This! The amount of times I've seen items I love and wear on the daily get featured on "trends that are out" or "ugly stuff I wore when I was trying to find my style" tik toks is beyond me- Like, sorry I actually wear the clothes I buy for years instead of throwing them out and getting a new wardrobe every three months when a new microtrend pops off?
@@feloniousbutterflysame, I hate trends because they are so unsustainable. Of course you can get a bit of inspiration sometimes from trends but other than that it doesn't make sense. Especially because most trends really just fit a small group and for the rest it's not really their style (even though it doesn't stop people to follow those trends😂)
I never understood the 'don't repeat outfits' thing. Like...those people not have favourite clothes? They like a shirt but 'oh well, I've worn it already last weak so it goes into the trash'?????
I don't get it either. I have a "Neko-mancer" shirt that is my absolute favorite piece. My husband has a "cosplay Pikachu" shirt for ATLA that he loves. And what about the designated "sick" clothes? Like, do the fast fashion crowd not have that one hoodie or whatever that are for wearing when you feel terrible and need the comfy? The one that just makes your illness that tiny bit better?
Dude I still have a shirt from when I was in middle school. I’m 22 now and the shirt is ripped. But I still very love it so I just fix it because I love it so much I don’t wanna throw it away.
There was a point in my life when I was homeless and I went to a thrift store and bought a whole outfit of designer clothes for a job interview for less than $10. It helped me get a job and get back on my feet. Unfortunately, thrift stores don’t have good quality options anymore.
recently went to the thrift with a $20 bill to get an outfit for a funeral and was unsuccessful only because of prices. it was scary to see how bad it’s gotten
I wish they did that at a lot of resell shops in the U.S. Plato’s closet is a big second hand shop here and now it’s just always SHEIN and fashion nova. At that point I don’t even want to look. And then you take a bag of clothes to sell and they’re like mmm it’s not in style, it’s like nothings in style anymore because the style changes every five seconds! They really pass up on high quality clothes in good condition for SHEIN of all things.
Honestly, I don’t understand why anyone would just throw out their cheesy Halloween, Christmas, Saint Patrick’s, Easter, etc. shirts. I still have a bunch and they work great for pajamas or if you know you’re going out in for something like groceries or wearing a hoodie to a function. They can be worn again for the holidays sure, but they’re great T-shirts to wear around the house overall. A shirts a shirt, not everything has to be aesthetic or make sense with the season
I have two shirts rn that are holiday themed and i literally wear to work all year long. I don't care. People actually positively comment on my personal style!
I buy new holiday things for my child, because he is growing and he’ll wear them any time of year. Then when he grows out I’ll buy him a new one to last a few more years and we past the old one on to friends. I don’t understand the need for adults to have different each year.
I'm a Rennie and invest a lot of money into my Ren fair garb so you better believe I wear a lot of it outside of the faire. Cloaks are cool and I'm bringing them back in fashion baybee. I honestly wear pieces of it for holidays as well. My style tends to lean boho (I learned Anthropologie and Free People are fast fashion which is devastating but they're still well made enough that I wear them for years) which integrates with my Rennie garb fairly seamlessly
Me wearing my Christmas oodie all year around 😎😎 all my Halloween stuff gets reworn constantly because emo then I just only own like hats for work related to other holidays. Haven’t bought holiday related clothes or accessorises in probably 4 years now
Was raised with a ''dont buy it unless you're certain you'll wear it over 50 times'' mentality. More people should. Clothes don't just disconnect out of the world when you throw them out.
Dude same!! But doesn’t stop my mother from trying to get me to wear what she wants. Unfortunately those clothes are in my clothes. I’ll never wear thos
@@absolutelyridiculous6743just because it’s fun doesn’t make it necessarily a good thing. I’m glad you wear everything but that also comes down to how often are you buying new things?
Yeah, I need clothes to clothe me and I got like 3 pairs of the same pants because they are good I think I'm gonna raise my kids free of impulse buying
I really wish thrift stores would either not accept Shein or have a separate section for it. There's been countless instances where I've seen something mildly interesting until I noticed the Shein or F21 tag.
@@mselectrica5 the thing is, if they didn't accept shein, then those pieces would likely just end up as landfill, tbf a majority of donated items do end up being sent to some other country or in a landfill, but at least if they do accept shein theres somewhat of a chance itll be used for longer/until the end of its lifespan
Oh, I just "love" when I find a fast fashion piece of clothes that costs $15 (even though the previous owner bought it for $5)... Also the over-consumerism thingy.
I will say tho that yeah it’s annoying when SHEIN and forever 21 pieces are $15+ when the original wasn’t even that pricey, but then I’ll find a vintage silk Diane Von Furstenberg blouse for like $2.50 🤫😂 so I don’t mind that my local thrift has no idea what the good stuff is
The other day when I went there was a Justice piece that was originally marked down to 5 bucks at the store it came from but the thrift wanted to sell it for 11. Scummy tactic to begin with, but then the dumb fucks forgot to take the original tag off lmfao.
@@innocentnemesis3519Seriously. I got a leather jacket for $25 at the Goodwill and a leather Coach bag for $15. They really do not know what they have.
For me, I feel like it's so much cooler and more meaningful to have a wardrobe full of your own favourite pieces that people associate as part of your personal style, compared to constantly wearing new outfits.
Exactly. I have quite a few pieces that my mum made for me and some jumpers I knitted myself. It’s nice to know those are my style, not replicated by fast fashion.
I buy almost completely SecondHand and I also spend a lot of money for my finds. But I intend to wear those for as long as possible. And all those things fit me perfectly and are totally my style. And they are also completely unique. I love my pieces so much, because they are my personal expression and only mine. And it's also always great to be able to say that almost everything you are wearing is SecondHand :)
I sew as a hobby and side business, and I used to go to thrift stores for materials. I can confirm with many others that they are now plagued by poor quality fabric like shein while the prices are going up. You can't even re-use the fabric because it shreds so easily. Generally speaking, fabric and clothes quality have deteriorated over the years.
This is one of the reasons i check the clearance area every once n a while for really ugly items that have good fabric. Its almost always something 'vintage'. I know they'll end up in a landfill otherwise sadly. My area is overwhelmed with stuff
There needs to be some process for recycling the materials that these clothes are made of, since at this point the clothing industry is just becoming a microplastic machine
True. I recently went to buy dark jeans and I kid you not pretty much all of the male jeans were stretch! I also recently a baggy pair of jeans and was delighted to see that it wasn't stretch 😂 At least I still have a pair of jeans I wore for a job around 17 years ago (which still fits)
I’ve lost over 120lbs so I have tons of clothes that don’t fit, and admittedly a lot of them are from Shein as that was the only place I could afford to get plus size clothing from. BUT. Instead of donating this stuff to be sold at the thrift, I post the items for free on local buy & sell groups. I’ve been decluttering a lot like this lately, and I feel like it’s the best solution for now!
yes!! this is what I also like to do. I would feel horrible making someone pay for shit quality items that I received heavily discounted from Shein.. doing it this way helps people who may need these items because they cant afford anything right now in this economy. Also, congrats on the weight loss thats an amazing accomplishment!
Just be careful of resellers. They will take your stuff and sell it. I did it with baby goods. And saw them up for sale after a week. One I know was mine because of the drawing I put on it.
@@hollysmith1347 personally, if they want to take the time and try to resell it, so be it 🤷🏻♀️ the stuff i have that i think is worth selling i list on marketplace/poshmark, anything else that i offer up im not heartbroken if it gets resold. If the money helps them out, id personally prefer it goes directly to them instead of a shady thrift
@@hollysmith1347I think that’s good advice for stuff like that when it comes to things that people generally may need or have a hard time getting, (or you could donate them to a shelter as well if people are worried about that). But I think based on this video selling things from SHEIN through groups is way more ethical. Even if the next people resell it at least someone is still buying the unwanted useless clothes
@@kmart-b1l I think my issue is when they get the item for free, but sell it a much higher price or pass it off as their work. If I give away for free want it to go to someone in need. The worst experience is when I sold kittens and the lady resold them for big profit. I give my items to charities. Become at least the money will hopefully go to a good cause.
as someone who actually *needs* to thrift to get clothes most times if not always, i hate these trends. i cannot go and find nice clothes for myself because everything is either micro trends, not long lasting or resellers have already gotten everything - its absolutely terrible, i hate influencers and really hope this'll end soon
@@sardonicprincess well obviously they aren't taking absolutely everything, I was being a bit dramatic, but they are taking most of that, the stuff left is hard to find
@@The_bug_collective blame YT hauler influencers, and the ones that follow them. The original resellers were always there, selling at decent prices and not being hoarders.
@@vaderladyl yes that's what I mean when I say resellers, the people who sell it for the same price don't bother me it's the ones who up it for no reason other than greed
Shein is disposable clothing, not made to last long. Canada classifies it as toxic.waste because the levels of lead in a kids jacket were 20x allowed amounts
11:28 also fun fact: the original 13 going on 30 dress is actually lost because after filming the movie, apparently someone (idk if it was the costume designers) gave it away to a thrift shop
We recently got work hoodies with my workplace logo on them, I have to say it is one of the most high-quality, warmest and softest hoodies I have ever had, so best you believe it I will wear it till it falls off from me. I am lucky to get something this high-quality for FREE since I rarely buy myself any new clothes because everything decent is super expensive.
Poor Meghan Markle. She wears her high quality outfits repeatedly and the media makes a huge deal out of it. If I spent 5k on a dress I am wearing that biaotch until it falls apart at the seams.
@@feloniousbutterfly Why do people need to stop paying attention to celebrities and "royals"? What does it matter to you what people pay attention to, what they enjoy, how they spend their time. I don't see it as any more of a time waster than bird watching, or stamp collecting, or star gazing. If people enjoy celebrity news why shouldn't they engage in it?
@@karenholmes6565 that's because bird watching and stamp collecting isn't parasocial and creepy. The other too are literally hobbies most of which with more positive attributes one being a learning experience and the other being historical value. Watching and reading personal information about a celeb or "royals" private life they didn't even want shared to the public is just creepy and weird.
I saw Shein stuff in our off-price stores. Also, goth is supposed to be Anti-Materialism, so nobody should feel that they're not "goth enough" if they don't buy into cheap garbage.
I used to think I wasn't goth enough but then realized, I'm poor. I don't need to spend money to be goth, and if I can't look goth bc of work it's ok. I like the music and agree with the political aspect of it
@@esotericopia2854right? And just in general, it's growing up and realizing dude why care THAT MUCH about my clothes, I'm being me, if you're clean and dressed appropriately then who cares even. The whole "in my outfit i didn't wanna be seen in" thing can be both funny and toxic in this way, someone like me feels pressured to have all my piercings in and dressed cool how i like to, but yk it's totally fine to wear shorts and an old high school t shirt without all my piercings for a day, I'm still me. This was long but I really like seeing people say stuff like this bc i relate. It's intentionality and choosing what to care ab, growing up is cool ig
That's how I feel. Some goth clothing is crazy expensive, the make-up, the boots, the accessories etc Was told " Just because you're wearing black and dark eyeliner. Doesn't make you goth".
my biggest flex is that ive been thrifting for 8+ years and 90% of my clothes are thrifted, the 10% is either shoes or things i had before i started thrifting
Same. Most clothes and furniture thrifted. Been at it for over 20 years, only because our family was marginally poor/ below middle class and that’s just what we did. Watching such an essential part of my life devolve into a cesspool of greedy price pinching, and craptastic piles of filth is pretty sad to say the least
i have a BURNING hatred for resellers. all they do is take cute clothing from people who cant afford to buy brand new clothing. and then they have the audacity to sell it online for 2-3x as much as they bought it for. they’re greedy and selfish and unethical and i hate them.
THE BRIDESMAID THING. im so glad you said it.. everytime i go to a certain consignment shop near me theres like 20 bridesmaid shirts. like. you could have just not. its not even like theyre wearing it during the wedding they obviously have a dress !!! like just dont
We have a local church thrift and they literally have a cardboard box of SHEIN and romwe at the cash register with FREE in sharpie. I’ve seen some people grab stuff from it and there is a lot of actual poor families that shop there. So there’s that at least
or have a dedicated fastest fast fashion section with price limits for certain items, but yeah, that would be nice if they do that, since I don't have enough attention span to go through all clothes
@@davebutlarge7458 best you can do is garage sales or junkyard collection(if where you live has that) even then... working ones so hard to find, especially the cute small ones
I can't get with the "The resellers are keeping these clothes in circulation" because the clothes were ALREADY in circulation. They bought out the only decent clothes at a thrift store (where the clothes were "in circulation") and resell them for even more money, leaving only the worst of the worst for the poor. Resellers are ghouls, they are exacerbating the already prevalent quality issue of thrifted clothes.
