One helpful trend is the rise of apps for selling used and vintage clothes and now for swapping them.

“What if we started swapping clothes?

T-shirt cotton is thinner, clasps and zips are junkier, and theyre just not put together as well.

Someone shopping for clothing beneath a neon sign for a vintage store.

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Its not just you.

All while being better than what you could buy new.

The problem is getting them out of your wardrobe and into somebody elses.

Someone in a vintage clothing store taking pictures of items with a smartphone.

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When the clothes are sold, the owner gets the money minus a commission.

While that takes care of the supply, the demand is also growing.

Gen Z is not only more accepting of used clothesthey value them.