on sustainable sources of any items, including clothing. it is also interesting to note that trends do come and go. while i used to be teased for second hand clothing, now that is cool. and with that trend, it may eventually go out of style too, but the lasting impacts on the price of second hand clothing may not fade as quickly and frankly i believe is forcing more and more low income people to have to shop at places like walmart which is antithetical to the "sustainability" of promoting thrift options. obviously, it is complicated.
You bring up many good points. I also need to shop at thrift stores or Walmart. I find if I shop at thrift stores that run tag sales, I can beat Walmart prices for much higher quality items. I almost never pay full price at a thrift store though.
yes! sometimes people forget that the idea of shopping more sustainably in general is privileged. not everyone can afford to buy the organic, eco-friendly, or sustainable options because they're priced higher, and that's a complicated issue. most of these products are priced higher so that the people who worked on it actually make a living wage, or because it simply is more expensive right now to produce some things with ethics and climate change in mind. admittedly, i think a lot of it has to do with the fact that our federal minimum wage hasn't changed in ten years while price inflation increases annually. although, as a nation and a society, we should also be prioritizing sustainability and not just the 1%'s bottom line.
I see the same development. On the other hand the demand for more thrifted clothes encourages people to open new thrifting oportunities... At least where I live there are a lot of second hand shops nowadays that haven't been there 10 years ago. It's hard to tell what causes what, but buying second hand is always more sustainable than Walmart. The prizes for cool vintage items may have gotten up with the rise of bloggers promoting it but normal clothing like t-shirts and pullovers tend to be in the same prize range as before. So I will continue shopping at thriftshops even if it only saves me a dollar :)
im kinda rlly upset that thrifting became a “trendy” thing because now thrift stores are raising prices... like the pint is that the clothes are second hand and thrift stores are cheaper but now they’re it even that cheap anymore
Honestly I think this is a non-problem. The clothing is still hella cheap compared to new clothing, and besides, almost every op-shop i've been to has had sale days where everything is like fucking 1 dollar. so. idk, maybe you're just not looking in the right places.
I Don't think it's neccesarily that it has become trendy. A lot of places have dealt with raising house/rent/land/area prices. It has simply become more expensive to run a thriftshop because rentprices have gone up so much in urban areas. And that momey has to come from somewhere, hence more expensive pieces.
That is a problem I agree but it was also a problem when thrift stores were "only" for the poor and it was "uncool". Kids who had to wear thrift shop clothing were bullied and ridiculed, now that it's "trendy" it's less likely to be looked down upon. Also we can't ignore the fact that's it's a much much more sustainable way of buying clothes.
I love what you said about the amount of thrift clothes and items that end up in the landfills, as well as putting things away when you're shopping. I always thrift and notice the mess people leave, as well as how much is actually there!! There's just so much out there for second hand ✋🐱
My mom was a teen mom when my brother was born, and had little to no money. Thrift stores and yard sales were their main sources of clothing, furniture, and other items. I am 15 years younger than my brother and since then we've been able to work together to create a better life. Even though we now have enough money for items at other stores, I still like to thrift because it reminds me that not everyone is as fortunate as my family.
I used to be able to get comfortable champion sweaters for $2 at goodwill and they have been marked up to $15 in recent years because of the demand and it’s ✨frustrating✨
omg I love how you speak on respecting the workers and just general good habits of putting clothes back from where you found them/ pick them up when you drop them.
I'm a hardcore thrifter. Being in high school and with today's fashion trends, a lot of people find my style weird or eclectic, and I'll get some comments from those who think it's funky, but I legit love thrifting. It's good for the environment, good for my wallet, and it's good for my soul. I love knowing that whatever I buy has a story (we won't think about any sketchy stories). Your videos have really given outfit inspo and helped me find my style, so thanks for that
Whomst ecothrift has the cheapest prices out of all the thrift stores in my opinion. I have bought sooo many clothes from there that was priced under $5
Dude me too, I kinda hate how people like Ashley who can afford new designer things choose to buy it cheaper but to me $15 is uh too much. There are some luxury vintage places where I wish they would go to instead. Please leave goodwill and cheap places alone if you can afford a $45 new skirt !!! Stay in your lane
Rebecca Salvatierra bruh, ppl can choose to buy what they want, u don't know if they're on a budget either. And it's so much better for the environment to thrift and buy secondhand instead of buying new, so let ppl buy what they want ✌🏽
Just a note from my experiences: The thrift stores I've gone to often have a rack for clothes that have been tried on- put the clothes there instead of putting it back; it's there for a reason! But thank you for this vid :) Thrifting is honestly the best and you have so many actually useful tips!!
i’ve been thrifting with my mom since i was a little child. we just didn’t have the money and we also cared for the environment. i used to get bullied for this but now everyone asks why i can have so many clothes without being broke... iT‘s FuNnY hOw BiTchEs TuRnEd iNtO mY fAnS..
HAHA same here! Well, sortof. I went to my education, I was 22 at the time and I wore a long, white summerdress. Someone mentioned the thriftshop and someone said; 'Ahhww.eew...why would you go there?'
I said; 'I mainly wear thrifted clothes...' and they looked at me and gasped and said; 'But you shouldn't, Emma! You look great in this, why would you settle for dirty clothes?!'
And I said; 'This was 3 euro's in the thriftstore.' And they were quiet and didn't know what to say xD The conversation changed to something else, I seem to remember.
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same, my friends would always get new clothes and i only second hand, i used to feel sad about it....but now i realise why i had so many clothes...hehe and I am proud of actually having thrifted for the biggest part of my life
Same, except I was lucky enough to be home schooled. Unfortunately that also mean't that I didn't know how much of a fashion disaster I was until I was in my teens. :(
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Haha, I was allowed to pick my clothes (and ask for permission, if they were expensive/revealing) from the age of 13.
Before that age, I wore my mothers old shirts as a tunic, I wore boy's clothes (my mom's friend had a boy and a girl, she sold their clothes to us, I've walked around in shirts that said 'sailor' or 'I love dogs' even though I hated dogs) and I always wore socks in sandals, as to avoid blisters. Usually red socks in purple sandals.
Not to mention, as a 9-year old, I wore lilac 'latex-look' boots in winter, because they were cheap and I lóved them and at the time, I had women's-size-feet and that was the only pair that wasn't boring.
(Not to mention, my feet are currently a Dutch size 43, which is a men's size, so whichever 'feminine' shoe I fit properly, I have to buy, there are very few options xD
Tbh i grew up poor so i lived on thrift stores and clearance aisles. When i was young i found out my bestfriend was making fun of me for buying my clothes at consignment shops. Years later in high school i learned to cut sew and reimagine clothes. I was known as the "thrift store queen" and that girl messaged me to see what thrift stores i went to since it was trendy.
Wait this is the same as my parents does that make us poor...?
Poppy Lannon No!!! I shop at thrift stores and got money!! I just love to save money!
there's nothing 'poor' or 'cheap' about buying at thrift stores! It's honestly fun, wallet friendly, and not something to be looked down upon.
I just wanted to clarify that you do not need to be in a low financial bracket to shop at thrift stores its just what i experience growing up and what i could afford. Thrift is good for the environment a inexpensive way to try trends and a great activity for yourself or to hop with friends.
Gabriela Hough agreed
I remember my mom telling me to lie about where I got my clothes (including school uniforms) as a kid. I’m actually really happy that now I can just casually say “oh, I thrifted it” when someone compliments me on it.
emma putnam same
same
Yep!
Not to mention, depending on who your friends are, I mean they could be working minimum wage and all that. So splurging on name brand stuff doesnt have the same "oooo, aaahhh" effect that it used to. Just kinda seems like you're rubbing wealth in their face ya know? Better to be like "nah, I got this name brand thing for like $4...heh heh take that (name brand)"
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adding onto what she said about thrifting being controversial, coming from personal experience, there was a point in my families life where we only went to salvation army on wednesdays bc they were half off. that was our only option for clothing. to be mad at innocent teens for shopping at goodwill for cheap trendy clothes is overboard. when ur poor, u don’t care what ur clothes look like. beggers can’t be choosers. all we cared about was that our clothes were comfy and cheap. all throughout middle school my style (or lack there of) was all over the place. all of my clothes came from salvation army. but i didn’t mind because at least i had SOMETHING. now that we’re financially stable and can afford nicer clothes, i still go to thrift stores bc i know the layout, i know how to thrift, and i know that i don’t need to worry much about it being half off or not. there is absolutely nothing wrong with thrifting for the trends/aesthetic
I agree with this completely. I thrift because it’s more economical and way better for the environment. Why buy something new when you can give a used piece of clothing a new life? I encourage everyone to shop secondhand, regardless of wealth. To me, it makes no sense to tell anyone, “you have money, you must buy new.” That just seems counterproductive and wasteful.