I think that the main thing with resellers is that if we lowered overconsumption as a whole they would also buy less products because there demand would be lower, so, no matter your opinion on it, overconsumption is the root cause
I know what you mean, and the re-pricing can be awful.... BUT I think having an item listed online where somebody can find a specific second hand item they want can be a better way of keeping something in circulation. A niche item of clothing may be ignored and sent to landfill if left in a store, but online it may be more likely to find a home.
@@carysjones3861 Good quality pieces are not what thrift stores are sending to landfills. That is a lie that is spread to support/justify resellers. Resellers are not "helping" save these clothes, they would've been bought by the poor people who need it.
Last time I thrifted was 2015? It was already emptied of the all good stuff by resaler and others bougie thrift store that make "a curated selection". All the plus size clothes were taken by skinny girls to make sewing project. AND if you were lucky enough to find something cute the price will make you put it back. My 10+ years clothes have all started to fall appart I need to go shopping, but its too depressing.
I was going to say…this has been going on for a LONG while…at LEAST a decade…actually a while longer. At least where I live. Even the rich areas are either picked through or are so jam packed with literal junk and dirty stores.
I’ve tried finding stuff in charity shops and everything either doesn’t fit (I am most definitely Small or X Small) or is something I would never wear in a million years. So I just don’t bother anymore.
Some of my favorite clothes are from Walmart. If I knew they would stop selling soft cotton polos I would have gotten more. I would still buy shoes there if they didn't all have stupid memory foam soles. Those things kill my feet.
Have a NIN Downward Spiral tour shirt from '95 that is just now starting to fray around the collar. The SheIn dress shirt my poor kid bought me lasted just a week before the seams under the arms started unraveling and a button fell off 😅
When I buy a piece of clothing it either goes two ways: 1. I don’t like the way it ends up looking on my body, but one day it might so I keep it 2. I love it and wear it until it literally falling apart and has holes in it (I still wear it with holes)
Real, I have alot of clothes that don't fit me that I haven't gotten rid of because I know I can probably fix it in some way and then I'll never take it off!
So real! I always manage to make the clothes that I may not prefer work with my style! Especially since the seasons change and I’m also a creative person, so I guess that’s a plus😅 But I have clothes from middle school and freshman year of high school that I still wear! I even kept everything when I cosplayed as Veronica Sawyer one year for Halloween! Every piece of that outfit was thrifted or I already had it and I wear the eff out of the button up I got from that year! Clothes are meant to be versatile and it’s so much fun coming up with ways to incorporate personal style when it comes to jobs or schools with strict dress codes. Now that I’m in college, I’ve come up with even more ways to extend the life spans of the clothes I have! Not to mention my mom and I are able to share clothes so they’re never not being used!
For me it's the same but the 3rd option: my mother gives me almost New, really good clothes that I personally don't like, that don't fit me well or that I find uncomfortable. If I find no way to style it, make it feel comfortable or literally any use for it, I donate it to a thrift🤷♀️
My MIL is a fast fashion and thrift store hound. I really dislike it. My FIL has one small wardrobe in their bedroom. She has the whole walk-in closet, two wardrobes, two shoe racks, and an entire hanging rack in their kitchen. She'll buy things just because they're cute and in her size, and maybe she'll wear whatever it is, eventually. Drives me batty, because she'll wind up with eight of the same shirt, because she's forgotten she already has one or more. Meanwhile, I have one closet, my husband has another (same closet, two doors, weird narrow corridor shape). I have a dresser, he has a dresser. As soon as a piece in our closets gets too worn out to wear in public (stains, holes, stretched to heck), it goes into the dressers to be worn as house clothes, chore clothes, and nightwear. Any ripped up jeans become shorts. And only once the shorts are too worn out to be public facing do they finally get retired to the bin. My son loves thrifting each year for his school fits. We get him a "core" wardrobe that's a little big to last him as long as possible at a mainstream store, then tell him "go nuts" at the thrift store so he can try out whatever new aesthetic he's into. Works out well. He always checks for fast fashion tags, and does a basic, gentle, quality test on everything he gets. And as soon as he outgrows anything, we pass it on to other people in our apartment building. And they do the same. A pair of old, late 90s, early 00s Champion brand shoes we got new at the thrift (og tag still on) has been passed from our son, sanitized for another kiddo, sanitized again, and are currently the preferred walking shoes for one of the women in my building. And they're still going strong, despite how rough both boys were on them for almost three years prior. Sorry for ranting, this topic hits home, hard for me. Quality over quantity, any day.
19:35 dude i wear those all the time. my area has an event quite literally called “The Big Event” and companies advertise their services and that includes shirts and other memorabilia. The shirts are great for night shirts, for doing yard work in, for going on a quick trip to walmart, to wear around the house. majority of the cups in my family’s cabinet are branded cups from that event. we’re able to get a couple month’s worth of frisbees for my dog to play fetch with. i have probably way too many pens but i won’t run out of ink anytime soon. they’re also great sources of fabric for making doll clothing
I attended a family reunion where they gave us each a coffee mug with our family name and "reunion" printed on it. This mug was hideous and I couldn't figure out what to do with it. So one Christmas my entire grad class had a Christmas party and the gift exchange was an ugly one. We all voted on who gave the worst gift. I gave that mug. I won the competition.
I work at a thrift store, the amount of amazing items that are thrown away, books, shoes, clothes. And I just get sad like someone could’ve liked it, but we have regulars that come in everyday. Spending $40+ on random shit, that’s to be resold for crazy prices. People will steal, they’ll swap tags and try to pull a fast one on us. It’s wild. But that’s why our prices will go up, then only making more theft possible. It’s a vicious cycle
I wouldn’t discriminate on a SHEIN item at a thrift if they weren’t priced higher than the original. What I care about at a thrift store is a good fabric, a decent fit and a reasonable price. SHEIN rarely has good fabric and decent fit but assuming I did find a SHEIN item that was both, I expect it to be less at the thrift than if I bought it new. Buying from a thrift store, regardless of brand, helps keep those items out of landfills.
I agree. Even some fast fashion brands put out a decent item once in awhile. It is ok to buy if nothing else, and if you take care of the item, and don't over buy stuff.
Agreed. Some Shein items are actually okay, pretty cute, and I would gladly buy it at a thrift store vs paying $5 plus $10 shipping plus 4 weeks to get it in the mail. But that item of clothing needs to be $4 because it is a Shein item, that won’t leave their racks unless it reflects its proper value
I agree in theory however the closest thrift store to me, prices their shein overstock insanely high. Why would I pay 25 dollars for some trash material thats 5-10 dollars from shein not counting shipping? I have found decent shein clothes at thrifts, but why are they all 20-30 dollars? They should be 5-10 max, imo.
Yeah I'm not anti-thrifted-Shein in theory, but in practice if I see a Shein label I won't even bother to look closer, since odds are high that the fabric sucks and it's a waste of time.
a lot of people are unaware of how op-shops sort through clothes. As someone who has volunteered at an Op-shop (thrift), depending on the size (revenue) stores like Salvos, Savers, and some Vinnie's won't go through their clothes as thoroughly due to the high amount of donations to go through, meaning they just put whatever on. Smaller independent stores will take deeper look into the clothes quality such as certain brands can't be sold or if the clothing item is pilling or the threads are coming undone or just general imperfections like a fat stain or a hole. At the store I volunteered for we had to throw out so much clothing because people would just send them in horrid conditions expecting someone in a lower class to purchase their shite or we had to throw them out based on brand alone due to health concerns. Shein clothes were thrown out instantly because of the amount of lead in the fabric as it could cause rashes and irritation in the eyes but please remember everything on the earth has lead in it however typically in clothes there isn't enough to cause harm but Shein clothes go past the safety standards, so they instantly go. MOST CLOTHES DONATED TO THRIFT JUST GET SENT TO LANDFILL. (sorry for the rant)
@@CoquetteKarakuyup. From what I heard third world countries are struggling even more because of the overconsumption in the states. I don’t get why people are so ignorant to carbon footprint and landfills, that or they don’t care. I wish I could give those people even a fraction of my empathy so they could feel something other than ignorance. God I sound old, but I hate hate HATE overconsumption. The only thing I overconsume is art supplies and that’s because I’m a traditional artist and will end up using everything at some point. Hell, I still have the pencil case (it’s a makeup bag that I use as a pencil case) I’ve had since 2nd GRADE and is STILL holding up with no loose threads and only a couple of stains that I MYSELF MADE! I bet if I just tossed it in the wash that it would come out brand new! I refuse to give it up!
@@YukaRunningNorth This is so depressing :( Is it a quality issue or just..too much stuff? Or both ? :( i did volunteer at an op shop and i loved it. I wouldn't mind working in one again, as i love to sort and organise things.. Although if i saw lots of perfectly good clothes and books going to landfill i would get upset. I still am haunted by seeing all the end of day muffins i had to throw out at the cafe i used to work at.. whatever staff couldn't take home went into the bin and we weren't allowed to go give it away to homeless/very low income ppl. Why? Incase they sue us. Excuse me but what about the ppl who were paying for the same goddamn muffin for $4 earlier that day? Ughhhhh i hate this sort of shit. ... So much waste.
@@seabreeze4559 I watched a few different documentaries on Shein back when people were starting to get suspicious of the sight however in most of the documentaries it explained the working conditions in the Shein factories and how it contributed to higher lead levels but there are many articles and investigations that have gone into this as well.
In times like these im very glad have adhd. It either allows me to ignore things (bad or not) or be happy and occupied with the smallest thing for a long time. I don’t feel the need to overconsume, im happy with what I have, and I really do hope everybody taking part of these trends can find their happiness, it can be rly hard to find it sometimes, good luck!
@@bananarama480 and of course, you took it the wrong way because you didn't read correctly. I meant she has a good attitude against a superficial mentality world.
I wear my snoopy Christmas socks every day because I had an advent calendar with those in it one year. It doesn’t matter to me what season it is, I love my socks :)
Yes! I've been using the same school bag for yearrssss And it's falling apart), but rn, either me or my mother don't have the money or the stores in our country for that. You cannot imagine how appalled I was when someone called my bag underconsumption core...
I thrift most of my clothes I own, so I’m there a lot. And no one ever mentions all the one time use event t shirts, field trip, church camp, bible school, high school sports, blood drives, give aways and maybe the biggest MARATHONS. Flooded with these kinds of shirt that no one is gonna ever want to buy because it’s not their experience. It’s a good 15% of stores. There should be something done about that. I’m so glad you covered it. ❤
whenever i got those shirts i just like... made them sick/chores clothes or into rags. probably not possible for all of them but ive got a little box thats just rags for when i need to do cleaning or whatever. still hve a couple shirts that have paint stains on them haha
When we where planing the first week of school for the new college student (at my college in Norway), a lot of the comity was shocked I spoke up against every student getting a t-shirts with the school logo and “freshman” (in Norwegian) on the back. It’s so expensive! So many other things we could spend the money on through out the semester AND there are so many events and theme parties throughout the first week that they most likely will wear costumes and other things instead. Also a lot of people would like to dress in something they are comfortable in? Like a nice hoodie or whatever. You also have to blindly shop, because you don’t know what size the freshman wear in clothes? So it really unnecessary on so many levels.
@@heather368 yeah! esp when they're 100% cotton, i dont like tossing good natural fibers like that w/o getting some use. sometimes u need something you can Sweat in y'feel me
Thrifing has been ruined for a while. Everything good is taken to be resold, fast fashion is everywhere, and prices have skyrocketed after thrifting became trendy. I saw used heels being sold for $40 dollars.
at our thrifts theres different magnets for different prices per kilo (orange - designer, red - expensive, blue - medium, white ‐ cheap, black - last sale) and because of fast fashion brands all black is now shein, white is plt, blue is fashion nova and all normal clothes are now in the orange/red category:( like you can see h&m or zara with orange magnets i hate this shift so much, thrifting is slowly dying because they're hacking up the prices to accommodate fast fashion😭
I’m a crocheter and crocheting has been hit HARD with overconsumption. people show off their “yarn hauls” and “yarn stash” and there’s a running joke amongst crocheters about all the yarn you buy just because it’s pretty but you’ll probably never use. “collecting yarn and using yarn are two different hobbies.” I’m not an exception, I’ve done it too. I buy yarn with no plan for it just because it’s pretty. Now I’ve been trying to work through as much yarn as possible before getting more.
Worked for a family last year that had a new Shein package every other day. They lived in a 500k house they bought with cash, the mom had a walk-in closet overflowing with designer clothes, at least 80 pairs of shoes, and they had a closet JUST for jackets. The dad owned like 30 of the same shirt cuz he liked it when he saw it at a shop and wanted to make sure he'd "have it forever". And yet? 90% of what the kids wore and played with came from Shein. I hate rich people.
