7 Benefits of the buying second hand designer clothes

Albom Mitch
3 min readJun 28, 2018

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Now a day no one admits that they shopped second-hand clothes. It is like certain stigma connected with doing shopping at a thrift shop. You may think the shop that sells such cloth item is of poor quality. In fact, it is not true; there is nothing bad to buy second-hand designer clothes.

It is not like bargaining but treasure hunting to find the best one. People who buy designer stuff will never wear all the time so there may lot of clothing and accessories with tags still there. Some of the designer clothes you could not afford but second-hand ones come at less price. Most of the dress agencies accept these clothes only when they are up to the standard quality and pre-loved ones.

Here are the 7 benefits of buying second hand designer clothes:

1. Save the environment

When you buy second hand clothes you reuse somebody else clothes that is in a good state. If it is unfit for someone else then may fit for you. Lot of clothing which are of good quality can last for long time if they get treated well. But people throw them often after using two or three times because they might become unfashionable or do not fit. Many clothes survive for decades if they are of good quality and treated well.

2. Save Money

When you shop second hand clothes you are paying half of the price of original. Often those clothes are donated if they will it be of no longer use or do not fit the size. It may include branded latest trend cloth at exceptional fewer prices. As these clothes are from last decades explore the fashion of past to express your uniqueness.

3. Buy in bulk

Nobody fixes unlimited budget when it is about shopping clothes and if you want to pick designer clothing you pays only fraction of the retail price only. And if you plan to buy lot of clothing or seasonal wardrobe, just imagine how much you are going to save and use it.

4. More sustainable

As said earlier lot of chemicals and water goes into one clothe. It is said around 1800 gallons of water is needed to make a pair of jeans. So when unused clothes are recycled you are not going to pay price for the future. Apart from that there can cause damages to the environment and loss of animal habitats and pollution from natural resources.

5. Unique and vintage style designer look

Fashion is a nasty cycle. Why to spend lot of money for a new look just become trendy which will be the fashion of 1980’s. Some of the designer agencies specialized on vintage and retro styles which is just a fraction of price that you would pay in any designer store. But will get an authentic look simply do not replicating or matching the material quality from those vintage designer clothes.

6. Recycle system to helps each community

If you think that second hand clothes are worn by poor people, it is opposite. Yes they are outdated items still it is recent stuffs not get used. A low-income earner cannot afford to buy designer clothes by spending hundreds of bucks. Even if you are well of think of spending penny pinch once a time and second hand clothe store support people who come from all price range.

7. New stock daily

The agencies that buy used designer clothes they will have new stock every time.

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