We love brands that are pursuing the structure of the future: Designing for circularity, making sure that their products have longevity in terms of quality and aesthetic, and sourcing from regenerative or recycled raw material sources.
Until there is scaled textile recycling and mature systems to collect and sort post-consumer waste, we strongly advocate for your commitment to shop pre-owned clothing. Here are some sites we feel are important:
Business to consumer
ThredUp
ThredUp is the United States’ centralized virtual thrift store. As stated in its 2023 earnings report, by 2022 ThredUp had processed 172 MILLION garments, which is a tremendous volume. Check ThredUp first when you’re searching for a specific brand, and there’s a good chance you’ll find the perfect pre-loved clothing.
Goodwill Finds
Goodwill manages an amazing volume of clothing every year, and most residents in the United States are within 10 miles of a Goodwill store. In 2023 Goodwill received more than 4.3 billion pounds of donated goods, the majority of which was clothing. Many affluent people drop off their used and unused clothing at Goodwill for convenience, so there’s often fantastic finds to be discovered.
Customer to customer
depop
It seems as if everyone under age 25 browses on depop – and no one over the age of 25 seems to have heard of it. depop is a thriving consumer to consumer resale option with more than 35 million registered users. The clothing trends you can find here are largely geared toward younger audiences.
eBay
eBay has more than 135 million active users. Sellers tend to find target customers in their late 20s and older.
Poshmark
More than 80 million users are registered on Poshmark. The site has about 1/10th the traffic of eBay, but Poshmark is all fashion and accessories.