My brother and sister-in-law are not struggling for money, yet my SIL still buys stuff off of SHEIN. It infuriates me to no end, because they spend so much money on other things, and they continue to feed into the fast fashion industry.
Band tees are the way to go - my retired concert buddy (retired as in from work, not from rock) has band shirts from her teens she wears to concerts on the regular - paired with some very cool thrifted/diy-ed skirts. Original 80's misfits concert tee? I'm not jealous, you are
Band tees are the staple base of my wardrobe! A t-shirt, pants suitable for that particular day, maybe some long-sleeved blouse and/or a cardigan depending on the weather and I'm ready to head out.
I work at a charity here in the UK, and the amount of SHEIN I've seen is horrendous! Im also still searching for my style of kawaii/alt, maybe even taking inspiration from Harajuku, but i refuse to use fast fashion sites because of this. I believe in using fashion brands that are styles that YOU like, look at smaller businesses of the style you want to dress like! Slow fashion i believe this is called! Bought a beautiful bag from Nyahallo and its real leafher! It still holds up to this day! ♡
Something I love about being goth is the music, culture, and creativity layering and improvisation/complex mindful layering of the style! The complexity and mixture of blacks and corsets and textures allows us to turn our most basic T shirt into a crazy hardcore top! We express ourselves texture wise which is so cool!
When I went thrifting out of state at a Savers there was this girl and her 2 friends and they grabbed EVERYTHING. Every single shirt and pants and shoes they thought were even slightly cute they grabbed. They each had a PILE of clothes in their carts, it was so f*ing crazy
@@annabaker2926 they have no thoughts about anyone but themselves. They’re obviously more than wealthy enough to do that and then some. I’m frugal, but if I had enough money to buy first hand luxury clothes, I’m using that privilege and won’t take away things at the thrift store because others need it more than I do
I Stopped going thrifting after I started seeing the prices rise and people shop there who could obviously afford full priced clothing buy about 200-300 dollars worth of clothes in 1 go.
Do it with your friends! My friend and I have done this for a few years now and it brings me so much joy to see them wear “my” stuff! It’s such a fun evening, everyone brings their old things and we have a little fashion show and whoever wears it best gets to keep it. In the end, the things nobody wants go in a bag and are donated. I sometimes have a hard time donating old things if they were expensive, but if it makes my friends happy I don’t have a problem letting it go.
no fr my nearest thrift store chain gives you a, like 5% off coupon for bringing stuff -- like I just donated what you're probably going to sell for collectively over $100 so I get to save a whole 60 cents on the singular item (probably a book or record) that I'm actually going to buy 😶
Saw an expose about donated clothes that go overseas; a lot of them ended up in a landfill. The whole thing is that more clothes are donated than people that need them. My dad bought me a company shirt he found at a thrift store for me to wear when we were working outside because it was probably get destroyed from use.
omg so true!! and only just before this i saw an ad for depop that literally said "buy something. when you're done with it, sell it and use that money to buy something new" UM NO??? let's lose this idea that we can just be 'done with' an item so soon
I had them turn down good boot cut jeans, 7 for all mankind. I only wore them a few times. Considered practically vintage now, from 2008. Refused. All they had in the store was SheIn garbage. Told them they were messing out on some vintage jems. Sold them shits online for $75. Far better than what I would have gotten from those thieves
My city's Plato's Closet was actually pretty good but it shut down. I've been to others since then and they all suck ass so I guess I was lucky for a while! I miss it.
@@xXIronPeachesXx they love SheIn garbage, then overprice it from what it was online. I have only gone one time, for the jeans listed above and never went back. I've heard others can't even sell Levi's and AE jeans from really Y2K era. They don't want the real, they want knockoffs of styles. We ain't even asking to make bank off em.
I never understand how people just wear outfits once or just buy clothes so intensely. Ive had clothes from years ago. I got a few skirts from SheIn 4 years ago and they are still in my rotation. I also wear my company shirts as pj's.
Lol this is me. My mom asked me about a shirt she bought me in high school the other day, and was FLOORED when I told her that I not only still had it, but wore it two days before. 😂🤣 I'm 31 now, so that shirt is like 15 years old 😭
I have a few skirts and tops from Shein (2021-2022) they are a lighter cotton or cotton/poly mix, but work really well for me in summer. The price were good and the quality similar to H&M/Old navy BUT they had alternative style in plus size. I try to make a order last year, its all 2x the price and rayon/poly everywhere. Im pretty sure they had better stock when they started in Canada and now its just the junk.
My entire plan is to build up a closet that I can wear for as long as possible. I'm because of that also willing to spend more money, because I will wear those things a long time and they are all of great quality and material. And 90% of my clothing is SecondHand, because that is still the best way to get good quality materials for a somehow reasonable price
It’s why my Christmas outfit is just a nice red sweater with a small Christmas pin on it. I can wear that sweater any time and the pin can just be removed after the holiday. I do thrift a lot but I also have some good ones in my area and I’m trying to rebuild my wardrobe after figuring out what my style really was.
I had a very successful vintage business online. It seems a lot more people have jumped on the trend but there's so many fakes and so called influencers that are looking to rip people off.
Fast fashion stores is what allowed me to continue to buy the clothes I needed when thrifts became to expensive. Now that I have a job and can buy clothes from ethical stores it's insane how shein is profiting off of poor people not being able to shop at thrifts.
Literally, like half of my wardrobe shouldn't be SHEIN and I'm so tired of it and I genuinely can't wait to be able to afford clothes from ethical stores
@@bizzybezz940 shein is slowly becoming expensive too unfortunately but there a lot of outlet stores that sell cheap ethical clothes. I buy from them a lot because I care about the quality of the clothes, but it also depends on your budget and where you’re living. If you don’t have outlet stores where you live you can wait for sales.
I went to private boarding school. This one girl in my residence who used to post about her 20k purses and her 10 million dollar house scrubbed her RUclips and started posting about “thrifting brands” ethically. She’s now a semi famous influencer. And it absolutely makes me irate because not only is she lying about her ethics, she was also one of the worst mean girls I knew.
Ugh she sounds insufferable. She’s not doing jack for the environment, she’s just making it harder for lower class people to afford nicer things, hand me downs or thrifted.
I relate I have freckles and she bullied me saying that I had dirt on my face the she made a ticktok saying that she thought freckles Greek noses and curly hair is beautiful
I totally get the ‘it depends on where you live’ thing because that is 100% true. There is a Goodwill that me and my friends frequent calling it the “Good-Goodwill", because we always find some very decent pieces of clothing there. But that’s because it’s a Goodwill near a generally very rich neighborhood, thus, there are clothes being donated that are more than just hand-me-downs.
@@bubblesawesome3284 "Now it’s cheaper to just buy new clothes." Cheaper, and they're better quality. The type of person donating to thrift stores right now are the people who want to throw their excess clothes in the garbage without a guilty conscience. They didn't take care of them, washed them on hot and dried them on hotter, to the point they've already got 3 years' worth of wear and tear in 1 month. Buy new and take care of them. Even buying SHEIN new would be better.
They had cheapened and debased what it means is to donate and help a good cause by flooding the stores with cheap products that nobody wants. And this is happening in all areas like Home Decor, Beauty, Housewares, Clothing, etc
i was talking to my math teacher about thrifting and how i like it because i don't have much money, as i'm a teen with no job, and also a fashion style that isn't "trendy", along with sustainability. She told me how she's glad i appreciate it at my age bc when she was a kid and teen she lived in poverty and could only afford to thrift, and all her other clothes were hand me downs from siblings, i'm so fortunate and blessed with enough money (middle class) that my family can afford splurges and it's so sad that thrift store prices have raised bc ppl like her family that can't afford anything else are now struggling to find THRIFTED clothes that they can afford:/
This is EXCELLENT commentary! I like to thrift to find good quality fabric, clothing and furniture for upcycling and sewing projects without breaking the bank (as well as being eco-friendly). On my most recent trip, I was very surprised at the number of SHEIN, Fashion Nova and Lularoe schmatta on the racks (I’m in the US). Yes, I was able to tell that the quality of the fabrics was cr@p. I would be concerned about using these and upcycling them into blankets for homeless and animal shelters because once the fabric is washed a few times, the blanket will fall apart.
The thing I hate is that, as a large plus person, finding clothing that is in my size, affordable, and sustainable is a fucking nightmare. Not only that, thrifting in this size range is next to impossible. Most clothing on depop in this size range are Torrid (fast fashion) or Shein.
I feel you here! I also struggle with getting affordable clothes as a bigger person, especially because some stores and thrifts don't even carry plus size and sometimes when they do, they're ridiculously expensive. So I sometimes resort to Shein, even tho I'd prefer not to. Luckily, the few pieces I got are still in good shape after 2-3 years of regular wearing and washing.
i feel ur pain... i can usually still thrift tops and pants i like bc i'm like an XL, but it's impossible to find bottoms and those are what i need. it's so stressful to try and find ones that are affordable, quality, and well fitting. even second hand plus size bottoms on depop are always insanely overpriced
This! I'm also on the larger end and thankfully my normal daily wear is just t-shirts and joggers, but if I want anything that is actually aesthetic or stylish, I'm out of luck...
I'm in the process of losing weight but I do have a lot of shein clothes because they go up to such a high size. I've never had any issues with quality though. I've had some pieces for 3 years..
Been Goth for 14 years now, and I've never owned a Killstar piece. Why would I pay $100 for a pair of trousers? I'm not questioning their quality, but my jeans are of amazing quality, and I bought them at a thrift. I just can't see spending a month of groceries worth for one outfit
Most of my wardrobe is killstar, but probably like 80% of that came from Vinted, and then the brand new stuff was bought whilst there was a sale. I can't justify Killstar at a full price tag at all.
I love think-pieces and small video essays about fast fashion, over-consumption, and mini trends. It's such an important topic to me. I'll watch every video i come across, even if it's basically the same points every time.
What’s sad about the people who wear it once or twice and then sell it online for money is that they took a bunch of good quality clothing from someone who could actually use it multiple times who are struggling with money. I know it’s not fully these thrifting peoples faults but I’ve noticed how the prices of thrifted materials have gone up too when those second hand stores were mostly made for people who struggle with money. I love thrifting of course but I only buy things I know I’ll wear and I’ll wear a lot. Then when I outgrow them and they are still fine quality, I donate them to another second hand store.
Fast fashion with the mix of it not being super awesome when ur plus sized and awful for the environment, has radicalized me into deciding to learn how to sew, stitch fix, and I plan on getting a sewing machine to make my own outfits. I really hope more ppl start making, fixing and re-enforcing their own clothes by hand to help make it last longer.
I work at a thrift store and we get so many women's clothes. Its a healthy mix of brands but shien is bathing suits+tiny clothes, Walmart is shoes(sandals) and Target is short trend stuff (wild fable)
i’m really thankful i was raised in a conscious consumption household (exception with my dad’s addiction to buying heaps of cheap food in bulk from booker’s…) i grew up in hand-me-downs and second hand clothes, playing with toys from car-boot sales etc., and it’s not as if my family couldn’t afford new, we’re middle class, we just didn’t need to. now i’m older and have money of my own, the media i consume educated me on fast fashion and overconsumption, and i’ve made it my goal to only buy second-hand unless absolutely necessary, and wear everything until it falls apart (which for me as an alternative is beneficial because i love the look of worn clothing). i hope that messages like yours can be more wide spread so society can begin to properly combat this problem 💗
I went to a local independent thrift store and, guess what, the prices were reasonable. Yet for whatever reason, people still go to the large chain stores.
I know, right? Non-profits thrifts are my go-to. Supports a good cause, no taxes so you always know exactly how much you’re spending, you come across vintage and unique pieces more often, and usually it’s cheaper. I suppose people prefer to sift through a large store rather than a smaller store that isn’t as familiar to them. You can find some great stuff even in thrifts where mainly old people donate lol
I volunteer at a charity shop that funds a hospice and holy shit we have to turn down donations because of the sheer amount of them that we get and we can’t sell them all in time and because of fast fashion most of them end up going to the rag man because of their inability to be resold.
As someone who works at a thrift store, most of what you said really resonated with me, but especially your point about free business merchandise. I cannot tell you just how many t-shirts and other clothing with company names printed on them that we get. It probably makes up a fifth of our donations. But we’re not allowed to sell any of them, they all get thrown away. A terrifying realization of working at a thrift store is that most donations hit the landfill before they even reach the sales floor. It’s sad.
