In the past decade, thrifting has gone from a small, niche thing that some people even felt ashamed of doing to a full-blown phenomenon. But not every city has good, affordable thrift stores in it, so what other options for convenient secondhand shopping do you have? Enter: clothing swaps.
There’s a lot of different ways to do a clothing swap. You can get a group of your friends together to meet up for one swap session in which everybody brings clothes they don’t wear anymore and can take home up to as many items as they bring. Or you can do it digitally, starting a group chat where people can post photos of items they’re willing to give away, coordinating exchanges one-on-one with whoever is interested in a particular item.
However you decide to do your clothing swap, it’s a great way to refresh your wardrobe while being environmentally-friendly. Plus it has the benefit of encouraging you to clear your closet of anything you’re not showing much love to for somebody else to enjoy and get more use out of. Best of all, you can make a whole night of it with some music and wine and runway walks.
So who needs to even leave the house to go all the way to a thrift store after all?
