Bloggers conduct experiments from the "Year of Shopping Only in Second Hand" series, the stars tell about how they love to ride in the god of forgotten shops at leisure, and glossy magazines print reviews of the best Second Hand sites.
Second life of things
The philosophy is simple: the resources of our planet on the outcome, and we have time to study differently to our things, trying to use each maximum. Throw almost new things just because they are tired - a crime, there will always be the one who will serve these things a good service.
The same principle works in the opposite direction: when you need something, for sure there is someone who is ready to give or sell for a part of the cost this thing is simply because it is not needed.
And, by the way, not always shopping SECOND HAND is at all - it's cheap and angry, if the thing is high quality and in good condition, it will not cost a penny. So consciousness in this matter most often the most important of the desire to save.
What you need to know about the second hand shopping if you are ready to change your habits at least partially?
SECOND HAND - It has long been no longer a basement with clothing
Modern technologies brought such shopping to a new height, tieding those who want to sell something unnecessary and those who are directly looking for something. Many sites allow not only to put their belongings for sale, but also communicate with other owners without intermediaries.
The largest platforms - eBay, Etsy and Instagram - today are showcases for both professional resellers of used things, and for ordinary people selling bumps, clothing, jewelry, etc., etc.
Almost all new things are already on sale Second Hand
You will be surprised when you find out that almost every new thing you see in the store is already probably found in the Second Hand version with a huge discount. And even if you don't find the thing itself, you will have several options close alternative.Try to do the exercise with eBay: Select a new thing in the store, and take the name of the brand and the model in the search for service.
Second Hand - the best way to search and buy accent things
Better place than sites and stores Second Hand to search for accents You do not find.
The fact is that basic things are rarely resold, as they serve for a long time, but bright, unusual things, seasonal hits, prints and more often quickly bother the owner, and he puts them for sale.
So if you are tired of dressing boring, but the budget for the purchase of a large number of accent things you do not have, then go to the above-mentioned platforms and look for what you need.
Do not forget about Vintage
Fashion cyclic, and each season designers return for inspiration in past epochs, repeating silhouettes and combinations. And this is on the hand to those who know how to use the Second Hand Shopping Features - on sites and in vintage clothes stores you can find anything.
For example, Vintage Trench Burberry for 10% of the cost of the new same cut, or designer cocktail dresses of 80s, which also look like dresses on just shifting.
Rules of hunting
Another advantage of Vintage and Second Hand Shopping - you will not be able to make a pulse purchase. Since each thing is unique, and it has to search for a long time, then you come to choose and buying very consciously.
It is important to comply with the following rules:
- If you buy an online thing, then carefully examine not only the description and photo of things, but also the rating of the seller;
- If you have doubts, ask the seller to send you additional photos;
- If you buy a dear thing (for example, a designer bag, which even in the second hand is expensive), then choose only those options for the quality and originality of the site warranty;
- Things from the last collections appear in the second hand of sale 1-2 months after the start of sales in stores (those who constantly update their wardrobe already attributed and put up for sale), so at this moment you can already search for affordable alternatives;
- If you are looking for vintage things (which is 20-30 years and more), then choose only the fabrics that are held for a long time - flax, synthetics, denim. Gentle and fragile things will almost certainly be not in the condition.
- If you buy a thing on the international website, then pay attention to the size table, they are very different on different continents.
Have a good hunting!