I always feel bad when i follow the trend, cause theres always somebody who says ur basic like everybody else
Also, especially if you live in the UK and instead of thrifting you shop in charity shops, it doesn’t matter why you’re shopping there, whether it’s because you want to be trendy, you want to save money or it’s your only feasible option, you’re supporting good causes
@@kendalljackson6595 Those people are stupid. We are all like everyone else, but also unique. Many of us have the same qualities, but they are all mixed in a different way. So being basic isn’t bad, it’s normal!
Yes! I can’t bring myself to pay full price for things now that I’m an adult who could only afford thrift stores as a kid. Love thrifting.
Thrifting to be trendy is better than supporting fast fashion to be trendy in my opinion. Both are cheap and convenient, but one is a lot more damaging.
Yess exactly!
exactly
Alyssa You’re making assumptions. Not everyone who thrifts is also contributing to fast fashion. Some people get their clothes mostly or entirely from thrift stores. And honestly, getting mad at people for thrifting at all is dumb. If they get good use out of the clothes and don’t just throw them away, I’m not going to judge someone for shopping at a thrift store.
@@abigaildelaney7653 I think the primary problem is that thrift stores (we call them charity shops in england lmao) are now being used as a trendy place to get clothes by people that can afford to buy them elsewhere. as it is not necessarily about the money these people will save but the 'experience' and 'satisfaction' of thrifting, some stores have risen their prices - which means that the economically disadvantaged people in society no longer can afford the more sustainable thrift clothes and instead have to turn to fast fashion brands that have extremely low prices.
Bro we got the same name but you know what that’s ok because I know 6 Abigails
Speaking as someone who relies on thrift stores for my clothing, PLEASE keep going to thrift stores. More demand creates more supply betweens stores, and we NEED to encourage a culture of sustainable, eco-friendly fashion.
And keep donating :)
@@Nicole-rc5kb yes!! Especially as clothes stop fitting our bodies. I used to be in a terrible habit of throwing clothes away, which is so wasteful and prevents others from enjoying my old pieces. We need to keep our landfills empty and our thrift stores full
I totally agree. There will always be a steady supply if people keeps donating instead of throwing out clothing.
When people who have more than enough money to shop elsewhere begin to pick up thrifting, stores start to realize this and raise prices substantially. I say if you want to do this as someone who has plenty of money, don't do it too often. More demand doesn't always create more supply ESPECIALLY if they are rarely buying stock themselves and instead getting donations, but more demand always equals higher prices which could make clothing no longer affordable to some people. Just my two cents!
I grew up into a family where all my clothes were thrifted or handed down and we always handed down or donated our clothes so I agree
When she compared people who are rude to customer service/retail employees, as being worse than Satan, I immediately liked the video.
Sanaa Munnan I was watching the video on my TV and opened it on my phone when she said that just so I could like it😂
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Upasana Mondal I’m very pleased indeed
literally what I did
Literally same 😂
So, my native country is a "third world country" and my mom started thrifting since I was 14, we couldn't afford to buy expensive clothes at the mall, but there were lots of thrift shops were we could find the actual same clothes, but affordable. I used to feel really ashamed to wear thrifted clothes, even when it was nice clothes or even brand new, when my friends ask where did I get it I got nervous and said "got it from internet". But later I realized lots of girls, even my best friend thrifted. Now a days is "cool to thrift" and its funny because when I find something nice I brag about how good it is and that I got from the thrift shop, almost all my wardrobe is thrifted and I feel proud about it. Hope someday I'll thrift at the US, you guys have good shops!!
That’s really cool! What country are you from?
@@apple4384 Honduras🇭🇳
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Hi same here.. me too. My mom always thrift our clothes since she was young, bcause the quality is very good and cheap. Till now we're still thrifting and I love it. Btw you are from Honduras? Lately when I'm thrifting I found clothes from Honduras and I never knew and heard about Honduras before. Then I search it. It's actually a country.
Dude, Levi's just re-released a bunch of thier classic styles and I've FINALLY been able to find my favorite 512s at thrift stores! I wore the sh*t outa 512s in middle school and high school. I'm glad I can find them again in second hand stores because they aren't anywhere else!
*lots of people in the States shop at second hand, charity, and thrift shops because we've actually had to, not just because it's trendy. I remember when Maclamore released that song and everyone loved it until we saw how many rich kids came down from the nice parts of town to go thrift shopping for fun instead of going to the mall. Many malls are now dead. And many people who could afford good, new clothes, don't buy them (and thusly don't donate them to thrift stores) because they'd rather thrift. It's actually made the pickings at thrift stores here slimmer 😖. I hope the wealthy start buying and donating more again.
CEO of giving their subscribers ACTUAL tips instead of just "shop in mens :)"
im confused why one would shop in the mens section? is it to style it up yourself?
Avison Charm people usually shop in the men’s section because they have oversized clothes
@@PureeCharm it's also because they have pockets.
women's clothes NEVER have pockets.
Avison Charm they have great graphic tees , jeans and hoodies
Yeah but I'm a guy and can't find good clothes bc of that :((
honestly there are so much clothes out there, and as a member of a family, who never had money for new clothing (until recently), I don't really mind the huge increase of popularity of thrifting. I've always worn second hand clothing, and now that more people do it I haven't noticed any huge decrease in the amount of clothes offered. as said, there are sooo many clothes that already have been produced, wearing them more often is very forward thinking and hopefully cuts down the incredible cosumerism
i think the problem is more about the prices increasing because of the trendy aspect of thrifting and the growing demand!
Marianne L Thats trueee
yes this, and if anything it's helped remove some of the stigma around not having expensive clothes!! when we were younger i feel like so many trends revolved around expensive name-brands like northfaces and uggs etc. but in the past few years i've always been complimented on cheap ass clothes lol! people are with the goodwill chic now I'm here for it
The problem is Goodwill getting greedy and increasing prices because of this trend/auctioning their goods. :(
I've grown up wearing thrifted clothes and thrifting being popular feels so weird to me, because people in school used to find it so 'gross' or cheap. It's great that people consider it cool now, but some places kind of gotten more expensive and people act like it's a new hip thing
Ashley: "Yes sometimes it does weird me out that maybe people had sex in those... but just put it in the washer you'll be fine."
Lol thats so me, my dad I actually said I would get "cancer" if I wore other people's clothes! Lol like that's not how that works.
That is so Ashley to say that ♥️😂
ev sr also people don’t fuck in any of their clothes they take it off... unless you have something a hole in the crotch but I mean
@@centuryfiles9558 actually some people do have sex with their clothes on they can move it to the side, up, or down
As a former goodwill employee, thank you for leaving the store better than you found it. That really helps us out a lot
I think we're glad you found it helpful
Most thrift stores: has cute clothes such as oversized sweaters and good denim
My thrift store: has justice zebra striped tankini with a glittery peace sign
Edit: wowo I have achieved comedy!
Edit: nvm I moved and the clothes are hella good haha
Story of my life!
I know your pain..
The ones that are in my city are "give a chance to H&M shirt that survived due to some miracle"
@@polinaracheeva9163 oh ya I have those too lmao
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Me: *doesnt live in an area with thrift stores*
Also me: yes thrifting tips!!
SAME. I'm just waiting to fly out to some state to thrift bc in my country we don't really have.
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same here!😂
thread up!!
@@karmen-y1m it doesn't ship to my country
Thrifting becoming trendy.
Con: thrift stores raise their prices.
Pro: people are less likely to make fun of me for wearing second-hand clothes.
MediocreHaddie pro : fast fashion will decrease, helping the environment:)
@@agjdjjdkfkmgnbdjeif isnt that a con?
Pro: we’re stopping fast fashion
@Nick V. fast fashion decreasing or the way i worded it?
Nick V. Fast Fashion is clothes that are made in big factories, by under payed and overworked people, and they are very bad for the environment
When I was younger my grandpa would go to the richer areas and we'd go to estate sales and thrift shops for the day and then he'd take me to my favorite restaurants
@@Hi-bd9vb the best🥺
Aww❤️
That’s precious
The issue I've found with the increasing trendiness of thrifting is that all the thrift stores are increasing their prices crazily. They seem to be paying attention to which brands are popular in the influencer sphere and marking them way up because they know 20 somethings with money to spend are looking for them.
