Nowadays, thrifting has popped up as one of the new trends. Thrifting is not just a cheap way to buy clothes, but also a chance to start a new business or a small but effective way to save the environment. 

Thrifting is buying products from thrift stores (also known as ‘charity shops’).

Products in thrift stores are mainly donated by local residents.  Clothes don’t wear, appliances don’t use, books don’t read, etc. At the Thrifting Shop, old items await a new life. And the main item of thrifting stores is clothes. 

For those whom are interested in fashion, thrifting is a new play and experiment. What a sensational and rare piece of clothing you find in a garbage grave that is just a mountain of old clothes until you search carefully and retrieve the treasure.

“You can find really interesting things… and the price is way better than other retail stores.” A senior, Sara Williams said.

Most thrifting stores are large in size and have unprocessed used clothes spread out indiscriminately. Although they are hung on different hangers according to size and type, their existence is only nominal and most of them are mixed with the wrong clothes, and the clothes on display are spread out in a variety of sizes, designs, and colors. And finding novel and unique clothes in this huge impossible realm. And maybe even sales. Resale business has been growing in recent years.

Most of the resale process is like; finding valuable clothes in cheaper thrift stores such as Goodwill, and selling it by adding extra money to a resale store like Depop. By using resale stores, we can find something wished but on the other hand, a problem is being raised that prices are becoming increasingly overpriced or resellers are deprives opportunities for low-income people to purchase clothes at low prices. 

“I think its important to know that if you are someone who is able to buy from retail stores normally, and there are people who aren’t in thrift stores, so its important to remember that if you are buying like winter coat, leave the heavier one, for people that need them, go buy expensive one.” A senior, Sara Willians said.

Will the Second Hand become a shield that will protect the Earth from the mountains of clothes that come in like waves?

Will this be a gateway to encounter unique clothes that are now difficult to find?

Someone once said that Second Hand is so vast and infinite that it is like a daily adventure. How about taking an adventure to the Cherry Tea Shop tomorrow? Each with their own goals.