This article explores the growing trend of buying and renting second-hand clothing, highlighting its environmental and economic benefits. It emphasizes the increasing popularity of resale platforms, the value of renting outfits for special occasions, and the importance of prioritizing quality, natural fibres, and garment repair.
Buying clothing second-hand or renting an outfit instead of buying new makes sense for both the planet and your pockethoping to find the bargain of the century – although we are not knocking that either.
In the world in which we live we have sites such as Vinted, Depop, Facebook Marketplace, eBay and many, many more.– or vintage if you’d rather – you will be able to rejoice in the fact that you are very on-trend. US fashion resale was worth $15.6 billion in 2015 and is now worth $55.3 billion. Vinted is the number one retailer in France by sales volume. And we all know the French know a thing or two about style. If just 10 per cent of Irish consumers shifted a decent chunk of their spending to second-hand retailers, not only would they get some cool bargains, they would be sending a signal toReactions to Re-turn: From ‘it adds car journeys’ to ‘an incentive for people to litter less’If you are going to a swanky wedding or a ball in a castle or some such, rather than spending an absolute fortune on a frock you’ll wear once, why not consider renting one from the likes of And when you are shopping, try – in so far as it is possible – to prioritise quality over quantity and natural fibres over synthetic .fabric certifications such as GOTS , OCS , RWS , and RCS . It is not going to solve the problem but it might go some way to not making it worse. It is hard to do any serious research while standing on a shop floor with a pair of jeans in your hand, so do some before you shop using resources likeAnd finally, borrow from second World War Britain and make do and mend. Repairing a hole in a wool jumper saves more than 16kg of CO2e, which is the equivalent of leaving a lightbulb on for 50 days. You get to hang on to a jumper you might love, and it is just a matter of saying ‘darn it’.‘I always have a minimum of €50 on me. Living in Austria, you can never be certain if you can pay with a card’How a car crash in Dublin 4 drove public-sector CEO salaries higherCharlie Kirk memorial: Half of US is in raptures, the other indifferentOur weekly personal finance newsletter will give you the insight you need to save money and make smart spending decisions
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