Yes! Adidas and Tommy Hilfiger stuff used to be priced the same as everything else but now it’s 3x as much :(
@@Laura-nx7wb I literally just bought a Tommy Hilfiger shirt from a thrift store for $4.
God I know. Especially in bigger metropolitan areas - they'll even curate so only a small amount of nicer items are even available in the store.
it really depends what location you're at and day of the week! usually different types of sales go on every day for certain items and I've noticed thrifts stores in LA are way more expensive than in NYC or Miami
honestly i think it depends on where the thrift store is
Literally every time I shop, all I have is like Ashley narrating my thoughts on closing my head. Like “mix these textures “, “this could spice up an outfit”, and my personal favorite “ I could tuck this dress into a pair of loose jeans” . I love you ashley, you’re such a fashion icon in my life and really made me understand fashion and what i can do it with/how fun it is
Sophia Ellis OMG! Same!
I have some *very* summarized notes of her "how to put together an outfit 101" video pasted on the door of my closet, that way when I really don't know what to wear I give it a quick look and go "aha"!
Itzia Ramos cool!
SAMEE
Sophia Ellis Same!!!
Ashley: is it Lauren or Lauren
Me: I hear yanny
yannel
Scarlett Blasl 😂😂
it's LORE-IN
ALSO... I heard her pronounce PASTELS... like pas-tells and it's past-elles (if this makes sense)
ALLEGRA F I cant hear yanny for the life of me
Haha
When I was younger my mum refused to shop at thrift stores. Ironically my parents were really struggling with money, but my mum just didn’t wanna succumb to the “thrift store poor people”. I always was presented in overly expensive Abercrombie and such. Ofc this is a not at all great mindset- but as soon as I was able to explore a thrift store- I couldn’t shut up about them to my mum. So much for cheap. Most my friends like my thrifted clothes aside from a couple who think the same my mum does. Guess there’s always people like that but oh well. They never seem to know unless you say something!
My mom had that mindset but we went to a thrift shop and the same thing happened to me we went and I could not stop talking about it because you find such great things.
LITERALLY SAME. My mom also thinks like that, and that’s the reason I would go alone
People like that have a very prideful mindset and will only drag themsleves down in the end. It's just clothes with a lower price tag, yeah it may not be brand new but neither are the clothes people pass down to their younger siblings.
Ashley: I saved so much, I got this dress for only $120
Me: *cries is forever 21 clearance section*
Anika D. don’t buy forever 21! it’s non ethical and not good for the environment
@@kateliu5476 She might not be able to afford it! Sometimes we have to depend on fast fashion because of the price :(
Sofii i’m so sorry! just a suggestion, as the wise ashley said, thrift stores have good dealz, cause we be getting some thrift store stealz (ok not exact but uh whoops)
Sometimes, if you've got a special occasion coming up, it's worth NOT buying a lot of cheap stuff and saving up $100 to buy the dress or coat or pair of shoes you love so much it makes you cry. There's also the rule of "cost per wear." If you spend $100 on a coat you wear 100 times, you've paid $1 per wear and that's well worth it, versus a sweater you bought for $10 that you originally thought was cute and then let it get lost in a pile of "meh" clothes, so that it ended up being $10 per wear.
@@HTNPSullivan a lot of ppl rly can't do that which is the entire point but yeah good okay
dont worry, i gotchu: it's pronounced ralph lauren, not ralph lauren
Ugh, so ignorant. It's pronounced ralph lauren
Leviosaaa
Macey. Venus actually she’s right it’s Ralph Lauren
nahhhhh you’re all wrong, it’s ralph lauren
Ralph Lauren looks best on me
Im high right now
I’ve literally only shopped at Thrift Stores my whole life and I’ll say I’m really excited about the cultural shift towards second hand. At least where I live it seems like there is plenty of good stuff for everyone and even if there is less for me to look through someday, maybe that will just make me more creative and adventurous, which is what I love about thrift stores anyway :)
same here and I honestly feel more confident in my goodwill wardrobe now that all trends don't revolve around expensive/newer name-brands lmao
ive started shopping there more recently as someone that is starting to buy their own clothes (and has no income lol) but i would always donate my clothes either to my family or local thrift shops! their so wonderful and amazing
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I feel this! My mom used to take me thrifting all the time as a kid and I think it rubbed off on me. Though we didn't thrift all our things and didn't really do it out of necessity it was still like a fun treasure hunt. Now I live in an expensive city and even though I don't "need to" thrift the majority of my wardrobe is second hand because I want to be able to save money for more important things like retirement, travel and a down payment on a house. Plus I like to be able to support local charities and give life to something that is already in the waste stream!
this is the most warm and genuine comment I've read on the internet. ever. GO OFF QUEEN
My favorite thrifting tip is to go out with the hot cashier at goodwill and then ask her to text you every time they get overalls in stock
😂😂😂
Thank you for the tip, love it xD
LMAO XDDD Will keep this one.
One of ashley’s advantage over other youtubers is honestly her voice, most youtubers i watch talk in this high pitched super upbeat, almost questioning way that really bothers me. Ashley on the other hand has a well modulated voice
Imagine your mother tongue is by nature lower pitched than English. Ears literally bleeding with some english native speaker with high pitched voice
Hannah Frances Bodegon *cough* Aspyn and Avery Ovard *cough*
She speaks too fast tho
@Cleverly relatable Username omg thank you, now it's perfect
@Cleverly relatable Username It's so weird hearing her speak "slowly"😂
Finally an actually good tutorial on thrifting and all that and not just:
*Go thrift shop*
*Men's denim*
*Little boys section*
*Graphic tees*
*The end bye*
I know😂
Whenever any of them says go to the little boys section i get sooo pissed.
you forgot the
✨ *men's sweaters* ✨
2:06 YES ASHLEY!! People who aren’t respectful of their surroundings and make it worst for the employees are terrible people. 🤢🤮
Linda Thao Yesh you tell them!!!
yeah, just like people supporting brands that treat their workers bad - like amazon, for example ☺️☺️
Literally terrible! It’s not hard to be respectful
!!
I’m the UK our “thrift shops” are actually mostly charity shops, meaning all funds collected go to charity :)
woah that's great!
Same here in Austria :)
me: *lives in italy where there are absolutely no thrift stores*
also me: *watches every single thriting video ashely posts while taking notes*
Non è che non esistano. Ci sono,ma sono molto più piccoli ed è un pò più difficile trovare cose che ti piacciono davvero, oppure ci sono i negozi vintage ed i mercatini delle pulci.
@@martinafrancese9379 nelle città grandi sicuramente ci sono, ma dove abito io purtroppo no :(
What do most Italians do with their old clothing?
@@withelisa there are charities like caritas, città del sole etc. There are random special bins around cities where you can put the clothes and then they get sorted and given to the needy. Or atleast that's what they tell us.
@@withelisa yeah i've put a lot of old clothes in those bins for people in needs, i hope they were actually given to them. i also got a bunch of second hand clothes from other people like cousins siblings or even just neighbors
When I was younger, I received the majority of my clothing as hand me downs or from thrift stores. I was always embarrassed that my clothes were older and not as "trendy" as my classmates. When thrifting became trendy it actually kind of validated me. It made me feel like the young version of myself would be so proud and happy to see clothing on other bodies that looked like my own clothes. I thrift now for more ecological rather than economical reasons but personally, I havent noticed a shortage or drop in quality because of the higher demand of second hand items. However, I would totally want to encourage others to be empathetic and understanding of why specifically "charity stores" exist and the population these thrift stores primarily serve. More privileged shoppers should work to serve the people that benefits most from thrift stores. I buy from thrift stores but I also donate useable items to ensure I'm feeding the cycle rather than taking from it.
Janae Koger That’s actually really nice of you, to try to keep the system continuous!
o wow thank you!
I totally agree. I don't thrift that much but ever since I was a kid we donated our old clothes to the local Goodwill. I've probably donated more items than I've bought.
If I had a dollar for every time i see ashley wear that Guns N’ Roses shirt I’d have enough money to pay off my crushing college debt
Which is a good thing because that means she actually wears clothes often and gets a lot of use out of them.
@@gifttohumanity6641 my mans sarah never said it was a bad thing
@@kassieritter8871 I didn't think that it was meant in a bad way, I just wanted to add that detail, sorry if it came of as rude
Jajajaja so true, but it looks great on her, I'll do the same
I love ashley with all my heart i meant it as a good thing LOL no harm done :)
other thrift shops: good cute clothing and actually worth buying
my thrift shop in kentucky: has a claire’s bow that has baby food on it with about 20 tears in it
Hahaha
LMAO SAME 💀
Anyone else feel productive while watching her vids even though you’re not doing anything??