I hate how common reselling has become. The Goodwill's around me have become so expensive I can't even find basics for under $7.00 each. Most of the plain black t-shirts that I need for work were like $10 each. I just had to resort to go to walmart to get them because I can't afford to pay $40 on four new (questionable quality) shirts
Also you want to talk about overconsumption…. You should dig into couponing. I’m out there for a deal but these ladies and gents will *RUN* and clear shelves leaving nothing for anyone. They have craaaaazy stockpiles and they typically sell from it. It’s a hustle on its own. I got caught up in it years ago and bought so much shit because it ended up being so cheap or even free and then never used it EVER or let things expire and I bought 20 of them. 🤦🏻♀️ life lessons. I’m all about using digital coupons and hunting deals groceries are too expensive, but anything can be EXTREME with overconsumption anymore.
I remember watching Extreme Couponing and wondering why those ladies stocking up their entire garage didn't donate to shelters. Overconsumption is a disease and most of us are not well.
As someone who needs to thrift a lot of the time, I genuinely wish depop sellers would just drop like fucking flies. I genuinely loath the trend with a passion, it's giving those assholes that go into Home Goods or whatever for the Hello Kitty shit and clears it out in seconds. I genuinely wish we could have an honest system but theres always gonna be mindless scumbags ruining it for everyone.
i volunteered at a charity shop in 2022-2023 and there was such big amount of shien and romwee ect to the point where if we had an excesses of donations the manager would tell us to bin any of those brands if they hadn’t been tagged yet
Halloween is coming up so I just wanted to share my tradition I have started since 2016. I create a costume from stuff I already own. It's so much fun to pull all my clothes out and get creative, coming up with a costume, I will treat myself to new makeup but I love just making a DIY outfit.
Shaming people for outfit repeats has been a thing since I was in primary school, and I'm a millenial. So it's not new, it's just so much easier to afford a huge wardrobe, thanks to fast fashion. I personally hope thrifts will start severely limiting the amount of donations they'll take from Shein and the like, unless they need the inventory of course.
Oh boy do I outfit repeat. I store clothing pieces together because that is how I will wear them. I think my favorite skirt was thrifted about 23 years ago and it was not just thrifted, someone's grandma hand made it for them!
i used to buy all my clothes at the thrift to save money and to not contribute to fast fashion wherever possible, but it's so disheartening to go to to any of the thrift stores near me lately. all filled with flimsy polyester shein garbage that they're overcharging for. i'm so frustrated and I don't even know what the solution is but the state of thrift stores is bleak in 2024. it's really sad. i need a few pairs of pants as i've changed sizes and idek where to go. I dont wanna support fast fashion and I now dont wanna thrift either. ugh
Speaking about the free merch companies and events give out, my boyfriend does a lot of volunteering so gets a lot of free t-shirts. He also volunteers at baseball games for the state team where he has gotten free shirt but not in his size. He's brining in at least half a dozen shirt a year, way more than he can wear out in that same amount of time.
Love the video! To add to the conversation, we can also mention the slave labour behind those fast fashion factories, and how those cheap clothes are made from materiales that are harmful to our bodies, and how trends affect our self esteem, etc, etc. There are so many reasons why we need to wake up and change the way we buy, and videos like these are so helpful to those who maybe have no idea of the damage they are making.
I love that i can say that I have worn my resting grinch face shirt for the past 3 or 4 Christmases. My daughter and I both also have matching tshirts that say it's fall with pumpkins on it. We have had them for like 5 years and we love to wear them.
Honestly, it's clips like those ones showing racks FULL of shein clothes that make me glad I live in a fairly rural area/retirement community 💀(my style is fairly vintage, so living in a community that's mostly elderly people makes it really easy to find really cute vintage pieces in really good condition for really cheap)
I'm so glad I live in a small town where there are still normal second-hand stores that serve their original purpose and don't overprice their stuff, of course, there are bigger ones that do, but I still have a good selection, people here can still get their necessities for a great price. It genuinely makes me sick to see these stores capitalize on people who are struggling already, why on earth you would price a cheap shirt for more than 10 dollars is completely beyond me. It's insane especially when they got it FOR FREE. How is this even legal???
Thank you for this video. I'm shocked by the wild trend of overconsumption where people don't even actually like their clothes and trash them right after wearing them as well as the quality of clothes and shoes has gone so far downhill. I legit have 4 closets. I have A LOT of clothes and pieces. But I'm a retired fashion model and acquired huge chunks of indie designer collections over the course of my career. And I still wear 75% of my wardrobe on a regular basis. I still do modeling infrequently and do cosplay. So, I still acquire pieces. However, none of them are impulse buys. They're calculated purchases to add to outfits I already have or to build a new outfit for a specific purpose. And when a piece or whole outfit no longer serves me, I give them away to my model/cosplayer friends to give them new life. I rarely donate to thrift stores because I try to exhaust all other options first because the majority of outfits donated to the thrift end up in the trash anyway. I just don't understand this need to constantly change your entire wardrobe. I have pieces that are over 10 years old. Don't people have favorite pieces/outfits? Don't people enjoy the outfits they're wearing and want to wear them again? Overconsumption is an utterly unnecessary and a gross mentality. It's destroying fashion and the environment.
I also have clothes from my teens still! Last year I actually replaced the sleeves on my favorite BFMV hoodie I got at Hot topic in like. 2009. Cuz the cuffs were frayed beyond repair but the rest of the piece is in near perfect condition.
As someone that wears costume pieces as normal wear bc idgaf and bc costume pieces are usually a bit more unconventional so it suits me, I dont really mind that time of year when costume shit floods the store, but that's just my taste. Now i WILL be annoyed when its hella priced up.
This is me as well! My whole Veronica Sawyer cosplay for Halloween is thrifted or things I already owned! Hell I still wear that costume in separate pieces because it’s versatile! Just recently this week I wore the button up I got for it! And that was for Halloween of my freshman year in high school and now I’m a freshman in college and still wear it!
Not everyone has this option, but I highly recommend sewing your own clothes. You can control the fabric, how the seams are finished, the fit, the style, everything. Takes me forever because I don't have a sewing machine right now, but at least hand-sewn seams are stronger.
Ive also been able to alter some of the clothes I get that don't quiteee fit right but are good quality. And add pockets!!! Very good skill to invest in
Sadly fabric costs a load of money and it takes you hours for just one piece of clothing even with a sewing machine. Not to forget the skill you need to make the piece actually fit and look good.
@@Gatsby148 agreed. I'm trying to get into sewing and stuff but it is definitely NOT easy and it's even more difficult when you don't have a sewing machine.
I’m in Bristol, Connecticut USA and in the thrift stores around me I’ve seen more and more and more Shein pieces pop up..at prices probably MORE than they were originally on Shein! And on top of that, prices at the thrift have gone up on just about everything. Thrifting used to be finding a great deal, something under $10, but now jeans and sweaters are priced over $15 a piece.. sigh.
My dear Goth, I agree with every damning word you said. It speaks of a tragic flaw in the human race: the need to fill a hole or buy you children's love. Yes, individually, we make barely any difference at all, but together we can work miracles. So ....how do we start the revolution?
for holiday themed clothes I recommend just getting items in the color of the holidays. like for christmas get something red and/or green that you can also wear year-round. either that or getting something comfortable (hoodies, sweatpants, baggy shirts) that you can wear as pajamas
This is infuriating. In my state they have made it illegal to throw any textiles in the trash so it's only encouraging people to donate their impulsive Shein purchases even though it will just clutter up the thrift racks.
I stopped growing when I was 12, so I have some pieces of clothing and pairs of shoes that are legitimately 20 years old. Yet the few shein shirts I’ve gotten from the thrift over the past year or two I can’t even touch anymore because the fabric is so worn and gross. As I’ve gotten older, as much as I hate sounding like my mom, I’ve been looking for quality over quantity for sure; I used to hate thick tough denim and now I’m beyond delighted whenever I find a piece of real cotton denim or some well cared for linen or wool pieces.
It's so annoying too because trend hopping also encouges people to make fun of other people who have a personal style that makes them happy.
Ignore the haters Do what makes you feel happy or content
This! The amount of times I've seen items I love and wear on the daily get featured on "trends that are out" or "ugly stuff I wore when I was trying to find my style" tik toks is beyond me- Like, sorry I actually wear the clothes I buy for years instead of throwing them out and getting a new wardrobe every three months when a new microtrend pops off?
Trends were always dumb. I will never respect the opinion of people who follow them with no thought of their own personality.
Anyone who makes fun of me because I don't follow trends is a person I don't want to know😂
@@feloniousbutterflysame, I hate trends because they are so unsustainable. Of course you can get a bit of inspiration sometimes from trends but other than that it doesn't make sense. Especially because most trends really just fit a small group and for the rest it's not really their style (even though it doesn't stop people to follow those trends😂)
I never understood the 'don't repeat outfits' thing. Like...those people not have favourite clothes? They like a shirt but 'oh well, I've worn it already last weak so it goes into the trash'?????
Right? I've always thought if you only like an item of clothing enough to wear it once.. you don't actually like it.
I don't get it either. I have a "Neko-mancer" shirt that is my absolute favorite piece. My husband has a "cosplay Pikachu" shirt for ATLA that he loves.
And what about the designated "sick" clothes? Like, do the fast fashion crowd not have that one hoodie or whatever that are for wearing when you feel terrible and need the comfy? The one that just makes your illness that tiny bit better?
Do you think it's actually a thing? It would be crazy
Last time I brought cloths was years ago (aside from undies and like 2 dresses) do people not feel attachment or pride in their clothes?!?
Dude I still have a shirt from when I was in middle school. I’m 22 now and the shirt is ripped. But I still very love it so I just fix it because I love it so much I don’t wanna throw it away.
There was a point in my life when I was homeless and I went to a thrift store and bought a whole outfit of designer clothes for a job interview for less than $10. It helped me get a job and get back on my feet. Unfortunately, thrift stores don’t have good quality options anymore.
Because people buy the good stuff and resell on eBay
And 10 dollars would get you like one item at most thrift stores now
I got my winter coat three years ago when I was unemployed and it was $12 and it has kept me warm as I’ve cycled to work every winter since 💜
Ive seen second hand places really overprice stuff, like ... at that point i mayas well buy new
recently went to the thrift with a $20 bill to get an outfit for a funeral and was unsuccessful only because of prices. it was scary to see how bad it’s gotten
In my country (🇫🇮) some flea markets have a policy in place that they ourtight won't accept Shein -branded rags for sale in their establishments.
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I wish they did that at a lot of resell shops in the U.S. Plato’s closet is a big second hand shop here and now it’s just always SHEIN and fashion nova. At that point I don’t even want to look. And then you take a bag of clothes to sell and they’re like mmm it’s not in style, it’s like nothings in style anymore because the style changes every five seconds! They really pass up on high quality clothes in good condition for SHEIN of all things.
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Honestly, I don’t understand why anyone would just throw out their cheesy Halloween, Christmas, Saint Patrick’s, Easter, etc. shirts. I still have a bunch and they work great for pajamas or if you know you’re going out in for something like groceries or wearing a hoodie to a function. They can be worn again for the holidays sure, but they’re great T-shirts to wear around the house overall. A shirts a shirt, not everything has to be aesthetic or make sense with the season
EVERY piece of clothing that doesn't hold up well anymore is in my massive pajama bin, like???
I have two shirts rn that are holiday themed and i literally wear to work all year long. I don't care. People actually positively comment on my personal style!
I buy new holiday things for my child, because he is growing and he’ll wear them any time of year. Then when he grows out I’ll buy him a new one to last a few more years and we past the old one on to friends.
I don’t understand the need for adults to have different each year.
I'm a Rennie and invest a lot of money into my Ren fair garb so you better believe I wear a lot of it outside of the faire. Cloaks are cool and I'm bringing them back in fashion baybee. I honestly wear pieces of it for holidays as well. My style tends to lean boho (I learned Anthropologie and Free People are fast fashion which is devastating but they're still well made enough that I wear them for years) which integrates with my Rennie garb fairly seamlessly
Me wearing my Christmas oodie all year around 😎😎 all my Halloween stuff gets reworn constantly because emo then I just only own like hats for work related to other holidays. Haven’t bought holiday related clothes or accessorises in probably 4 years now
Was raised with a ''dont buy it unless you're certain you'll wear it over 50 times'' mentality. More people should. Clothes don't just disconnect out of the world when you throw them out.
Dude same!! But doesn’t stop my mother from trying to get me to wear what she wants. Unfortunately those clothes are in my clothes. I’ll never wear thos
I overconsume clothes 😂...BUT I wear it all. Thrifting is too much fun. You'd HATE my closet.
@@absolutelyridiculous6743just because it’s fun doesn’t make it necessarily a good thing. I’m glad you wear everything but that also comes down to how often are you buying new things?
