Has Thrifting Been Gentrified? THE TRUTH
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2023
- Have thrift stores been gentrified? Has thrifting been taken over by rich people who are stealing from poor people? Today Kara dives deep into the arguments that thrifting has become a rich person hobby, as opposed to a low income need.
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I am a thrift store worker. The number 1 thing that you can do to keep your clothes out of landfill is to wash them. The majority of clothing donated smells of pee, poop, or smoke. We have thrown away j.crew, everlane, and north face because we could not sell it. I can open a bag and know instantly if the items can be kept on smell alone. If it stinks, it gets thrown away because we cannot sell it. 😢 I know when I share this tip else where on RUclips, people said “America is so industrialized, all the stores have washing machines.” We don’t. No thrift store in my city has such industry. Sometimes my boss will take the very expensive items home to clean but it costs her personally. Detergent, electricity, water from her own pocket. Plus her time is unpaid time. No, I don’t expect all the clothes to be dry cleaned and ironed, but I don’t want to look at clothes and see food stains or fecal matter.
thank you for sharing!! I can't believe people donate poop clothes :(
I think I saw Goodwill washing clothes in a huge washer. That probably adds to the cost so we pay more but better then thrown away.
@@janelle144 that’s a very special circumstance. None of the thrift stores in my entire state have a washing machine.
I wish clothing companies had a max of how many things they could produce per day/week/year. I wish more were held accountable. I wish as a whole we cared more about the well-being of our planet than being on trend. Thank you for making this video.
Thank you for this! I shop mostly at the Goodwill bins which are the last stop before the items are either sent overseas or disposed of and the amount of stuff already out in the world (especially clothing) is mind boggling.There is so much "stuff" already out there. I'd actually say that we need to encourage people of all incomes to do more second-hand shopping.
Yes exactly! SO MUCH STUFF! Any hot tips for shopping the bins?
@@bravelygo bring gloves and patience! 😉
Completely agree
Yes!!!!!!! We should All b thrifting So Much Better for the environment.
Oh I have found good stuff in bins and have been able to resell them.
Goodwill and other thrift stores have become just as expensive as buying new. For this reason I don’t shop second hand as much as I used to.
I'm curious- are you shopping less overall, or simply shopping second hand less due to the pricing?
@@bravelygo I’m shopping more, just online instead. If Goodwill sells something for $9 and amazon sells the same item for $11 with free shipping…📭
Gonna disagree, still cheaper than new, But, Yes, Everything has gotten more expensive.
I appreciated this video! As a middle-income American, sometimes I feel bad for thrifting because it could possibly take away from lower-income people. But the sheer number of items throw away reminds me that we ideally need to get as much as we can off the thrift shelves instead of the Amazon shops.
I volunteer at a thrift store (US military base thrift store). The amount of good stuff that gets trashed is mind boggling. Just because people donate so much stuff that staff gets overwhelmed
This is such a good video! I was a little unsure after reading the "THE TRUTH" in all caps in the video title, but clicked anyways and am glad I did. The video was really well-informed, interesting, and entertaining!
I shop only secondhand ,Goodwill, Salvation Army and then some high-end resale shops. But I have since the 1980s. There’s plenty of nice things to go around, and every day basics. The reason why there is less nice things in charity shops is that the stores people shop in produce cheap clothing. Zara H&M forever 21 is are cheap clothes and they do not last. I love the fact that the younger generation thinks that they invented Thrifting. And everybody knows Madonna Did in the 80s. Yeeeeee😁
This was so comprehensive! I haven't heard all of these points before but I completely agree. Thanks for making this video :)
Great insights! One aspect that's not mentioned is that many thrift stores provide employment and job training to people who need them.. So, by shopping at a thrift store, you're also supporting that social mission.
There are very few Goodwill stores left and the ones that are open have raised their costs. When I go into one or Salvation Army, I always see young people buying clothes to resell. They talk about how much they are going to get for an Gap, H&M, or Zara. NO , I do not agree with you that they are shoppig in high end stores! They are shopping anywhere that can make money! This is why a single working mother like myself cannot afford nice clothes for her job! I dont want Chanel, Micheal Kors, or any other major designer. Some points you make I agree on, the enviroment, companies makng too much, etc.. It saddens that I cannot shop the way i use to.😢
To be honest i think they might just be comparing how much it would've cost them if they bought it new. Young people are still experimenting with their identity and generally cant afford to spend much so they'll discuss savings and doops. Just putring more thought into fashion purchases and discussing them with thir froendship group or clique kr whatever. I think alot of people who resell clothes also wear the clothes themselves at least a couple of rimes and just sell the stuff that they don't end up loving. Its a way of offsetting and subsidising the cost of your interest in fashion. Its a type of girlmaths to justify a purchase that's somewhat unnecessary. Maybe im wrong. Where i live theres a thriving boutique/ resale market as well as normal charity shops which are expensive - at least in comparison to what i see american RUclipsrs vlog about.
This is so sad. Thank you for spreading the truth.
happy to start a nuanced conversation!
I kinda agree with you on hauls but i think thrift hauls have a double meaning or purpose or atleast a little bit of a benefit. While normal hauls just push the idea of consumerism thrift hauls can be a little excessive but also help push the idea of an alternative to regular shopping.
It's your duty to shop! 😂 Ain't that the truth! We are so wasteful.
we're really living in a "everything is disposable" society and it's very sad to me
Wow finally a nuanced video on this topic! I’m sure they exist but had yet to see one that I didn’t feel missed the mark. So appreciated all the perspectives you shared here 💖
Thank you for watching and for these kind words! Always trying to dive into the nuance over here :)
Amazing video!
I totally agree!!
Usually the clothes gets shifted between branches. I think most clothes donated to one shop isn't sold in that shop but in another branch of the same charity shop. So the argument that resellers dont shop on low income areas is null and void. Because stuff gets repriced at each branch, but the chances of it getting taken off that market by a reseller is spread between areas. But i do think that resellers curate clothes so the market they reach and types of items they sell are different. I think theres just such a variety of womens clothes being sold, not all of it particularly practical. I do see resellers selling mens jeans and t ahirts though which i do think is something very universal that everyone wants and needs. Womens clothing is more varied in my opinion.Charity shops have so many mens suits tho which i think is because of fashion and business wear changing and the fact it takes some effort to find one that fits well. I think the prime example is the carhart jackets that used to be workwear for manual work becoming a hipster staple, same with new stanley cups that used to ba an outdoors mens eco staple and are now a dead short lived overconsumed fad.
It is absolutely being gentrified and I hate it! Life long and now old lady thrifter. I’ll invite all my true thrifters to come to Moore County NC because we have a TON of I super reasonable thrifts. Part of the county is enormously wealthy and the other part is kind of poor. The wealthy are great about outright donating to charitable thrifts around the county. I regularly round 10 of them and have snagged high quality, known label stuff for $1 a garment. (It’s the quality that matters - I’m not a label snob, I just know which makers have better quality and fit. ) Heck, I’d take people on a day long tour! Happy to share the names/locations.
if people stopped shopping, where would the world economy be?
I’m still not convinced it hasn’t been gentrified, but I still think buying second hand is overall better than buying new and that outweighs the gentrifying impacts.
So awful the ad that preceded your video was for SHEIN clothing😮🤦♀️
those advertising keywords at work :(
Where is the data to back up your statements? You are giving your opinion, not facts.