Me!
uhu
Me!
Yes omg I love that feeling 😂
This is me!!! I really should be writing my thesis but watching her feels more productive
I just grew out of my soft girl phase and I donated 3 garbage bags filled with pastel clothing, I hope some girl at goodwill likes them lol
where did u donate it to?
ahh i wish my goodwill had stuff like that i lowkey love the soft girl aesthetic
I got a really cute pink and yellow Ralph Lauren t-shirt because my 4 year old cousin doesn’t like any of my clothes :) she says they aren’t pink enough or frilly enough XD. Now she’s happy though.
I am the girl that will love them
Me seeing this after a year 🏪🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️
step one: have thrift stores that actually sell good clothes. i'm from northeast europe and our thrift stores have only like soviet union grandma clothes:))
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DanDan I’m from Russia but still I can find some cool stuff at flea market, vintage stores (I’m from St. Petersburg)
UPD: I think it all depends on your skill of styling and your well-watched-ness.
Pillz no ofc i can find some few cool clothes, i have found them. it's just a biiiiig majority is unfashionable clothes:/ just unflattering
LMFAOOOO AHAHHAHAHA
i want Soviet Union grandma clothes :(
17:35 IDK if anyone is here rewatching this like 4 yrs after the video was even posted, but if you are, it is actually pretty easy to clean leather/suede at home. I usually just clean it in the sink. hand wash (gently) with a bit of dish soap and warm water then leave it to dry for a couple days. So much cheaper than drycleaning it and then you have an amazing thrifted/vintage item for only a little bit of work. I have done it for multiple items I thrifted and they have all turned out amazing and definitely much cleaner and less smelly
i bought a $2 hoodie in a thrift store, omfg i search it it costed $36
I found lululemon leggings, basically new, for $4
I found a $60ish sweater for $2 at Goodwill ✨ (I had other sweaters from the actual brand and now I regret buying them cause Goodwill is a godsend 😭)
i once got a £200 coat for £7.25... and I live in the UK!!!
I got this buisnessness - lady - blazer - skirt - set thingy at goodwill for FIVE BUCKS then I searched it up and it was like... 80 bucks
ahhh the fortunes of thrifting
Wow I didn’t realize how hard this would be watching this video during quarantine. Man I miss my lively thrift store experiences.
girl sameeeeee
Same!! I really wish I could go to one right now :(
Lol now I know how people feel when they come back and see they have a whole bunch of likes...thanks guys I’m glad I’m not alone
@@sarahrr12345 have you went thrifting since covid hit??
@@najmaabdi1592 I did once or twice but not a whole bunch wbu?
"Like a garage sale for wealthy old people" -- who happen to be dead.
Not always! Ive been to many where the people who lived there had to move too far to bring most of their stuff with them and were rich enough to just restart at their new home. I know a lot are from deaths but it makes me feel better that they dont have to be :)
@@brittanyg6714 But that's not an estate sale - that's a moving sale. Estate sales are a very particular sale when you are selling off somebody's estate.
Kristy Joy theyre still called estate sales because theyre selling the entire estate though idk i just know theyre on estatesales.net 🤷🏻♂️
Idk what's wrong with that tbh, if anything you're helping to fund their funeral/helping the family out during a hard time
noot noot Nothing wrong with it! Pointing out what they are just helps people who don’t know be respectful. A lot of estate sales are ran by 3rd parties now but there can be family members of the deceased there watching people go through their loved ones house and personal items.
My family used to struggle financially when I was younger so my clothing style was basically "anything nice enough at the thrift store" meets "whatever's on sale" 😁 We're better off now but I still buy my clothes thrifted. They're cheaper, good for the planet, and I love the thrill of finding a designer item at a discount!
I started thrifting because I didn't want to wear the same thing everyone else was wearing. In a small town, everyone came to school in.the same clothes from the two trendy stores. I keep doing it because I love the thrill of the hunt and it's affordable and fun. Most of my best and favorite pieces came from thrift stores
From my school everyone shops at Ross 😂
same ! :) you can create your own style w thrifting nd it is really fun !
Same when I was in my senior year of high school. I thrifted more and even though I didnt get best dressed, a lot of people still complimented my clothes and style. (And some of my friends were surprised that I didnt get that superlative for senior year). Now I'm in college and I'm living in pjs😂
Same here. 😀👍
I'm going thrift shopping tomorrow because my favorite thrift store is having a sale all clothes 25¢ 😮
omg that's amazing you're so lucky aksjdjfkgkakadlh
@@princessketamine0 I went and I came home with only three things😒 most thing weren't my size
Elizabeth idk ohh ripp
Luckyyyyyyyyyy🤯😭
Hmm & here in Toronto I can't find anything under $10 ... I bought this really nice dress for $25!
nobody:
not even ashley’s plants:
ashley: *aggressive peace signs*
OMGOSH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE LOVE :) and thank you so much Ashley luv you ;)
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I didn't knew she was bi
So true.
@@godturnedmeintoaflower is she?
Just to let you know: I still buy clothes from "normal" stores, but far less than before thanks to you. Your videos made me think and I watched a lot of documentaries about fast fashion, and even though I still contribute to the system, I now also buy second-hand and donate my old clothes instead of throwing them away. Plus, finding a vintage piece of clothing that no one around me can have is pretty exciting! Thank you so much for doing these videos! You are an amazing person and I hope you're having a wonderful day
One of my personal downfalls when i started thrifting was that i would get so tempted by the low prices that i would buy a lot of stuff that i didnt need and wasnt going to wear. So think about what you buy and get things you really love! not buying anything is still better than buying second hand :) (Both for your wallet and the environment)
The same thing happens to me too
As a student in economics, actually, having tons of people thrifting is actually going to encourage this kind of business and increase offer, logically. Also, thrifting can also be done for environmental reasons !
I honestly wont be surprised if clothing brands start telling us "give us your old urban outfitters clothes and we'll sell it again and make more money! But we'll call it thrifting! And maybe donate 2% of sales to a shady big name organization!"
And with increased demand, prices could increase, making them less accessible to those that really need them
@@snuzzbobble that's true. That's why I try to discourage people with more money to not thrift much. Sure, it's fun, but some people actually need thrifted things and my local goodwill already started hiking up the prices. :(
@@kwtz2536 it's awful when charity stores are hiking prices because of more demand. You'd think with more foot flow they could keep it at the designated price and get more sold.
@@snuzzbobble Yeah that would be shitty coming from charity stores but I mean, in France at least we have different types of thrift stores, charity ones and then ones that could go in the "vintage store" category that was referenced in the video.
It's really interesting too 'cause in France thrifting has also started being more on trend and prices have actually not risen at all...
Pro tip: if the racks have a mannequin on top and the clothes on it aren’t that cute, if your in a time crunch don’t spend to much time on that rack because the thing on the mannequin was the cutest thing they could find
Not true. I work at a thrift store and I NEVER put the cutest clothes on the mannequins because if I do, then people immediately want to buy the items on the mannequin, which means I have to pick out another outfit and redress the mannequin way more often.
Coco Avalon I mean that could just be you. I’m sure there’s someone who does the same thing but for the smaller thrift stores they’re gonna wanna sell more
I also work at a thrift store and usually we just put whatever clothes are in our hand at the time on the mannequin. It’s not necessarily the cutest thing on the rack, it just saves time. Personally, if I have an item I find particularly cute and nice I’ll put it in the middle of the rack. It’s way too much effort to put it on the mannequin. I hope this helped. :).
Somewhat Syd I mean like I said at smaller more local thrift stores they’re gonna wanna sell more stuff. Idk how it is at bigger chains like good will but I live by a bunch of locally owned ones.
Mallory : ] I work at a local thrift store. 🤣And also if the workers find something first we put it aside to buy. So that may be why it’s so hard to find stuff.
I love how you encourage people to have manners while thrifting. And many good hacks, even for someone that doesn't live in the US
Most “trendy” thrift stores are no longer thrift prices😪
Edit: glad I’m not the only broke bitch on here 😅
So true:(
Fr ashley keeps acting sustainable when all of this advice is for rich girls in rich neighborhoods in fake thrift stores lmfaooo
i think it all depends on where you live. where my grandparents live there are still thrift stores with very low prices. i mean, i was able to get calvin klein jeans and heels, and some ralph lauren jeans for 10$ in total (btw this was in goodwill, which i think is pretty popular)
Hey it’s good when you think sustainably ! Means more people buy reused clothes :)
cutietaskforce she also took that amazon sponsorship lol
PRO TIP FOR JEWELLERY: look for pieces where the clasp or lock metal is tarnished but the piece itself isn't (could be a little faded maybe), you'll know it's real gold/gold plated or sterling silver and it won't oxidize/change color on you 😌😌😌
Yes! Also, the fact that the clasp is tarnished and the rest isn't tells you that the clasp has been changed out. Meaning that the item is quite possibly very vintage if not a true antique.