@@absolutelyridiculous6743I don't think it's overconsumption if you actually make the effort to wear everything.
Yeah, I need clothes to clothe me
and I got like 3 pairs of the same pants because they are good
I think I'm gonna raise my kids free of impulse buying
I work at a charity shop.. the amount of unopened, unworn clothes we get from shien and fastfashion brands is concerning
I really wish thrift stores would either not accept Shein or have a separate section for it. There's been countless instances where I've seen something mildly interesting until I noticed the Shein or F21 tag.
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@@mselectrica5 In our charity shop, we have a £1 rail so clothes that don’t sell after 2 weeks (mainly shien) go to the rail
@@mselectrica5 the thing is, if they didn't accept shein, then those pieces would likely just end up as landfill, tbf a majority of donated items do end up being sent to some other country or in a landfill, but at least if they do accept shein theres somewhat of a chance itll be used for longer/until the end of its lifespan
People buy the stuff and realize they hate it. These fast fashion items are gross. No one wants to wear that
Oh, I just "love" when I find a fast fashion piece of clothes that costs $15 (even though the previous owner bought it for $5)... Also the over-consumerism thingy.
omg literally
the charity shop price raise is ridiculous
especially for the cheap labels.
I will say tho that yeah it’s annoying when SHEIN and forever 21 pieces are $15+ when the original wasn’t even that pricey, but then I’ll find a vintage silk Diane Von Furstenberg blouse for like $2.50 🤫😂 so I don’t mind that my local thrift has no idea what the good stuff is
The other day when I went there was a Justice piece that was originally marked down to 5 bucks at the store it came from but the thrift wanted to sell it for 11. Scummy tactic to begin with, but then the dumb fucks forgot to take the original tag off lmfao.
and Dollar Tree stuff for double the price.💀
@@innocentnemesis3519Seriously. I got a leather jacket for $25 at the Goodwill and a leather Coach bag for $15. They really do not know what they have.
For me, I feel like it's so much cooler and more meaningful to have a wardrobe full of your own favourite pieces that people associate as part of your personal style, compared to constantly wearing new outfits.
Exactly. I have quite a few pieces that my mum made for me and some jumpers I knitted myself. It’s nice to know those are my style, not replicated by fast fashion.
I buy almost completely SecondHand and I also spend a lot of money for my finds. But I intend to wear those for as long as possible.
And all those things fit me perfectly and are totally my style. And they are also completely unique. I love my pieces so much, because they are my personal expression and only mine. And it's also always great to be able to say that almost everything you are wearing is SecondHand :)
I sew as a hobby and side business, and I used to go to thrift stores for materials. I can confirm with many others that they are now plagued by poor quality fabric like shein while the prices are going up. You can't even re-use the fabric because it shreds so easily.
Generally speaking, fabric and clothes quality have deteriorated over the years.
This is one of the reasons i check the clearance area every once n a while for really ugly items that have good fabric. Its almost always something 'vintage'. I know they'll end up in a landfill otherwise sadly. My area is overwhelmed with stuff
@xutherrot some of the best fabrics I used are vintage, especially cotton. It's still 100%, so it's really breathe free, unlike polyester.
There needs to be some process for recycling the materials that these clothes are made of, since at this point the clothing industry is just becoming a microplastic machine
I just head straight for the bedsheets. You can find 100% cotton without too much struggle.
True. I recently went to buy dark jeans and I kid you not pretty much all of the male jeans were stretch!
I also recently a baggy pair of jeans and was delighted to see that it wasn't stretch 😂
At least I still have a pair of jeans I wore for a job around 17 years ago (which still fits)
I’ve lost over 120lbs so I have tons of clothes that don’t fit, and admittedly a lot of them are from Shein as that was the only place I could afford to get plus size clothing from. BUT. Instead of donating this stuff to be sold at the thrift, I post the items for free on local buy & sell groups. I’ve been decluttering a lot like this lately, and I feel like it’s the best solution for now!
yes!! this is what I also like to do. I would feel horrible making someone pay for shit quality items that I received heavily discounted from Shein.. doing it this way helps people who may need these items because they cant afford anything right now in this economy. Also, congrats on the weight loss thats an amazing accomplishment!
Just be careful of resellers. They will take your stuff and sell it. I did it with baby goods. And saw them up for sale after a week. One I know was mine because of the drawing I put on it.
@@hollysmith1347 personally, if they want to take the time and try to resell it, so be it 🤷🏻♀️ the stuff i have that i think is worth selling i list on marketplace/poshmark, anything else that i offer up im not heartbroken if it gets resold. If the money helps them out, id personally prefer it goes directly to them instead of a shady thrift
@@hollysmith1347I think that’s good advice for stuff like that when it comes to things that people generally may need or have a hard time getting, (or you could donate them to a shelter as well if people are worried about that). But I think based on this video selling things from SHEIN through groups is way more ethical. Even if the next people resell it at least someone is still buying the unwanted useless clothes
@@kmart-b1l I think my issue is when they get the item for free, but sell it a much higher price or pass it off as their work. If I give away for free want it to go to someone in need.
The worst experience is when I sold kittens and the lady resold them for big profit.
I give my items to charities. Become at least the money will hopefully go to a good cause.
as someone who actually *needs* to thrift to get clothes most times if not always, i hate these trends. i cannot go and find nice clothes for myself because everything is either micro trends, not long lasting or resellers have already gotten everything - its absolutely terrible, i hate influencers and really hope this'll end soon
yeah sure, blame the resellers
@@sardonicprincess where i live they do actually buy out everything nice so yes i do blame the resellers somewhat
@@sardonicprincess well obviously they aren't taking absolutely everything, I was being a bit dramatic, but they are taking most of that, the stuff left is hard to find
@@The_bug_collective blame YT hauler influencers, and the ones that follow them. The original resellers were always there, selling at decent prices and not being hoarders.
@@vaderladyl yes that's what I mean when I say resellers, the people who sell it for the same price don't bother me it's the ones who up it for no reason other than greed
Shein is disposable clothing, not made to last long. Canada classifies it as toxic.waste because the levels of lead in a kids jacket were 20x allowed amounts
the allowed amounts?? 😭
@itiswhatitismindset oh yes, they allow a certain amount of lead as "safe"
Good things kids aren’t eating their jackets. I mean what
@FreshFlamingo no, they only wear them and absorb it into their skin 😑🙄🤦♀️
11:28 also fun fact: the original 13 going on 30 dress is actually lost because after filming the movie, apparently someone (idk if it was the costume designers) gave it away to a thrift shop
We recently got work hoodies with my workplace logo on them, I have to say it is one of the most high-quality, warmest and softest hoodies I have ever had, so best you believe it I will wear it till it falls off from me. I am lucky to get something this high-quality for FREE since I rarely buy myself any new clothes because everything decent is super expensive.
Omg!! Same!! Idk if it's the cotton or what but I WILL wear this sweater forever!
And there is always ways to remove the logo too
I get so annoyed when you see reports of celebrities or royals "recycling" an outfit. Normal people do this every day, it's not newsworthy!!
Exactlyyyy!
Poor Meghan Markle. She wears her high quality outfits repeatedly and the media makes a huge deal out of it. If I spent 5k on a dress I am wearing that biaotch until it falls apart at the seams.
People need to stop paying attention to celebrities and ""royals"".
@@feloniousbutterfly Why do people need to stop paying attention to celebrities and "royals"? What does it matter to you what people pay attention to, what they enjoy, how they spend their time. I don't see it as any more of a time waster than bird watching, or stamp collecting, or star gazing. If people enjoy celebrity news why shouldn't they engage in it?
@@karenholmes6565 that's because bird watching and stamp collecting isn't parasocial and creepy. The other too are literally hobbies most of which with more positive attributes one being a learning experience and the other being historical value.
Watching and reading personal information about a celeb or "royals" private life they didn't even want shared to the public is just creepy and weird.
I saw Shein stuff in our off-price stores.
Also, goth is supposed to be Anti-Materialism, so nobody should feel that they're not "goth enough" if they don't buy into cheap garbage.
I used to think I wasn't goth enough but then realized, I'm poor. I don't need to spend money to be goth, and if I can't look goth bc of work it's ok. I like the music and agree with the political aspect of it
@@esotericopia2854right? And just in general, it's growing up and realizing dude why care THAT MUCH about my clothes, I'm being me, if you're clean and dressed appropriately then who cares even. The whole "in my outfit i didn't wanna be seen in" thing can be both funny and toxic in this way, someone like me feels pressured to have all my piercings in and dressed cool how i like to, but yk it's totally fine to wear shorts and an old high school t shirt without all my piercings for a day, I'm still me. This was long but I really like seeing people say stuff like this bc i relate. It's intentionality and choosing what to care ab, growing up is cool ig
That's how I feel. Some goth clothing is crazy expensive, the make-up, the boots, the accessories etc
Was told " Just because you're wearing black and dark eyeliner. Doesn't make you goth".
morticia is materialistic, it can be goth
@@esotericopia2854 it isn't political, it's a subculture from England....?
my biggest flex is that ive been thrifting for 8+ years and 90% of my clothes are thrifted, the 10% is either shoes or things i had before i started thrifting
Same. Most clothes and furniture thrifted. Been at it for over 20 years, only because our family was marginally poor/ below middle class and that’s just what we did. Watching such an essential part of my life devolve into a cesspool of greedy price pinching, and craptastic piles of filth is pretty sad to say the least
@@galacticcactus5530same aswell. Even when I was a baby, my parents thrifted my clothes.
same except i've only done it for like 4 years max bc im still pretty young
Been doing it since 97, and the only new clothes I've had since came as Xmas presents.
LoL. Gen X Here. I went thrifting with my mother when I was a Child.
i have a BURNING hatred for resellers. all they do is take cute clothing from people who cant afford to buy brand new clothing. and then they have the audacity to sell it online for 2-3x as much as they bought it for. they’re greedy and selfish and unethical and i hate them.
THE BRIDESMAID THING. im so glad you said it.. everytime i go to a certain consignment shop near me theres like 20 bridesmaid shirts. like. you could have just not. its not even like theyre wearing it during the wedding they obviously have a dress !!! like just dont
We have a local church thrift and they literally have a cardboard box of SHEIN and romwe at the cash register with FREE in sharpie. I’ve seen some people grab stuff from it and there is a lot of actual poor families that shop there. So there’s that at least
🎉 neat solution!
In the wise words of Lizzie McGuire: “Yeah, I’m an outfit repeater, but you’re an outfit rememberer. Which is just as pathetic.”
At this rate thrift stores are just going to say no SheIn. They had to start doing that for old TVs because people weren't buying them.
or have a dedicated fastest fast fashion section with price limits for certain items, but yeah, that would be nice if they do that, since I don't have enough attention span to go through all clothes
awh i wish they still accepted old TVs, i’d buy them :(
I've been looking for an old crt for a while now, i remember them being everywhere in thrift stores not too long ago! no wonder i can't find them
@@davebutlarge7458 best you can do is garage sales or junkyard collection(if where you live has that) even then... working ones so hard to find, especially the cute small ones
Retro gaming took off right after thrift stores junked em. I remember there being rows of them for 5-15$ not too long ago
I can't get with the "The resellers are keeping these clothes in circulation" because the clothes were ALREADY in circulation.
They bought out the only decent clothes at a thrift store (where the clothes were "in circulation") and resell them for even more money, leaving only the worst of the worst for the poor.
Resellers are ghouls, they are exacerbating the already prevalent quality issue of thrifted clothes.
YES!
I think that the main thing with resellers is that if we lowered overconsumption as a whole they would also buy less products because there demand would be lower, so, no matter your opinion on it, overconsumption is the root cause
But to be clear I don’t disagree with you
I know what you mean, and the re-pricing can be awful.... BUT I think having an item listed online where somebody can find a specific second hand item they want can be a better way of keeping something in circulation. A niche item of clothing may be ignored and sent to landfill if left in a store, but online it may be more likely to find a home.
@@carysjones3861 Good quality pieces are not what thrift stores are sending to landfills. That is a lie that is spread to support/justify resellers.
Resellers are not "helping" save these clothes, they would've been bought by the poor people who need it.
Last time I thrifted was 2015? It was already emptied of the all good stuff by resaler and others bougie thrift store that make "a curated selection". All the plus size clothes were taken by skinny girls to make sewing project. AND if you were lucky enough to find something cute the price will make you put it back. My 10+ years clothes have all started to fall appart I need to go shopping, but its too depressing.
I was going to say…this has been going on for a LONG while…at LEAST a decade…actually a while longer. At least where I live. Even the rich areas are either picked through or are so jam packed with literal junk and dirty stores.
