Do/would you wear second hand clothes?

Yes I get most of my stuff from EBay . Loads of it is hardly worn . I do like Roman online clothes which I find good quality as well . But otherwise it’s EBay!

Yes it recently but in the past have bought lots in charity shops
Only if it is a decent brand though. I just think of it as recycling

I have a friend (really!) Who buys everything except underwear from charity shops, even shoes and she always looks immaculate, dresses a lot better than I do to be fair…?

I confess I have never bought pre-owned clothes, but I don’t buy many clothes, full stop.

I donate clothes to charity, always make sure they are washed and ironed first, and would not send anything that I wouldn’t think was in a good enough condition to re-sell.

If I were to buy any, I would feel I had to wash them before use, to make them ‘mine’.

Yes, for the past 40+ years. And, I volunteer in a charity shop where I’m the head ( only) ? sorter.
I have to control myself.

Absolutely yes. Charity shops, eBay and Vinted.

I don’t personally, since I never see anything I really like around here (one recent exception was a pair of shoes that looked brand new from a big Oxfam shop near dd), but dd buys nearly all hers from local charity shops - they must be better than ours! New looking dresses, sometimes even with the labels still attached, for £10-12, when they’d have cost a lot more new.
She even found her Reg Office wedding dress in a charity shop, having trawled ‘new’ shops in vain for anything to fit her hour-glass figure that was even bigger on top, since she was feeding a young baby. The dress was truly beautiful.

I have done in the past, clothes and shoes. I also bough my RO wedding dress in Oxfam, a Monsoon one for £20. And rented a hat a few years ago when I went to Henley Regatta…get me!

Yes, I love things from Ebay and charity shops. Many of them are new or hardly worn. Many good aspects to it... eliminating climate change, supporting either a charity or an individual ( as opposed to a huge company). Stopping slave labour half way across the world and all the resources that are involved with making the new items. Also they don't use fuel to be flown across the globe. I wear designer labels for next to nothing! (Underwear and bottom halves are from M&S) Whats not to like? Just give them a really good wash and hang out in the fresh air and sun!

A great way to ensure I'm not a clone on the high street - especially with so many brands disappearing.
Some of the slightly older clothes seem better made than they are now - compared to say, 5 years ago.

I like the fact that I'm recycling.

I too have a friend who buys all her clothes (bar underwear) in charity shops and always looks well turned out.

Absolutely, I buy from eBay but try to find clothes which are new with labels. My DD's wardrobe consists almost exclusively of items bought from eBay.

Lots. I buy off eBay and a Facebook page.
Being 6’1” off the peg clothes are no use except for the odd sleeveless T shirt and L leggings from M+S.

I sell a lot too. Tall / long ranges are sought after, in particular Long Tall Sally.

MrM ‘s eclectic wardrobe is 99% second/third hand clothing. I started a thread about his wardrobe months ago. Brilliant fun reading what DH husbands wear. ?

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Brilliant fun reading what GN husbands wear. ?

I buy from charity shops. I am very selective and love pure silk and cashmere items. I have some lovely leather bags and have even bought new shoes. A lot of the things I buy are brand new but everything is washed regardless.

No, I never find anything I like.

Gosh, yes, I have been doing it all my life. My mother dressed me in handmedowns from friends and family. In my teens she bought me clothes from the Thrift Shop on every army base. She also sold through them as well.

I bought a lovely hand made blouse in a charity shop yesterday. I was wearing a jacket I had bought previously in another charity shop.

My best summer, formal occasions like weddings, dress is a beautiful vintage 1960s Jaeger dress I bought in Oxfam. My Jacques Vert winter coat was bought on ebay.

Absolutely I do. I'm lucky enough to live very close to the area where a lot of footballers and z list slebs live and you wouldn't believe what they cast out to charity shops! The majority of my office work wear came from those shops and I rarely paid more than £7 or £8 for anything. Pity so many of the donations were from thinner women than me though.

I used to volunteer in a charity shop and did buy a few items then. The rule was that the items had to have been out in the shop for 24 hours before a volunteer could buy them but then we got a 20% discount.

We've got a charity shop near us that has some lovely clothes, Per Una, White Stuff, Fat Face and Monsoon. I recently found a great Guess handbag for £25 - absolute steal. I also get a lot on ebay. Recently bought a lovely tropical print Joe Brown's maxi dress and a new Joe Brown's floaty top with all its tags.

Yes - especially as charity shops and bootsales etc are the only place to find BhS clothes these days. Lots of good brands - all items in my fave charity shop £1.99 each (or 99p when they have a sale )

Certainly do - mostly from charity shops though, as others have said, am selective and need to wash things before wearing them. My mum and dad used to run the church jumble sales (what happened to them?) when I was small so got the reusing bug at a young age. Love a bargain!

When I was a child, junior school age, every so often these wonderful clothes would turn up courtesy of a woman my grandmother knew from arranging the flowers together in their local church. Of course, like many I didn't have many clothes then, occasional new ones from M&S. I was delighted to receive these clothes, I believe they were quite expensive, I was sometimes asked by friends where I got them from. I just said "my grandmother". I only wished the girl whose clothes they were would grow quicker so I could have them more often. Eventually these offerings dwindled until I didn't get them anymore but I think I was a teenager by then and had a Saturday job and more money to spend on fripperies,.

I do and would if I found nice things.
What I wouldn't do, is wear second hand shoes!

My 16 year old GD and her friends buy their clothes from charity shops. She recently bought a very smart silk top very cheaply but looks expensive.
I think this is a good idea as it is recycling and not buying cheap new clothes that end up in the bin after a few washes.