Preloved clothing can be kinder to planet and more affordable – but some worry it will become the next fast fashion craze
Secondhand clothing on track to take 10% of global fashion sales
The secondhand clothes movement is here to stay. The stigma is, by and large, gone. Where it once came with some degree of shame attached, culture has, thankfully, shifted and confiding that your outfit is preloved is now more of a not-so-humble brag than something to whisper.
It can’t hurt that the new editor of Vogue is no stranger to a secondhand stall, and treated vintage clothes with as much respect as new luxury styles in her debut issue.