I’ve tried finding stuff in charity shops and everything either doesn’t fit (I am most definitely Small or X Small) or is something I would never wear in a million years. So I just don’t bother anymore.
I still have some skirts that I bought from Walmart in the late 90s. Even those Walmart clothes were way better quality than shien.
Some of my favorite clothes are from Walmart. If I knew they would stop selling soft cotton polos I would have gotten more. I would still buy shoes there if they didn't all have stupid memory foam soles. Those things kill my feet.
even cheap, fast fashion from before early 2000's was way better made than what we get today.
Walmart has the best selection of bras at reasonable prices.
It's pretty depressing when I'm just flipping through a rack and the only thing that stands out as quality are the 20 year old Walmart clothes.
Have a NIN Downward Spiral tour shirt from '95 that is just now starting to fray around the collar. The SheIn dress shirt my poor kid bought me lasted just a week before the seams under the arms started unraveling and a button fell off 😅
When I buy a piece of clothing it either goes two ways:
1. I don’t like the way it ends up looking on my body, but one day it might so I keep it
2. I love it and wear it until it literally falling apart and has holes in it (I still wear it with holes)
SAME! 😭
Real, I have alot of clothes that don't fit me that I haven't gotten rid of because I know I can probably fix it in some way and then I'll never take it off!
I love when they get worn down! My worn down clothes with holes in them are my favorite comfiest clothing options
So real! I always manage to make the clothes that I may not prefer work with my style! Especially since the seasons change and I’m also a creative person, so I guess that’s a plus😅
But I have clothes from middle school and freshman year of high school that I still wear! I even kept everything when I cosplayed as Veronica Sawyer one year for Halloween! Every piece of that outfit was thrifted or I already had it and I wear the eff out of the button up I got from that year! Clothes are meant to be versatile and it’s so much fun coming up with ways to incorporate personal style when it comes to jobs or schools with strict dress codes. Now that I’m in college, I’ve come up with even more ways to extend the life spans of the clothes I have! Not to mention my mom and I are able to share clothes so they’re never not being used!
For me it's the same but the 3rd option: my mother gives me almost New, really good clothes that I personally don't like, that don't fit me well or that I find uncomfortable. If I find no way to style it, make it feel comfortable or literally any use for it, I donate it to a thrift🤷♀️
My MIL is a fast fashion and thrift store hound. I really dislike it.
My FIL has one small wardrobe in their bedroom. She has the whole walk-in closet, two wardrobes, two shoe racks, and an entire hanging rack in their kitchen. She'll buy things just because they're cute and in her size, and maybe she'll wear whatever it is, eventually. Drives me batty, because she'll wind up with eight of the same shirt, because she's forgotten she already has one or more.
Meanwhile, I have one closet, my husband has another (same closet, two doors, weird narrow corridor shape). I have a dresser, he has a dresser. As soon as a piece in our closets gets too worn out to wear in public (stains, holes, stretched to heck), it goes into the dressers to be worn as house clothes, chore clothes, and nightwear. Any ripped up jeans become shorts. And only once the shorts are too worn out to be public facing do they finally get retired to the bin.
My son loves thrifting each year for his school fits. We get him a "core" wardrobe that's a little big to last him as long as possible at a mainstream store, then tell him "go nuts" at the thrift store so he can try out whatever new aesthetic he's into. Works out well. He always checks for fast fashion tags, and does a basic, gentle, quality test on everything he gets.
And as soon as he outgrows anything, we pass it on to other people in our apartment building. And they do the same.
A pair of old, late 90s, early 00s Champion brand shoes we got new at the thrift (og tag still on) has been passed from our son, sanitized for another kiddo, sanitized again, and are currently the preferred walking shoes for one of the women in my building. And they're still going strong, despite how rough both boys were on them for almost three years prior.
Sorry for ranting, this topic hits home, hard for me.
Quality over quantity, any day.
Thank you for being both consumer conscious, and both so clever, and so accommodating for your son!! That's a super good system!
To read this really made me smile, you and the people of your building are amazing folks :)
Broooo tbh ur Mil sounds like a possible shopping addict
Instead of the bin they can make great cleaning rags or be recycled with companies like Trashie :)
What did you use to clean the shoes?
19:35 dude i wear those all the time. my area has an event quite literally called “The Big Event” and companies advertise their services and that includes shirts and other memorabilia. The shirts are great for night shirts, for doing yard work in, for going on a quick trip to walmart, to wear around the house. majority of the cups in my family’s cabinet are branded cups from that event. we’re able to get a couple month’s worth of frisbees for my dog to play fetch with. i have probably way too many pens but i won’t run out of ink anytime soon. they’re also great sources of fabric for making doll clothing
Yess and don’t forget when the kids school requests shirts to use as a smock ! They come in handy
I attended a family reunion where they gave us each a coffee mug with our family name and "reunion" printed on it. This mug was hideous and I couldn't figure out what to do with it. So one Christmas my entire grad class had a Christmas party and the gift exchange was an ugly one. We all voted on who gave the worst gift. I gave that mug. I won the competition.
I work at a thrift store, the amount of amazing items that are thrown away, books, shoes, clothes. And I just get sad like someone could’ve liked it, but we have regulars that come in everyday. Spending $40+ on random shit, that’s to be resold for crazy prices. People will steal, they’ll swap tags and try to pull a fast one on us. It’s wild. But that’s why our prices will go up, then only making more theft possible. It’s a vicious cycle
I wouldn’t discriminate on a SHEIN item at a thrift if they weren’t priced higher than the original.
What I care about at a thrift store is a good fabric, a decent fit and a reasonable price. SHEIN rarely has good fabric and decent fit but assuming I did find a SHEIN item that was both, I expect it to be less at the thrift than if I bought it new.
Buying from a thrift store, regardless of brand, helps keep those items out of landfills.
I agree. Even some fast fashion brands put out a decent item once in awhile. It is ok to buy if nothing else, and if you take care of the item, and don't over buy stuff.
That and buying Shein from a thrift is more ethical.
Agreed. Some Shein items are actually okay, pretty cute, and I would gladly buy it at a thrift store vs paying $5 plus $10 shipping plus 4 weeks to get it in the mail. But that item of clothing needs to be $4 because it is a Shein item, that won’t leave their racks unless it reflects its proper value
I agree in theory however the closest thrift store to me, prices their shein overstock insanely high. Why would I pay 25 dollars for some trash material thats 5-10 dollars from shein not counting shipping? I have found decent shein clothes at thrifts, but why are they all 20-30 dollars? They should be 5-10 max, imo.
Yeah I'm not anti-thrifted-Shein in theory, but in practice if I see a Shein label I won't even bother to look closer, since odds are high that the fabric sucks and it's a waste of time.
a lot of people are unaware of how op-shops sort through clothes. As someone who has volunteered at an Op-shop (thrift), depending on the size (revenue) stores like Salvos, Savers, and some Vinnie's won't go through their clothes as thoroughly due to the high amount of donations to go through, meaning they just put whatever on. Smaller independent stores will take deeper look into the clothes quality such as certain brands can't be sold or if the clothing item is pilling or the threads are coming undone or just general imperfections like a fat stain or a hole. At the store I volunteered for we had to throw out so much clothing because people would just send them in horrid conditions expecting someone in a lower class to purchase their shite or we had to throw them out based on brand alone due to health concerns. Shein clothes were thrown out instantly because of the amount of lead in the fabric as it could cause rashes and irritation in the eyes but please remember everything on the earth has lead in it however typically in clothes there isn't enough to cause harm but Shein clothes go past the safety standards, so they instantly go. MOST CLOTHES DONATED TO THRIFT JUST GET SENT TO LANDFILL. (sorry for the rant)
Which just feeds in to the ongoing issue of landfill harming the environment. :(
@@CoquetteKarakuyup. From what I heard third world countries are struggling even more because of the overconsumption in the states. I don’t get why people are so ignorant to carbon footprint and landfills, that or they don’t care. I wish I could give those people even a fraction of my empathy so they could feel something other than ignorance.
God I sound old, but I hate hate HATE overconsumption. The only thing I overconsume is art supplies and that’s because I’m a traditional artist and will end up using everything at some point. Hell, I still have the pencil case (it’s a makeup bag that I use as a pencil case) I’ve had since 2nd GRADE and is STILL holding up with no loose threads and only a couple of stains that I MYSELF MADE! I bet if I just tossed it in the wash that it would come out brand new! I refuse to give it up!
@@YukaRunningNorth This is so depressing :( Is it a quality issue or just..too much stuff? Or both ? :( i did volunteer at an op shop and i loved it. I wouldn't mind working in one again, as i love to sort and organise things.. Although if i saw lots of perfectly good clothes and books going to landfill i would get upset. I still am haunted by seeing all the end of day muffins i had to throw out at the cafe i used to work at.. whatever staff couldn't take home went into the bin and we weren't allowed to go give it away to homeless/very low income ppl. Why? Incase they sue us. Excuse me but what about the ppl who were paying for the same goddamn muffin for $4 earlier that day? Ughhhhh i hate this sort of shit. ... So much waste.
lead in the clothes? where can I find out more?
@@seabreeze4559 I watched a few different documentaries on Shein back when people were starting to get suspicious of the sight however in most of the documentaries it explained the working conditions in the Shein factories and how it contributed to higher lead levels but there are many articles and investigations that have gone into this as well.
In times like these im very glad have adhd. It either allows me to ignore things (bad or not) or be happy and occupied with the smallest thing for a long time. I don’t feel the need to overconsume, im happy with what I have, and I really do hope everybody taking part of these trends can find their happiness, it can be rly hard to find it sometimes, good luck!
i love how different ADHD people are cause for me i struggle with impulsivity since fashion is one of my interests.
shows you how superficial society has become. you have the right attitude.
@@vaderladylYou come across really judgy with this post. I hope you are flawless
As someone with adhd whose special interest became meditation… I feel this 😅🤪
@@bananarama480 and of course, you took it the wrong way because you didn't read correctly. I meant she has a good attitude against a superficial mentality world.
I wear my snoopy Christmas socks every day because I had an advent calendar with those in it one year. It doesn’t matter to me what season it is, I love my socks :)
I love Snoopy!!! 💕❤️😃
I want Snoopy socks SO bad 😍❤
Resellers make me irate. Thanks for this video, I completely agree.
I hate how being poor is always becoming a trend why is “underconsumption core” even a thing
Hey, if they wanna cosplay poverty, I'll gladly trade places with them, so they can have the full experience.
Next it’s going to be “homeless core”
Yes! I've been using the same school bag for yearrssss And it's falling apart), but rn, either me or my mother don't have the money or the stores in our country for that. You cannot imagine how appalled I was when someone called my bag underconsumption core...
@@bubblesawesome3284Pretty sure some brands already did clothes that are pre-destroeyd to look like homeless poles clothes. 😭
@@clawwestfall8799yep. And what’s even worse is that it’s luxury brands doing it. 😭😭
I thrift most of my clothes I own, so I’m there a lot. And no one ever mentions all the one time use event t shirts, field trip, church camp, bible school, high school sports, blood drives, give aways and maybe the biggest MARATHONS. Flooded with these kinds of shirt that no one is gonna ever want to buy because it’s not their experience. It’s a good 15% of stores. There should be something done about that. I’m so glad you covered it. ❤
whenever i got those shirts i just like... made them sick/chores clothes or into rags. probably not possible for all of them but ive got a little box thats just rags for when i need to do cleaning or whatever. still hve a couple shirts that have paint stains on them haha
When we where planing the first week of school for the new college student (at my college in Norway), a lot of the comity was shocked I spoke up against every student getting a t-shirts with the school logo and “freshman” (in Norwegian) on the back. It’s so expensive! So many other things we could spend the money on through out the semester AND there are so many events and theme parties throughout the first week that they most likely will wear costumes and other things instead. Also a lot of people would like to dress in something they are comfortable in? Like a nice hoodie or whatever. You also have to blindly shop, because you don’t know what size the freshman wear in clothes? So it really unnecessary on so many levels.
@@gwennorthcutt421 that’s a great idea and so much more useful! 💜
@@cecilieailinn I agree 💯! You are so right, it’s such a waste of money when there are so many better things to spend it on! I’m glad you spoke up😀
@@heather368 yeah! esp when they're 100% cotton, i dont like tossing good natural fibers like that w/o getting some use. sometimes u need something you can Sweat in y'feel me
Thrifing has been ruined for a while. Everything good is taken to be resold, fast fashion is everywhere, and prices have skyrocketed after thrifting became trendy. I saw used heels being sold for $40 dollars.
