Studies show that the average person wears about 20% of their wardrobe 80% of the time, and that roughly 50% of the clothes in our wardrobes go untouched year-round
If cracking your wardrobe door open should come with an avalanche warning, a new year clear out may be the cards.
. Depop got incredibly popular over the pandemic, as sustainable shopping options were limited with charity shops, swap shops and second hand markets shut down. The app is very similar to Instagram’s format, but instead of scrolling through smiling snaps of friend’s holidays or influencer’s chatter, you are scrolling through listings of clothing items and accessories for sale.
Kim from A Sorted Affair - Ireland's top professional organisers - says that shops like Designer Exchange and The Sustainable Studio are a great option. These exchanges sell your preloved luxury items for you, or you can swap preloved pieces for store credit at Siopaella which you can then spend in store on a new-to-you piece.
Joy Cassidy O’Keeffe, manager at Number Eight , a new and preloved designer consignment in Galway City, says that people can easily make some money or rack up store credit to use in store by utilising these services. Swap shops work by asking participants to bring a few clothing items they are happy to part ways with, which are then put through a quick quality control check by the organiser before being placed out on rails, usually arranged by size. Once everyone has arrived and their clothing has been added to the swap shop rails, attendees can peruse the items everyone has brought and choose to take home the same number of clothing items that they brought.
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