Adding to this: When checking pearls, nibble/scrape them with your teeth; if the surface feels rough they are real (since pearls are made from nacre and sand), while fake ones are smooth (plastic).
Mariajosé Cruz ok come on i dont think they want me eating the pearls in the store. but i will scratch them w my nails
@@drowsiella lol usually at the flea market no one questions it (I'm actually laughing thinking of how it may look like and why no one's ever said anything to me). But for real now, I just spend 10 minutes nibbling vs scratching my pearls and fake pearls and came to this conclusion: it's easier to get the feel of it with your teeth because of the sound, I guess? (like, the real thing resounds inside your head because of the roughness), while if you do it with your nails go with the intention of peeling something off them (go strong!) I noticed that the real ones look like they were peeling, but after I run my thumb over it, there were no scratch marks, as oppose to the fake ones, which either peeled or didn't but felt really smooth.
thank you because sometimes i buy cheap new jewelry and it tarnishes but i’ve been wanting one that won’t tarnish.
Binge watching bestdressed, anyone else?
YASS
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Same, and I want to get this comment to 420..I am sorry lmao
SAME SAME SAME
i made ur comment 1K likes !!!
I would love to thrift but it’s all old lady clothes where I live :(
lauren your average white girl. same sadly
SAME
Your name with your profile pic 🤣
I don’t know why but I can’t stop laughing
I'm pretty sure you can remodel those old lady clothes to fit you. I like to do that with some of my mom's clothes and even some of my brothers old shorts, and they actually look really good! You don't even need to be good at sewing as there can also be things like fashion tape and stitch glue(?).
And you can definitely get tips from the internet on how to do these things!
re thrifting as a trendy thing, i work at a pretty big secondhand chain and our prices have definitely gone up bc of the rise of the "thrift aesthetic" ... like a cashmere sweater that used to be 3.99-5.99 is now 12.99-13.99, which leads to customers who need these items bc of economic hardship taking tags off and bringing it up as a "no tag" item, where it'll be marked up even further to punish them for taking the tag off/them getting kicked out of our store, depending on management that day. but yeah we've noticed the demographic shift and changed basically everything about our store's layout/ad strategy to make it appear subtly trendier/more expensive/etc.... so i'm kinda against the trending aesthetic bc i'm so close to the consequences. i grew up shopping at my store out of necessity too and used to get made fun of for wearing out of season/"grandma clothes" all thru elementary/middle/HS but now that i'm in college it's suddenly super fashionable... Etc etc etc. multifaceted issue... ethical consumption... yadayadayada but TLDR yeah thrift stores have actively noticed the change in who shops where and how much more money they have to spend and are raising prices bc of it
Also PLEASE don't trash thrift stores lol thank you ashley for that dhskafshdjf ily
kirka nightcore I completely agree! I also grew up thrifting and loved it bc I could find neat things but i did have moments where I’d feel embarrassed at times when seeing all the new clothes my peers would get. I don’t care about that anymore but I too have noticed the price increase and also noticed a vast difference in the type of clothing I can ind in certain areas. I used to love thrifting vintage sweaters but after the hipster kids discovered thrifting it’s nearly impossible to find any good ones 😭 (also I second the keeping thrift stores clean point🙌)
I've noticed this. It's a bummer. It's also so much cheaper in non-hipster cities.
Also it’s likely stores are reacting to rise in expenses. Rent for the building is more expensive, pay for workers is more expensive, transport etc,, it depends on where you are and how you’re buying
the only reason why it's raising prices is because of corporate bigwigs
@Mark O to consider in your questioning: anecdotally, as someone who has been thrifting for necessity AND making proverbial lemonade out of that situation by styling the finds for almost two decades- it isn't just the actual price that makes me think the popularity is the culprit. In stores I have been in all over the country, spaces are starting to have "basic" prices of $1-8 AND "boutique" prices of $12-15 specifically on pieces that are trendy labels. A quality item that is NOT a trendy label might still be $3, but if it's "vintage levi' mom jeans?" that shit's $15 in most stores now. There are also many more people in thrift stores buying specifically for labels to resell in the stores, rather buying for themselves - if it's enough for me to notice the uptick, presumably a manager would also notice. These two points would tend to imply that prices are not rising overall because of increased costs, but in a targeted way related to popularity. Also to my mind, the fact that the rise in price so far outpaces the rise in expenses (above) seems to support that prices are being raised in response to something other than base expenses.
Side note: because of what I just said, I also feel like if you aren't necessarily interested in trendy pieces, but you actually just need some clothing, you still have good options in a thrift store, though it is sort of a bummer that certain higher quality items are getting priced up these days. I can't buy coats in the thrift store overall, but I can still buy a great silk blouse for $3. I can't get the aforementioned mom jeans, but since I like a relaxed fit I can still get name-brand quality jeans for $5- if you walk away from the trend, you're still probably good. (which isn't the same as not being stylish if you know what you're doing ;) . )
So, thoughts. I hope you keep researching and I'll be curious what you find!
Here's another protip: Make sure to check the care tag when you're looking at thrifted stuff. Are you really going to wear something you have to dry clean, even if it's super cute?
I thrift a lot for silk and cashmere or clothes made of real wool (I wouldn't buy any of these new), so special care is part of the game! The thing is that we over wash our clothes a lot. I'm not breaking a sweat in an office job wearing a silk blouse. Steaming and airing it out does the job most of the time.
i made the mistake of thrifting a $19 burberry sweater from goodwill that had a TINY hole in the sleeve (you couldn’t even tell unless you knew it was there) but i put it in the wash, next thing you know the shirt is crumpled up, no big deal i’ll just iron it... oh, half the sleeve is torn off... great
Omg!! Yes 👏 mistakes have been made
For the most part, I have found that I can hand wash silks and cashmeres fine. For structured items, it's best to dry clean though.
If only there were actual thrift shops where I live
Where I live it's only those thrift stores that get their clothes from thrift stores in other countrys
I can relate to this so much
GinaJiji saaaaame in Spain I’ve found flea markets and like 2 vintage stores in the whole country 🤦🏻♀️
@utopia actually in madrid malasaña there are some vintage stores but they can be pricey sometimes so
exactly!!! I literally live in Brazil and thrift stores are not common at all over here
I’m going to go on a limb here and say that thrifting LA is probably much easier than thrifting in the great state of Texas
Try Alaska 😣
Lol it’s also not that easy in Oklahoma
Ikr all of it is sweaty jerseys and grandma clothes :'(
Actually you’d be surprised, you see, everyone and their dog in la now go to thrift stores. So they’re not only scoured, but it is extremely hard to find an actual thrift store and not a “vintage shop”. That basically means everything is extremely expensive. Not only are the prices raised, but since so many people go to the stores because it’s trendy, you can rarely find anything there. If you talk to people who are experienced in thrifting most of them will tell you that they actually drive out to smaller towns because those thrifts shops will have more finds.
Oh yeah. I thrifted all throughout middle school and mid highschool, I moved to Texas from Minnesota in junior year and I stopped thrifting. I go for fun with my boyfriend now bc I took him once and he really liked finding flannels at thrift stores, but I hardly buy anything anymore now that I live in Texas
Ashley THANK YOU for prioritizing retail workers - I love that you mentioned us right at the beginning of the video. It's totally true that not throwing clothes on the floor or keeping the clothing racks organized makes a WORLD of difference. A lot of people simply don't care about that so it made me really happy to hear you remind people to be considerate ❤️
Other thrifting opportunities: yard sales, flea markets, swap meets, charity resale shops, church bazaars.
Great video!
What r swap meets ? I thought they were flea markets
@@alexislee6825 I think flea markets tend to be more consistent, where a business will have a booth in a building where they leave things overnight. Swap meets are events in large parking lots. A business might have its regular spot, but they unload and reload for each event, which is usually once or twice a week during good weather.
@@angelaallen4833 that explains it well, thanks :)
she said flea market lol but yes also other good options!!
Yard sales! My sister once got little kids dr martins for 5 dollars
At my local thrift store the money made goes to the homeless shelter and the soup kitchen, so in my community it actually helps the community to go thrifting!
Same, it's honestly wonderful
Yeah, where i live we don't have thrift shops per say, but we do have charity shops.
