Words by Positive News May 29, 2024 Economics Environment Lifestyle Society Share: We asked readers where you shop for preloved garments – and what you love about secondhand fashion. Here’s what you said Secondhand fashion is booming, as we report in the new issue of Positive News magazine . But what persuades people to plump for preloved clothes? Where do you shop for your secondhand bargains? And does it make you more creative? We asked readers those very questions, and as ever were overwhelmed with responses.
Here are your secondhand sartorial secrets. The secrets of secondhand clothes shopping – according to you “I discovered secondhand clothing in the early 1980s, when I was 16, buying fabulous 1930s-1960s clothes for literally pennies in what was then called ‘junk shops’. Chanel-look ‘60s suits and New Look dresses, genuine WW2 silk stockings with seams, stunning winklepicker shoes – it kicked off a lifetime’s love of secondhand clothing and I very rarely buy new to this day.
I’m 61 now and still buy almost all my clothes in charity shops and vintage outlets. It has been a lifetime’s obsession, and it means I don’t have to spend a fortune to look different from everyone else.” – Kate, Devon, UK “I spent my 20s buying cheap fast fashion in malls.
Then, when I was about 30, I had the ‘ah-ha’ moment. A friend, a cool West Village artist in her 70s, was cleaning out her closet, and giving me and another friend well-preserved unique pieces, .
