There are some people who have always held the belief that paying $20 for every T-shirt and $60 for every pair of jeans is too much money to spend on clothing. Recently, a lot more people have subscribed to that notion and have stopped buying everything new. Thrift stores held an important place in American … Continue reading
If you’re familiar with the secondhand clothing industry, you may have come across the statistic “70 percent of the world wears secondhand clothes.” It’s a useful figure to show that used clothing is a major part of the lives of billions of people, but what exactly does it mean? Let’s take a closer look. Industry … Continue reading
In October 2010, a Brigham Young University study showed that more Americans are purchasing secondhand and used clothing due to the current state of the economy. Interestingly, in a positive economic environment, social classes tend to mimic the class above them. However, now the opposite is true. Other than the economy, what changed? What happened … Continue reading