They probably weren't even $20 for original pricing
When u can get a fungus from those heels is crazy
That's actually insane I got a pair of used heels for like 4 bucks the other day in good condition
at our thrifts theres different magnets for different prices per kilo (orange - designer, red - expensive, blue - medium, white ‐ cheap, black - last sale) and because of fast fashion brands all black is now shein, white is plt, blue is fashion nova and all normal clothes are now in the orange/red category:( like you can see h&m or zara with orange magnets
i hate this shift so much, thrifting is slowly dying because they're hacking up the prices to accommodate fast fashion😭
I’m a crocheter and crocheting has been hit HARD with overconsumption. people show off their “yarn hauls” and “yarn stash” and there’s a running joke amongst crocheters about all the yarn you buy just because it’s pretty but you’ll probably never use. “collecting yarn and using yarn are two different hobbies.” I’m not an exception, I’ve done it too. I buy yarn with no plan for it just because it’s pretty. Now I’ve been trying to work through as much yarn as possible before getting more.
as a reader, i very often see people doing huge book hauls. just like u said, buying books and reading are two different hobbies
Worked for a family last year that had a new Shein package every other day. They lived in a 500k house they bought with cash, the mom had a walk-in closet overflowing with designer clothes, at least 80 pairs of shoes, and they had a closet JUST for jackets. The dad owned like 30 of the same shirt cuz he liked it when he saw it at a shop and wanted to make sure he'd "have it forever". And yet? 90% of what the kids wore and played with came from Shein. I hate rich people.
See, I don’t get this. All the rich people I know their kids are dressed in the boutique clothing. SHEIN sucks. 😂😭
My brother and sister-in-law are not struggling for money, yet my SIL still buys stuff off of SHEIN. It infuriates me to no end, because they spend so much money on other things, and they continue to feed into the fast fashion industry.
@@PHBRNTGGR2 It's easy: Shein stuff can look fancy at first glance, but it's very cheap. They just don't care about quality for their kids
Band tees are the way to go - my retired concert buddy (retired as in from work, not from rock) has band shirts from her teens she wears to concerts on the regular - paired with some very cool thrifted/diy-ed skirts. Original 80's misfits concert tee? I'm not jealous, you are
I had so many band tees that in order to save space, I converted many into patches for my battle jackets.
“Retired from work, not from rock”
Is such a great sentence
Band tees are the staple base of my wardrobe! A t-shirt, pants suitable for that particular day, maybe some long-sleeved blouse and/or a cardigan depending on the weather and I'm ready to head out.
I work at a charity here in the UK, and the amount of SHEIN I've seen is horrendous! Im also still searching for my style of kawaii/alt, maybe even taking inspiration from Harajuku, but i refuse to use fast fashion sites because of this. I believe in using fashion brands that are styles that YOU like, look at smaller businesses of the style you want to dress like! Slow fashion i believe this is called! Bought a beautiful bag from Nyahallo and its real leafher! It still holds up to this day! ♡
Something I love about being goth is the music, culture, and creativity layering and improvisation/complex mindful layering of the style! The complexity and mixture of blacks and corsets and textures allows us to turn our most basic T shirt into a crazy hardcore top! We express ourselves texture wise which is so cool!
When I went thrifting out of state at a Savers there was this girl and her 2 friends and they grabbed EVERYTHING. Every single shirt and pants and shoes they thought were even slightly cute they grabbed. They each had a PILE of clothes in their carts, it was so f*ing crazy
Resellers . 😢
rolled my eyes reading this so hard i hate scalpers
@@melonalolll 100%
They cleared out all the sections but the male section
@@annabaker2926 they have no thoughts about anyone but themselves. They’re obviously more than wealthy enough to do that and then some. I’m frugal, but if I had enough money to buy first hand luxury clothes, I’m using that privilege and won’t take away things at the thrift store because others need it more than I do
I Stopped going thrifting after I started seeing the prices rise and people shop there who could obviously afford full priced clothing buy about 200-300 dollars worth of clothes in 1 go.
One thing I would love to start seeing is clothing swaps. bring the clothes you don't want and leave with clothes that are new to you.
Me to.
In my hometown we would do this a lot! Was super fun and a good way to try out different styles and get to know people
Do it with your friends! My friend and I have done this for a few years now and it brings me so much joy to see them wear “my” stuff! It’s such a fun evening, everyone brings their old things and we have a little fashion show and whoever wears it best gets to keep it. In the end, the things nobody wants go in a bag and are donated. I sometimes have a hard time donating old things if they were expensive, but if it makes my friends happy I don’t have a problem letting it go.
@@tigerkindThat’s such a good idea!! I’ll have to do that with my friends sometime
no fr my nearest thrift store chain gives you a, like 5% off coupon for bringing stuff -- like I just donated what you're probably going to sell for collectively over $100 so I get to save a whole 60 cents on the singular item (probably a book or record) that I'm actually going to buy 😶
Saw an expose about donated clothes that go overseas; a lot of them ended up in a landfill. The whole thing is that more clothes are donated than people that need them. My dad bought me a company shirt he found at a thrift store for me to wear when we were working outside because it was probably get destroyed from use.
omg so true!! and only just before this i saw an ad for depop that literally said "buy something. when you're done with it, sell it and use that money to buy something new" UM NO??? let's lose this idea that we can just be 'done with' an item so soon
I went into a Plato’s closet and it was ALL CROP TOPS and other fast fashion
I had them turn down good boot cut jeans, 7 for all mankind. I only wore them a few times. Considered practically vintage now, from 2008. Refused. All they had in the store was SheIn garbage. Told them they were messing out on some vintage jems. Sold them shits online for $75. Far better than what I would have gotten from those thieves
Platos closet is SUPPOSED to be rich on a budget,
SHEIN ISN’T A RICH BRAND!!!!
My city's Plato's Closet was actually pretty good but it shut down. I've been to others since then and they all suck ass so I guess I was lucky for a while! I miss it.
@@xXIronPeachesXx they love SheIn garbage, then overprice it from what it was online. I have only gone one time, for the jeans listed above and never went back. I've heard others can't even sell Levi's and AE jeans from really Y2K era. They don't want the real, they want knockoffs of styles. We ain't even asking to make bank off em.
I never understand how people just wear outfits once or just buy clothes so intensely.
Ive had clothes from years ago. I got a few skirts from SheIn 4 years ago and they are still in my rotation.
I also wear my company shirts as pj's.
Lol this is me. My mom asked me about a shirt she bought me in high school the other day, and was FLOORED when I told her that I not only still had it, but wore it two days before. 😂🤣 I'm 31 now, so that shirt is like 15 years old 😭
SAME I have a shirt from SHEIN from 4 years ago as well that's considered a crop top now, but it's cute in highrise bottoms 😋
I have a few skirts and tops from Shein (2021-2022) they are a lighter cotton or cotton/poly mix, but work really well for me in summer. The price were good and the quality similar to H&M/Old navy BUT they had alternative style in plus size. I try to make a order last year, its all 2x the price and rayon/poly everywhere. Im pretty sure they had better stock when they started in Canada and now its just the junk.
i buy from shein because i NEED to, and pretty much all the clothes i have from shein are good quality and I constantly wear them
My entire plan is to build up a closet that I can wear for as long as possible. I'm because of that also willing to spend more money, because I will wear those things a long time and they are all of great quality and material. And 90% of my clothing is SecondHand, because that is still the best way to get good quality materials for a somehow reasonable price
I used to work at a goodwill and honestly it was so disheartening how much SHEIN stuff we got. It was trash bags full of SHEIN almost weekly
It’s why my Christmas outfit is just a nice red sweater with a small Christmas pin on it. I can wear that sweater any time and the pin can just be removed after the holiday. I do thrift a lot but I also have some good ones in my area and I’m trying to rebuild my wardrobe after figuring out what my style really was.
I had a very successful vintage business online. It seems a lot more people have jumped on the trend but there's so many fakes and so called influencers that are looking to rip people off.
Fast fashion stores is what allowed me to continue to buy the clothes I needed when thrifts became to expensive. Now that I have a job and can buy clothes from ethical stores it's insane how shein is profiting off of poor people not being able to shop at thrifts.
Literally, like half of my wardrobe shouldn't be SHEIN and I'm so tired of it and I genuinely can't wait to be able to afford clothes from ethical stores
Exactly why I’m learning to upcycle my clothes to be a cut that I like better
@@bizzybezz940 shein is slowly becoming expensive too unfortunately but there a lot of outlet stores that sell cheap ethical clothes. I buy from them a lot because I care about the quality of the clothes, but it also depends on your budget and where you’re living. If you don’t have outlet stores where you live you can wait for sales.
I went to private boarding school. This one girl in my residence who used to post about her 20k purses and her 10 million dollar house scrubbed her RUclips and started posting about “thrifting brands” ethically. She’s now a semi famous influencer. And it absolutely makes me irate because not only is she lying about her ethics, she was also one of the worst mean girls I knew.
Ugh she sounds insufferable. She’s not doing jack for the environment, she’s just making it harder for lower class people to afford nicer things, hand me downs or thrifted.
I relate I have freckles and she bullied me saying that I had dirt on my face the she made a ticktok saying that she thought freckles Greek noses and curly hair is beautiful
expose her on guru gossip, spill all the tea
Can you share who it is?
Say her nickname, if it's true.
the way thrifts are listing clothes for more than they originally cost, largely because the original makers were massively exploited… goddamn
I totally get the ‘it depends on where you live’ thing because that is 100% true.
There is a Goodwill that me and my friends frequent calling it the “Good-Goodwill", because we always find some very decent pieces of clothing there. But that’s because it’s a Goodwill near a generally very rich neighborhood, thus, there are clothes being donated that are more than just hand-me-downs.
8:14, thanks for the unintentional reminder to switch my laundry. It's always good for those reusable clothing items to be clean and dry.
I remember arguing with someone who said thrifts aren’t charity and weren’t for low income people
Oh yeah I used to wear stuff from there and Ross all the time because it was cheap. Now it’s cheaper to just buy new clothes.
@@bubblesawesome3284 I just go to local thrifts like my DI it’s $3 for shirts $4 for pants
It used to be but not anymore
That’s…literally the reason why thrifts were developed in the first place? Is this the same person who thought being homeless was a choice?
@@bubblesawesome3284 "Now it’s cheaper to just buy new clothes."
Cheaper, and they're better quality.
The type of person donating to thrift stores right now are the people who want to throw their excess clothes in the garbage without a guilty conscience. They didn't take care of them, washed them on hot and dried them on hotter, to the point they've already got 3 years' worth of wear and tear in 1 month.
Buy new and take care of them. Even buying SHEIN new would be better.
They had cheapened and debased what it means is to donate and help a good cause by flooding the stores with cheap products that nobody wants. And this is happening in all areas like Home Decor, Beauty, Housewares, Clothing, etc
i was talking to my math teacher about thrifting and how i like it because i don't have much money, as i'm a teen with no job, and also a fashion style that isn't "trendy", along with sustainability. She told me how she's glad i appreciate it at my age bc when she was a kid and teen she lived in poverty and could only afford to thrift, and all her other clothes were hand me downs from siblings, i'm so fortunate and blessed with enough money (middle class) that my family can afford splurges and it's so sad that thrift store prices have raised bc ppl like her family that can't afford anything else are now struggling to find THRIFTED clothes that they can afford:/
This is EXCELLENT commentary! I like to thrift to find good quality fabric, clothing and furniture for upcycling and sewing projects without breaking the bank (as well as being eco-friendly). On my most recent trip, I was very surprised at the number of SHEIN, Fashion Nova and Lularoe schmatta on the racks (I’m in the US). Yes, I was able to tell that the quality of the fabrics was cr@p. I would be concerned about using these and upcycling them into blankets for homeless and animal shelters because once the fabric is washed a few times, the blanket will fall apart.
I honestly buy the Shein pieces, undo the seams and use the shapes to make patterns for sewing projects.
smart af
The thing I hate is that, as a large plus person, finding clothing that is in my size, affordable, and sustainable is a fucking nightmare. Not only that, thrifting in this size range is next to impossible. Most clothing on depop in this size range are Torrid (fast fashion) or Shein.
Nevermind considering aesthetic. Most extended sizes have one theme - aunt who thinks she's hip for wearing cold should tops.
I feel you here! I also struggle with getting affordable clothes as a bigger person, especially because some stores and thrifts don't even carry plus size and sometimes when they do, they're ridiculously expensive. So I sometimes resort to Shein, even tho I'd prefer not to. Luckily, the few pieces I got are still in good shape after 2-3 years of regular wearing and washing.
i feel ur pain... i can usually still thrift tops and pants i like bc i'm like an XL, but it's impossible to find bottoms and those are what i need. it's so stressful to try and find ones that are affordable, quality, and well fitting. even second hand plus size bottoms on depop are always insanely overpriced
This! I'm also on the larger end and thankfully my normal daily wear is just t-shirts and joggers, but if I want anything that is actually aesthetic or stylish, I'm out of luck...
