Thrifting refers to shopping for secondhand clothing at a thrift store, flea market, or garage sale, usually with the intention of finding intriguing items at low prices. The importance of thrifting is sustainability because you will not be contributing to waste. Here are some tips that you will need to, not only start thrifting but to thrift like a boss.
Where to Thrift Like a Boss
In order to find your ideal place to thrift, you need to look at what you need. There are different types of items that one can find in thrifting stores. Whether you are in the market for eccentric vintage pieces, Instagram-worthy items, high-fashion designer looks, or basic-quality articles of clothing, you need to identify where your style falls under in order to find the place that will allow you to thrift like a boss.
Here are a few online thrift stores that should help you satisfy your style needs:
When you have found your ideal place, be it a seasonal pop-up shop, garage sale, or thrift store, it is essential to keep up with the store in terms of discounts and sales promotions. Always be on the lookout.
Know Your Style
One thing you need to remember is to know what you are looking for, don’t purchase everything because it’s cheap. This will help you zone into what your style needs are and will save you time, money and will reduce the possibility of you buying clothes that you might not wear. Knowing what you are looking for will help you find items that you are going to get a lot of wear out of. However, do not be afraid to check out the other racks. You never know what you may find.
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When you go to a pop-up shop or a space where you are buying secondhand clothing, it’s easy to want to buy everything because it’s so cheap.
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Shop Clean
The pitfall with preowned clothing is exactly that, they are preowned. The previous owner would not have given up the item for no reason. Moreso when you go thrifting, you need to make sure that you go through all your selected pieces thoroughly in order to make sure that they don’t have any flaws, such as missing buttons, stains, they may be worn out, torn or they may even have bad smells. And after you have purchased your clothing, it is advised that you wash them before you wear them, because it may be possible that they haven’t been washed in a long time.
Obtaining secondhand clothing reduces the need for new items to produced and the need for someone to produce them. Nothing beats recycled goods and in addition to thrifting being good for the planet, it is also relatively cheap. And who doesn’t love looking good at low prices?
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I loved this!!!!! So gonna take this tips into consideration for my next thrifting haul
Yass friend!!! Thanks for the tips and thrift store links.