As a person who worked in a second hand shop this is such a fun video. 😊 I would definitely recommend returning to the same shops regularly, I'm not in a 'trendy' area at all but I have struck gold with some items. A lot depends on how you style the clothes. Think outside the box in that regard. Also try everything on, because there are some hidden flaws in a lot of second hand clothes.
Also if you have the time charity shops always need volunteers, it's fun work, and you can keep an eye on the clothes coming in.
*Thred up:*
- Madewell
- J. Crew
- Anthropologie
- Free people
- Urban Outfitters
- Liz Claiborne
- Classiques Entier
- Taylor Loft
- Reformation
Thank you!
reformation is really good for the environment but it’s way too expensive
u r a saint
Classics on Tierre is spelled Classiques Entier for anyone wondering!
Urban outfitters is a thrift store???
I remember being in 5th grade and being so embarrassed that my "new" school clothes were from good will and honestly I LOVE that thrifting has been so popular and is now more "socially acceptable" I love a good thrift and as a 20 year old mom I'm definitely always looking for a steal. I'm totally living that broke on a budget life. Not to mention that it's environmentally friendly! Also I love how in depth you go when it comes to thrifting. You gave some great tips that I would have never even considered. Thanks for sharing!
Me too, it just sucks that prices are going up because I still get some of my clothing from places like Goodwill
@@dogsaver1207 I know that's the biggest downfall! I'll go to goodwill and find some clothes that are adorable, but the prices are sometimes so high that I could buy something new for the same price.
@@sweetheart101227 Yes. ⬆️Feel same about thrift prices 💲. Know sale cycles of fave FF outlets. Would rather buy new on deep clearance when I find it cheaper. (Besides stigma from childhood lingers over 2nd hand clothes.) Plus, unlike Ashley who is adorable & very talented at styling, I am slightly above Garanimals level mix & match of separates. 😁
There's nothing wrong with thrifting becoming more popular, but young or middle to higher class people need to be mindful of its purpose. I remember the last times I went thrifting with my mom and it just became a very unpleasant time. You go there because you literally don't have enough money to buy new clothes and there are these groups of teenagers almost shouting and making fun of the ugly clothes and getting like 12 different pieces (which isn't bad in and of itself, but they make a mess and go thrifting just as a sort of fun afternoon out). Also, this may be my personal experience, but I've encountered very rude 30 somethings with very expensive watches, phones and shoes, that basically force you to make them space to look for something in a rack even if you were there before. One girl just pushed my mom away from the pants section and we (my mom and me) didn't even talk about it, but she hasn't come thrifting ever since. I now go on the evenings, just before they close, because it's more peaceful. But it is becoming harder to find presentable looking clothes that look good.
TLDR: Thrifting has inevitably become a more hostile way for low income people to get good clothes, and it probably won't go back to how it was before (which is good for the environment), but please make sure to be respectful with staff and other shoppers, don't shout or make fun of clothes in a very loud way (as if thrift stores were a joke) and be mindful of the initial reason we shop at thrift shops (we don't have money to shop at regular shops). Thank you and have a good day!
Laia i couldn’t agree more this needs to be spread more
@Sofiya Vedyashkina exactly! it's of course not okay to be disrespectful, but if people want to thrift shop I encourage it. as you said, it is better for the environment.
If i were you, i'll srsly full their hair! That stupid teenager think they're cool and rich because they did that. I'm really sorry for their mom 'cause their mom paying for their tuitions in school but then they don't learn anything specially respect. I'm always buying clothes in thrift stores because it's affordable and also you won't find someone that has same clothes than you. They should be open minded. Not because you're buying clothes in thrift stores doesn't mean you're poor. Sometimes it's more affordable and useful than branded items. Keep on buying thrift clothes girl and let your outfit scream to their faces! Slay!!
Sofiya Vedyashkina yeah if you want to you can complain about anyone thrifting. Some people say wealthier people ruin it, others hate skinny people for buying the clothes (which are usually bigger) and then altering them, etc. Can’t we just be glad more people are helping the environment and helping push back against fast fashion...thriftiness can’t be perfect
@Sofiya Vedyashkina That's a fair point. I think I just thought that everyone that did it back in the day did it because of financial reasons, but that doesn't have to be true just because it was our case. You're right.
"Here is satan, here is you if you're rude to a employee" I'm a thrift store employee and I love you 😂😂
Ashley: **does one (1) peace sign**
Also Ashley: “alright there are already too many peace signs in this video”
Salma she actually did 2, both hands hahah
I used to go by the “shop in the wealthy areas” but I swear to god, rich people must burn their clothes bc I can never find shit. Always size 14+ crossroads/suzannes tops with no shape (Australians will get me).
I wanna try thrifting (idk why I keep calling that they aren’t even called thrift shops here) but I know that’s all I’m gonna find!
Go in the morning on a monday
I went to salvos and savers this pas week and actually found some cute stuff in a not rich area!! But you're right it's not as good as before and the prices have sky rocketed in the last few years. Have you gone to the yesteryear vintage warehouse? I was able to get some cute stuff from there too.
@@marwah1072 " yesteryear vintage warehouse?" is that for men too
You know why? Bc rich people dont like to bother with thrift stores so they give clothes to poorer family relatives/ftiends/colleagues aka "just sthow it away if you don't need it" I got myself some cute cachmere sweaters this way, and a brand new leather wallet
I’m so jealous of American thrift stores. Things like that don’t really exist here in Germany. (We obv have thrift stores but they are super small any rarely have furniture or household stuff)
Yesss true
What do people do with their old stuff? I was under the impression that Germany is quite eco friendly.
Ada It is, but more in terms of recycling and ecoefficiency, less on the „reuse“ side of things. Oftentimes, old clothes are just donated (which isn’t any better than dumping them, most charities have more than they could ever handle) Many people still have a mindset that buying Second-hand is also second class or something. I think it’s an effect of the war, since the current generations of adults have oftentimes been raised during the „economic wonder“ of the sixties and seventies and now have a „Finally we can have nice things“ attitude. But many younger people are starting to rethink that so I think we’ll see more and more Second Hand stores as time progresses. Also, we just don’t have the same Space here that’s available in North America and those thrift stores are huuuge 😂
I suggest looking up if there’s a Sozialkaufhaus near you
YaseminBee They are still very different from something like a value village. We have a Sozialkaufhaus and a Verschenkemarkt but many people just see them as trash dumps tbh. Also since there’s a lot less selection here you’re taking away from less fortunate people by shopping there, as suggested in the other comments.
Hey, Ashley! I found you when I was thirteen. You literally taught me everything I know about styling and thrifting now. You've saved me a ton of money because of it, you helped me feel more confident. You're videos are so simple and straight to the point and I feel like you're a big sister leading me on my way. Thanks a bunch
Wait same same same
Ashley: is it LAuren LaurEn?
Me: its Yanny
Martine Denstedt 😂
No, it's Laurel lmao
SocioComm incorrect it's yanny
leviOsa or leviosA
i think thrifting if u don’t necessarily need to is okay, but buying stuff really cheap and then reselling for something a super high price is just unethical
Thats litterally how every single store works
xenia anderson yeah of course, however thrift stores are specifically aimed at ppl with less income, and therefore less access to “literally every store” in the same way others do. so if someone with a comfortable amount of money comes in, buys a bunch of stuff (thus taking away someone with less money’s ability to buy that stuff for cheap) and resells it for a profit u could very easily agree they are taking away supply from others. plus thrift stores can’t replenish goods the same way others stores can, cause it’s all donations. i used to work at an op shop and it’s even worse then for ppl who are plus size maybe, as they already have less variety and have to compete with those who want to modify larger clothing to make it smaller. ur right it is how things work but like doesn’t mean it doesn’t suck for some ppl
I agree on some level but I think resellers usually sell things at a profit because a finder's fee, since they actually went in and sorted among a lot of stores/clothing to find that one cute product, and also they often make small repairs to the items.
@@partyrock2002
is that ur real name? I have never met someone with the same name as me🤭
That’s literally everyone on depop
I worked in a thrift store for four years and clients trying to be helpful made it worse more often than not, since we had a system to organize and hang the clothes and they just didn't know it. I appreciated the thought and being "seen" but preferred it when they just gave me back the stuff they didn't want so I'd hang it. Not trying to criticize or anything, just FYI
I worked at a fast fashion store and it was the same!! Like ofc don't throw the clothes you tried on on seven different locations around the shop, and "helping us" by hanging pants inside out is obviously half-assed fake effort (we have to take the extra time to unhang them). Also we usually have a "system" as to where we put the clothes on the rack.