I'm in the process of losing weight but I do have a lot of shein clothes because they go up to such a high size. I've never had any issues with quality though. I've had some pieces for 3 years..
Meanwhile I'm the person who wears clothes until they start getting holey or too stained because I hardly go anywhere. Plus I hate shopping. 🤷♀️
I enjoy shopping but unless there is something i really dont like, or is too damaged to wear its staying in my closet
Been Goth for 14 years now, and I've never owned a Killstar piece. Why would I pay $100 for a pair of trousers? I'm not questioning their quality, but my jeans are of amazing quality, and I bought them at a thrift.
I just can't see spending a month of groceries worth for one outfit
Most of my wardrobe is killstar, but probably like 80% of that came from Vinted, and then the brand new stuff was bought whilst there was a sale. I can't justify Killstar at a full price tag at all.
Their quality has gone down so much::(
@@FeraMisty Same
buying christmas clothes from the thrift store is a great idea thank you
I love think-pieces and small video essays about fast fashion, over-consumption, and mini trends. It's such an important topic to me. I'll watch every video i come across, even if it's basically the same points every time.
What’s sad about the people who wear it once or twice and then sell it online for money is that they took a bunch of good quality clothing from someone who could actually use it multiple times who are struggling with money. I know it’s not fully these thrifting peoples faults but I’ve noticed how the prices of thrifted materials have gone up too when those second hand stores were mostly made for people who struggle with money. I love thrifting of course but I only buy things I know I’ll wear and I’ll wear a lot. Then when I outgrow them and they are still fine quality, I donate them to another second hand store.
technically it's price rigging, a crime
Fast fashion with the mix of it not being super awesome when ur plus sized and awful for the environment, has radicalized me into deciding to learn how to sew, stitch fix, and I plan on getting a sewing machine to make my own outfits. I really hope more ppl start making, fixing and re-enforcing their own clothes by hand to help make it last longer.
I'm fairly certain most of the sewing supplies you can buy is also from China.
@@Got_Issues And??? So does everything. What do you expect her to do? Be naked?
I work at a thrift store and we get so many women's clothes. Its a healthy mix of brands but shien is bathing suits+tiny clothes, Walmart is shoes(sandals) and Target is short trend stuff (wild fable)
i’m really thankful i was raised in a conscious consumption household (exception with my dad’s addiction to buying heaps of cheap food in bulk from booker’s…) i grew up in hand-me-downs and second hand clothes, playing with toys from car-boot sales etc., and it’s not as if my family couldn’t afford new, we’re middle class, we just didn’t need to. now i’m older and have money of my own, the media i consume educated me on fast fashion and overconsumption, and i’ve made it my goal to only buy second-hand unless absolutely necessary, and wear everything until it falls apart (which for me as an alternative is beneficial because i love the look of worn clothing). i hope that messages like yours can be more wide spread so society can begin to properly combat this problem 💗
even when my clothes get too
small or i don’t feel like it’s my current style or smth anymore, i ask my friends if they want it, and they always do!!
I went to a local independent thrift store and, guess what, the prices were reasonable. Yet for whatever reason, people still go to the large chain stores.
this is why i like the local thrifts
they are better, but lesser known. people gravitate to the ones they know.
I have found this to be true
I go to chains for the five finger discount. ALWAYS SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES
I know, right? Non-profits thrifts are my go-to. Supports a good cause, no taxes so you always know exactly how much you’re spending, you come across vintage and unique pieces more often, and usually it’s cheaper. I suppose people prefer to sift through a large store rather than a smaller store that isn’t as familiar to them. You can find some great stuff even in thrifts where mainly old people donate lol
I volunteer at a charity shop that funds a hospice and holy shit we have to turn down donations because of the sheer amount of them that we get and we can’t sell them all in time and because of fast fashion most of them end up going to the rag man because of their inability to be resold.
or just price things cheaper so they sell faster, following market forces
@@seabreeze4559 we can’t price lower than £1 that we put everything low quality at ok they ain’t buying low quality items
@@seabreeze4559 If you sell them cheaper it ends up being a loss because of the time wasted filtering through that trash.
As someone who works at a thrift store, most of what you said really resonated with me, but especially your point about free business merchandise. I cannot tell you just how many t-shirts and other clothing with company names printed on them that we get. It probably makes up a fifth of our donations. But we’re not allowed to sell any of them, they all get thrown away. A terrifying realization of working at a thrift store is that most donations hit the landfill before they even reach the sales floor. It’s sad.
I hate how common reselling has become. The Goodwill's around me have become so expensive I can't even find basics for under $7.00 each. Most of the plain black t-shirts that I need for work were like $10 each. I just had to resort to go to walmart to get them because I can't afford to pay $40 on four new (questionable quality) shirts
Also you want to talk about overconsumption…. You should dig into couponing. I’m out there for a deal but these ladies and gents will *RUN* and clear shelves leaving nothing for anyone. They have craaaaazy stockpiles and they typically sell from it. It’s a hustle on its own. I got caught up in it years ago and bought so much shit because it ended up being so cheap or even free and then never used it EVER or let things expire and I bought 20 of them. 🤦🏻♀️ life lessons. I’m all about using digital coupons and hunting deals groceries are too expensive, but anything can be EXTREME with overconsumption anymore.
I remember watching Extreme Couponing and wondering why those ladies stocking up their entire garage didn't donate to shelters. Overconsumption is a disease and most of us are not well.
As someone who needs to thrift a lot of the time, I genuinely wish depop sellers would just drop like fucking flies. I genuinely loath the trend with a passion, it's giving those assholes that go into Home Goods or whatever for the Hello Kitty shit and clears it out in seconds. I genuinely wish we could have an honest system but theres always gonna be mindless scumbags ruining it for everyone.
they are rigging the prices so it is technically illegal I report them to the IRS because you KNOW they aren't paying taxes on that coin
Thank you for bringing up the conversation about resellers. There is definitely more to the conversation that nobody mentions
i volunteered at a charity shop in 2022-2023 and there was such big amount of shien and romwee ect to the point where if we had an excesses of donations the manager would tell us to bin any of those brands if they hadn’t been tagged yet
Halloween is coming up so I just wanted to share my tradition I have started since 2016. I create a costume from stuff I already own. It's so much fun to pull all my clothes out and get creative, coming up with a costume, I will treat myself to new makeup but I love just making a DIY outfit.
Shaming people for outfit repeats has been a thing since I was in primary school, and I'm a millenial. So it's not new, it's just so much easier to afford a huge wardrobe, thanks to fast fashion.
I personally hope thrifts will start severely limiting the amount of donations they'll take from Shein and the like, unless they need the inventory of course.
Oh boy do I outfit repeat. I store clothing pieces together because that is how I will wear them. I think my favorite skirt was thrifted about 23 years ago and it was not just thrifted, someone's grandma hand made it for them!
i used to buy all my clothes at the thrift to save money and to not contribute to fast fashion wherever possible, but it's so disheartening to go to to any of the thrift stores near me lately. all filled with flimsy polyester shein garbage that they're overcharging for. i'm so frustrated and I don't even know what the solution is but the state of thrift stores is bleak in 2024. it's really sad. i need a few pairs of pants as i've changed sizes and idek where to go. I dont wanna support fast fashion and I now dont wanna thrift either. ugh
Speaking about the free merch companies and events give out, my boyfriend does a lot of volunteering so gets a lot of free t-shirts. He also volunteers at baseball games for the state team where he has gotten free shirt but not in his size. He's brining in at least half a dozen shirt a year, way more than he can wear out in that same amount of time.
Love the video! To add to the conversation, we can also mention the slave labour behind those fast fashion factories, and how those cheap clothes are made from materiales that are harmful to our bodies, and how trends affect our self esteem, etc, etc. There are so many reasons why we need to wake up and change the way we buy, and videos like these are so helpful to those who maybe have no idea of the damage they are making.
I love that i can say that I have worn my resting grinch face shirt for the past 3 or 4 Christmases. My daughter and I both also have matching tshirts that say it's fall with pumpkins on it. We have had them for like 5 years and we love to wear them.
Honestly, it's clips like those ones showing racks FULL of shein clothes that make me glad I live in a fairly rural area/retirement community 💀(my style is fairly vintage, so living in a community that's mostly elderly people makes it really easy to find really cute vintage pieces in really good condition for really cheap)
I'm so glad I live in a small town where there are still normal second-hand stores that serve their original purpose and don't overprice their stuff, of course, there are bigger ones that do, but I still have a good selection, people here can still get their necessities for a great price. It genuinely makes me sick to see these stores capitalize on people who are struggling already, why on earth you would price a cheap shirt for more than 10 dollars is completely beyond me. It's insane especially when they got it FOR FREE. How is this even legal???
Thank you for this video. I'm shocked by the wild trend of overconsumption where people don't even actually like their clothes and trash them right after wearing them as well as the quality of clothes and shoes has gone so far downhill. I legit have 4 closets. I have A LOT of clothes and pieces. But I'm a retired fashion model and acquired huge chunks of indie designer collections over the course of my career. And I still wear 75% of my wardrobe on a regular basis. I still do modeling infrequently and do cosplay. So, I still acquire pieces. However, none of them are impulse buys. They're calculated purchases to add to outfits I already have or to build a new outfit for a specific purpose. And when a piece or whole outfit no longer serves me, I give them away to my model/cosplayer friends to give them new life. I rarely donate to thrift stores because I try to exhaust all other options first because the majority of outfits donated to the thrift end up in the trash anyway. I just don't understand this need to constantly change your entire wardrobe. I have pieces that are over 10 years old. Don't people have favorite pieces/outfits? Don't people enjoy the outfits they're wearing and want to wear them again? Overconsumption is an utterly unnecessary and a gross mentality. It's destroying fashion and the environment.
I also have clothes from my teens still! Last year I actually replaced the sleeves on my favorite BFMV hoodie I got at Hot topic in like. 2009. Cuz the cuffs were frayed beyond repair but the rest of the piece is in near perfect condition.
As someone that wears costume pieces as normal wear bc idgaf and bc costume pieces are usually a bit more unconventional so it suits me, I dont really mind that time of year when costume shit floods the store, but that's just my taste. Now i WILL be annoyed when its hella priced up.
This is me as well! My whole Veronica Sawyer cosplay for Halloween is thrifted or things I already owned! Hell I still wear that costume in separate pieces because it’s versatile! Just recently this week I wore the button up I got for it!
And that was for Halloween of my freshman year in high school and now I’m a freshman in college and still wear it!
Not everyone has this option, but I highly recommend sewing your own clothes. You can control the fabric, how the seams are finished, the fit, the style, everything.
Takes me forever because I don't have a sewing machine right now, but at least hand-sewn seams are stronger.
Ive also been able to alter some of the clothes I get that don't quiteee fit right but are good quality. And add pockets!!! Very good skill to invest in
Sadly fabric costs a load of money and it takes you hours for just one piece of clothing even with a sewing machine.
Not to forget the skill you need to make the piece actually fit and look good.
@@Gatsby148 agreed. I'm trying to get into sewing and stuff but it is definitely NOT easy and it's even more difficult when you don't have a sewing machine.
I’m in Bristol, Connecticut USA and in the thrift stores around me I’ve seen more and more and more Shein pieces pop up..at prices probably MORE than they were originally on Shein! And on top of that, prices at the thrift have gone up on just about everything. Thrifting used to be finding a great deal, something under $10, but now jeans and sweaters are priced over $15 a piece.. sigh.
My dear Goth, I agree with every damning word you said. It speaks of a tragic flaw in the human race: the need to fill a hole or buy you children's love.
Yes, individually, we make barely any difference at all, but together we can work miracles.
So ....how do we start the revolution?
for holiday themed clothes I recommend just getting items in the color of the holidays. like for christmas get something red and/or green that you can also wear year-round. either that or getting something comfortable (hoodies, sweatpants, baggy shirts) that you can wear as pajamas
This is infuriating. In my state they have made it illegal to throw any textiles in the trash so it's only encouraging people to donate their impulsive Shein purchases even though it will just clutter up the thrift racks.
what state is this?
I stopped growing when I was 12, so I have some pieces of clothing and pairs of shoes that are legitimately 20 years old. Yet the few shein shirts I’ve gotten from the thrift over the past year or two I can’t even touch anymore because the fabric is so worn and gross. As I’ve gotten older, as much as I hate sounding like my mom, I’ve been looking for quality over quantity for sure; I used to hate thick tough denim and now I’m beyond delighted whenever I find a piece of real cotton denim or some well cared for linen or wool pieces.