There was a rare occurrence on Instagram today. Your truly posted an outfit that had only ONE thrifted element – my Miz Mooz boots.
The rest of the outfit came from a variety of sources – B.T. (Before Thrifting), clothing swap, and ethically-made pieces sold via small businesses. It doesn’t happen very often, but it got me thinking about the pieces in my wardrobe that are not thrifted. What percentage of my closet is thrifted???? In order to answer this question (while successfully avoiding Mount Laundry), I started snapping photos and counting pieces. Following is an expose into the non-thrifted underbelly of my closet – the pieces I would buy all over again and the ones I’m ashamed to have wasted my non-thrift dollars on!
That is about it except for a couple more obligatory tees (Canada tee, hockey team tee) and my Aquatalia boots. By my rough calculations, the non-thrifted portion of my wardrobe represents about 5% or less. Does that surprise you? In a good way or a bad way?!! It surprised me a bit – I was hoping for less than 5% but am satisfied it’s under 10%. After all, six short years ago, my wardrobe was 100% not thrifted! Give me another five years and I bet I can get down to 1%!!! If YOU are a thrifter, how much of your wardrobe is secondhand?!
I probably won’t have time to get a super accurate amount but now I am really curious! Most of my wardrobe is thrifted except for items I have shopped for specifically looking for that item. I have a hard time finding specific things when thrifting as I don’t have enough time to go to a bunch of stores.
If you haven’t been by the store The Walk in Closet in Katy yet, I believe this weekend is their 10$ fill a bag sale!
I did go to the Walk In Closet once but didn’t have much success which is weird for me! I’ll go back though! And yes, sometimes you have to go regular retail if you need something according to a specific timeline though I’m finding Thred Up and Poshmark to be great sources for item specific secondhand shopping!!
Kimberly
Well, I’m impressed regardless! I’m not always so great at thrifting – wish I had more time to just go and browse and pick through racks! – but I’m trying to be better at fast fashion!! And just for the record, I think that yellow dress looks super cute on you and pretty sure your hubby won’t complain about you looking a little busty!
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I probably won’t have time to get a super accurate amount but now I am really curious! Most of my wardrobe is thrifted except for items I have shopped for specifically looking for that item. I have a hard time finding specific things when thrifting as I don’t have enough time to go to a bunch of stores.
If you haven’t been by the store The Walk in Closet in Katy yet, I believe this weekend is their 10$ fill a bag sale!
I did go to the Walk In Closet once but didn’t have much success which is weird for me! I’ll go back though! And yes, sometimes you have to go regular retail if you need something according to a specific timeline though I’m finding Thred Up and Poshmark to be great sources for item specific secondhand shopping!!
Well, I’m impressed regardless! I’m not always so great at thrifting – wish I had more time to just go and browse and pick through racks! – but I’m trying to be better at fast fashion!! And just for the record, I think that yellow dress looks super cute on you and pretty sure your hubby won’t complain about you looking a little busty!
hahaha you’re probably right! I’m hoping to address the sitch and then will wear it again because I love it (even though I paid too much for it!)