Some customers are very neat because they understand that leaving the clothes in the dressing room leads them to get stolen en mass, and abusing button shirts damages them so we have to take them off the sales floor and then other customers don't have the chance to buy them. Others just feel sorry for us when they see us flooded, but it's seriously not their fault we're understaffed. If there were enough for us to keep the place neat, your clothes would be much more expensive!
Just handing the items back to us is doing your part in being a decent customer to us, the store and the rest of the shoppers. And if you really want to go above and beyond, pay very good attention to how the clothes were hanged/folded before you take them off to try on.
Yea but how is customers putting their shit back where you put it in the first place gonna hurt you
@@louise4778 because they probably hang it at the side of a rack instead of on the right place on the rack
@@louise4778 they think they're putting it back in their place, but more often than not they don't. That's the issue
@@louise4778 Even if it's back in the right spot it's probably not hung right. I've noticed that stores have a specific way of folding pants to put them on hangers that I can never redo after I try a pair on. It's better to just leave them on the rack they provide in the dressing room instead of the salespeople having to hunt them down and rehang them.
This is an awesome strategy guide! I live in Portland, OR, and my problem here
(Portland has a large population of green, recycling, outdoor-loving hipsters, for anybody who isn’t familiar with the city)
is finding things before others do. Thrifting is so huge here, many goodwills and antique shops are picked clean daily 😩
Doesn’t stop me from going around thrift shopping very often!
We do have a huge specialty shop called “House of Vintage” but I dislike going there, because they mark up prices SO steeply and the whole place just has that air of ‘better than you’ hipster.
Step one: have a thrift shop with normal looking clothes 😔
Actually she addresses that: find thrift stores/consignment shops in wealthy areas.
Linden Peters haha right but we have like 3 thrift shops in my area and i can never find anything interesting 🤷♀️ but i get your point 😄
i feel your pain dude. i live in a small southern city, it's bad.
Linden Peters ahh, the pros of living in NYC. Too bad every thrift store in my area sucks ass and I can’t find any good ones in Manhattan. 🤦🏾♀️
I felt that
There’s one thrift store “chain” where I live and it’s everywhere. They have volunteers who come in and sort out all of the clothes. They pick out the best of the best that was donated and that’s what they sell and then they keep the rest of the clothes,furniture, etc. in the back or send it to another store where people who are in need of things can get an order to go into the back part of that store and pick out however much clothes they need and then they get them for free. If there’s no way the clothes can be worn (severely damaged clothes go here) they send them to a different store where they turn it into fabric and then they donate all of the fabric to africa
we need more stores like this
how DARE you not tell us what the name of the chain is
what is the store called?
Woah, that’s amazing !
what is the place called
"Fashion is not a matter of money, it's a matter of interest"
Pretty much all of my clothes especially rompers, dresses, jumpers came from thrift shops and are around $2-$10 and people ask why my outfits are always different and they literally became fans of my ootds 😂 they go to expensive stires, i go thriftin'
I love how she actually gave super useful advice instead of "look in the mens and kids sections"
I love how you brought up the controversy with thrifting and people who primarily rely on thrifting for their main source of clothing. There are so many of these new trendy online “thrifters” that buy nice affordable pieces and resell them for 200% + more, which is ok but has gotten way out of hand and it’s unfair because the items they sell are sometimes not worth their asking price and people shopping online are being taken advantage of because they don’t know any better or do their homework. Great video🙌🏾
Katrina Joline i mean ashley resells what she thrifts for a lot more
chicken tenders but she sells great quality pieces that aren’t crap 😌. She takes her time to find quality pieces. I’m referring to the folks selling Walmart polyester tees for $30+
you said put things back where you found them and pick things up off the floor, as a goodwill employee thank you so so much 🥺
For leather or suede, savon de marseille. It's a oil based soap so it doesn't dry the leather out. Dissolve quite a lot of it in warm water and then soak the leather item in it and brush the dirty areas. Rinse the item out, but make sure not to rinse all of the soap out, you want some of the oils to remain in the leather. Then let the item dry in a cool environment. The drying period can take a couple days. When the item is still a bit damp, treat it with leather conditioner and then let dry completely.
I did this with my leather jacket and got the dirt that had accumulated on it for nearly a decade off and it got snug like the day it had been when I bought it.
Just know it is risky, if too much of the oils are washed off or the leather dries too fast, it will become brittle.
Anjel - Hey! Don’t mean to be imposing here- but you actually might be hurting your leather, I’ve known many people who have permenantly stained their leather by using too much water. I’ve been working with leather for a really long time, since I ride horses, and am constantly cleaning tack. What I’ve found works best is dipping a sponge in warm water, and applying pure glycerin soap(because it leaves no residue) to the sponge, then you should ALWAYS wring your sponge out most of the way, just leaving enough water to allow suds to form on your leather. From there, you should scrub lightly in small circles, and then take a wrung out cloth, and wipe away the soap bubbles, which clears away all the built up dirt with it. Then, let the leather dry overnight/for at least 6 hours. What works for me is oiling/conditioning with pure neatsfoot oil (because it doesn’t go rancid on leather) take a dry cloth and apply a small amount to the towel, then spread the oil onto the leather in small circles, making sure not to leave any visible sheen on the leather. Then you can let the leather sit for another day as it soaks in, and repeat the oiling process before wearing again. I hope this helps/isn’t annoying.
If your leather does become too dry and brittle, I highly recommend a leather conditioner called Leder Basalm by Effax. It is the conditioner of choice among equestrians (who have a ton of leather items like saddles) and I used it when I accidentally put my leather belt through the washing machine and it came out feeling like cardboard. Applied liberally and allowed a couple days to set in and a year later it still feels like brand new.
Summer Rose leder balsam is amazing! I agree 100%
Jasmine Pearce if you condition the leather with oil you can end up splitting open the threads holding it together since it rots. Just a tip from working in a professional stable.
@@Wyldefaeboy It was a jacket that I got in middle school, getting it professionally cleaned would have cost more than the jacket itself. And as I said, I have had the jacket for a decade, it was dirty, not just with surface grime. The instructions I got from a motorcyclist who has to clean their gear off motor oil and sweat. Had the dirt only been superficial, I would have not cleaned it that way, but the jacket needed to be thoroughly washed, if I wanted to keep using it.
The leather used in horse riding gear is a lot more stiffer, thicker and durable than what is used in everyday items. So what might work for that type of leather might be too extreme for more supple leather according to my friends who ride horses.
My jacket didn't stain, neither has my friends gear, they really emphasised on the long and slow drying period.
I'm not an expert, I asked around in my circle and read about leather to find a cheap way to clean the jacket. Every method I was recommended came with risks, and this was the one I ended up using. I really wouldn't have risked it, had not the jacket been disgusting (it had gone through a lot, I used it all through my teenage years) and professional cleaning so expensive.
as someone who is poor and rely on second hand clothes, I actually receive a lot of me clothes from family and friends so thrifting has never really affected me. i don’t want to speak for everyone and i acknowledge my privilege.
Mom and Pop shops are the best almost always.
That's heteronormativity. I world be better to say "family owned business " or just simply small business
@@anthonya296 shut up
@@anthonya296 it's literally just a saying my man
Facts
@@anthonya296 wtf did you say? lol
she's so entertaining! it's like she's talking to us as her friends. SHE'S SO CUTE I CAN'T-
Think that's why I keep coming back!
@@atob1028 me tooooo
exactly she’s so lovablee shdhshd
@@michellemaravillo9155 💙♡
I'm not that into clothing or fashion, but Ashley had inspired me to get out of my comfort zone and really thrift good, solid pieces.
You can really find some amazing pieces! and it's such a rewarding when you find something!
Yea it’s like a treasure hunt! I found some really nice name brand pieces yesterday and my friend got a purse for $10 she later researched the brand and it was originally a $2,000 bag made of deer skin
Yess I got a leather jacket for 10 dollars that was originally 200 dollars
i grew up feeling rich because my fam always made it a regular thing to shop for fast fashion clothing in regular downtown malls and have everything normal, and even then i used to feel afraid that my clothes looked thrifited because i didnt feel like i fit the clothes me and my family bought. exploring how much i actually cared about going the "eco friendly route" opened up my outlook on thrifting, and how thrifted clothes are a good thing makes me happy especially because i feel more happy about my thrifted clothes compared to most of the clothes i bought in fast fashion stores (and the rare lowkey bougie brand clothing i have in my overpacked closet) 🤍✨💛
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me, a european: they can't ship to me noooooo
I love using Vinted! They have lots of cool brands and you can order from multiple countries :)
Jeanne thank you so much!! gonna try it now :)
Nederlands?😂
same here. i'm FedUp :'(
Ja! vinted is super!
personally I’ve always had clothes from the thrift store bc of my families financial situation and I didn’t care since I didn’t understand. but I remember when thrifting became popular and I myself would also go and try and find more unique items instead of trying to find regular clothes like my mom always did for me and I remember seeing these two girls from my middle school who were the type to bully others bc they had second hand clothing and seeing them there trying to find those cute oversized sweaters (at the time) made me feel so weird? other than that it sucked bc it become so popular that prices became high (for our family) and we started to only go on sale days for seniors with my grandma or only buy the $1 items .. I don’t thrift much now bc I don’t rlly buy clothes often and when I do It has to be quick and fast but my family still does and they love it.
Yes. I can only afford to go on the dollar days, and by then there's really not much of the cute/ good quality stuff left, if any. So i generaly am not a fan of this being trendy.
soysuga i feel this so hard
same. for me it was always a daggy thing that for poor people (like me) and then BOOM everyone's doing it
Kezia Hope Yes it was such a weird time like this happened when I was in 8th grade so it just felt weird seeing people who normally would only wear name brand clothes at the thrift shop bc it was trendy and not bc they were poor lol
@@soysugas yup. if it's any comfort, my mum says that thrifting goes in & out of fashion all the time (though maybe not on this scale)
Can’t believe she didn’t mention gingham in the colours she looks for 😂
I don't remember the last time she mentioned gingham 😔
What happened to the picnic bitch?
Do you think they broke up? :O
She moved on to corduroy 💔
This whole thread is hilarious and so Ashley 😂
I'm a professional thrifter and this video is very dead on accurate. One thing I would add in the notebook is to look at price. If price is higher then in other places, maybe don't go back to that store.
Why did I think this video was posted like two years ago
Oh yeah because we've been in 2020 for two years
FR!!
as someone who has had to buy and wear second-hand clothing since i was a child and continues to need to do so, the gentrification of thrift stores can be frustrating. prices have significantly gone up, especially in larger chain stores that more people rely on. sometimes, it is more economical now for me to buy clothing from walmart now than it is second hand, and for low income people the cost has to take priority over ethics the majority of the time, and that sucks. it is sometimes more inexpensive to buy something new from a cheap fast fashion store than it is to buy it second hand. while i completely agree that it is of course better to purchase these things second hand, many people cannot afford that luxury. there is so much privilege in the ability to spend extra money on sustainable sources of any items, including clothing. it is also interesting to note that trends do come and go. while i used to be teased for second hand clothing, now that is cool. and with that trend, it may eventually go out of style too, but the lasting impacts on the price of second hand clothing may not fade as quickly and frankly i believe is forcing more and more low income people to have to shop at places like walmart which is antithetical to the "sustainability" of promoting thrift options. obviously, it is complicated.
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You bring up many good points. I also need to shop at thrift stores or Walmart. I find if I shop at thrift stores that run tag sales, I can beat Walmart prices for much higher quality items. I almost never pay full price at a thrift store though.
yes! sometimes people forget that the idea of shopping more sustainably in general is privileged. not everyone can afford to buy the organic, eco-friendly, or sustainable options because they're priced higher, and that's a complicated issue. most of these products are priced higher so that the people who worked on it actually make a living wage, or because it simply is more expensive right now to produce some things with ethics and climate change in mind. admittedly, i think a lot of it has to do with the fact that our federal minimum wage hasn't changed in ten years while price inflation increases annually. although, as a nation and a society, we should also be prioritizing sustainability and not just the 1%'s bottom line.
Sis it's true and you should SAY IT
I see the same development. On the other hand the demand for more thrifted clothes encourages people to open new thrifting oportunities... At least where I live there are a lot of second hand shops nowadays that haven't been there 10 years ago. It's hard to tell what causes what, but buying second hand is always more sustainable than Walmart. The prizes for cool vintage items may have gotten up with the rise of bloggers promoting it but normal clothing like t-shirts and pullovers tend to be in the same prize range as before. So I will continue shopping at thriftshops even if it only saves me a dollar :)
im kinda rlly upset that thrifting became a “trendy” thing because now thrift stores are raising prices... like the pint is that the clothes are second hand and thrift stores are cheaper but now they’re it even that cheap anymore
atara You just wanted the opportunity to say that you did it before it was “trendy”.
Honestly I think this is a non-problem. The clothing is still hella cheap compared to new clothing, and besides, almost every op-shop i've been to has had sale days where everything is like fucking 1 dollar. so. idk, maybe you're just not looking in the right places.
I Don't think it's neccesarily that it has become trendy. A lot of places have dealt with raising house/rent/land/area prices. It has simply become more expensive to run a thriftshop because rentprices have gone up so much in urban areas. And that momey has to come from somewhere, hence more expensive pieces.
but if we don’t shop at thrift stores and shop at normal stores, we suddenly support fast fashion. so really idk what else to do lmao
That is a problem I agree but it was also a problem when thrift stores were "only" for the poor and it was "uncool". Kids who had to wear thrift shop clothing were bullied and ridiculed, now that it's "trendy" it's less likely to be looked down upon.
Also we can't ignore the fact that's it's a much much more sustainable way of buying clothes.
I love what you said about the amount of thrift clothes and items that end up in the landfills, as well as putting things away when you're shopping. I always thrift and notice the mess people leave, as well as how much is actually there!! There's just so much out there for second hand ✋🐱
My mom was a teen mom when my brother was born, and had little to no money. Thrift stores and yard sales were their main sources of clothing, furniture, and other items. I am 15 years younger than my brother and since then we've been able to work together to create a better life. Even though we now have enough money for items at other stores, I still like to thrift because it reminds me that not everyone is as fortunate as my family.
in england the thrift stores are called “charity shops” and stock disgustang clothes
Yep and they all smell like old people ngl
In Germany you have mostly "Secondhandläden" which are freaking expensiv and always small
Lil Kaeppchen Hast du Rotes Kreuz Läden oder „Family Stores“ in der Nähe? Funktioniert bei mir voll gut viel Glück 🥺
@@Noeohno nein, leider nicht.
@@c33har90 ich wohn einfach falsch, kann das sein😂
It's not the stock that worries me it's the price change when demand changes.
I used to be able to get comfortable champion sweaters for $2 at goodwill and they have been marked up to $15 in recent years because of the demand and it’s ✨frustrating✨
omg I love how you speak on respecting the workers and just general good habits of putting clothes back from where you found them/ pick them up when you drop them.
I'm a hardcore thrifter. Being in high school and with today's fashion trends, a lot of people find my style weird or eclectic, and I'll get some comments from those who think it's funky, but I legit love thrifting. It's good for the environment, good for my wallet, and it's good for my soul. I love knowing that whatever I buy has a story (we won't think about any sketchy stories). Your videos have really given outfit inspo and helped me find my style, so thanks for that
What does eclectic mean? Sorry english is not my main language😊
And I really wish that I could find a nice thriftstore but here where I live there’s only two, which both have old people clothing lol..
Elsie
it means like individual, or original
@@elsie4802 It literally means a mixture of styles.
do you have an insta? I love seeing cool outfits that are funky and different
As someone who has had to shop at thrift store all her life, I’m kind of glad that it’s become trendy because now I’m not as embarrassed to shop there
Same but now I have competition lol
yea it makes me feel less poor but now things in a thrift store are more expensive, its like the champion sweater effect
Me: *is broke and has to thrift for clothes*
Thrift stores: *raise prices because thrifting became trendy*
*Me:*
Whomst ecothrift has the cheapest prices out of all the thrift stores in my opinion. I have bought sooo many clothes from there that was priced under $5
Dude me too, I kinda hate how people like Ashley who can afford new designer things choose to buy it cheaper but to me $15 is uh too much. There are some luxury vintage places where I wish they would go to instead. Please leave goodwill and cheap places alone if you can afford a $45 new skirt !!! Stay in your lane
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Rebecca Salvatierra that is kinda ridiculous tbh
Rebecca Salvatierra bruh, ppl can choose to buy what they want, u don't know if they're on a budget either. And it's so much better for the environment to thrift and buy secondhand instead of buying new, so let ppl buy what they want ✌🏽
Just a note from my experiences: The thrift stores I've gone to often have a rack for clothes that have been tried on- put the clothes there instead of putting it back; it's there for a reason! But thank you for this vid :) Thrifting is honestly the best and you have so many actually useful tips!!