thrifting
Don’t blame fashion resellers without acknowledging corporate greed
November 21, 2024By: Manal Kashif, SFU Student Thrifting has long been a way to purchase clothes while keeping it easy on your wallet. Unfortunately, along with its recent rise in popularity, prices of thrifted clothing have also skyrocketed. It’s easy to blame fashion resellers and shop owners for this. However, it’s unfair to say that all fashion resellers are exploitative or the sole reason for outrageous prices. The root causes come from the rise in fast fashion and the state of a consumerist economy. It is true that many fashion resellers out there are hiking up their prices in an exploitative way,…
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Thrifting points to larger issues with our consumption habits
May 7, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Do you ever find yourself scrolling on Instagram, TikTok, or Pinterest and falling into a rabbit hole of thrift hauls? Dazed and envious of the stuff people find — the lot of it all. So,…
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Study shows fast fashion’s detrimental effects on the planet
November 22, 2023By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer Fast fashion has taken over the world. With the rise of social media platforms like TikTok, trends come in and fade out quickly, encouraging individuals to buy cheap clothing to wear for short periods of…
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Second-hand alternatives to thrifting clothes
October 18, 2023By: Tian Davidson, SFU Student With the new season, many of us are looking to update our closets without flocking to fast fashion. When it comes to sustainable shopping, thrifting seems like the best option; you donate your old clothes…
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Summer fashion trends
May 26, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer While fashion trends and fads are manufactured by fast fashion corporations to keep us buying, it can still be fun to join in on nostalgia for past eras, find second-hand dupes of popular items, and…
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Hidden Gems: Second-hand clothing stores
November 25, 2022By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer There’s something about thrift stores that takes you out of your own mind and into an enthralling experience of hunting down unique gems. Thrifting is like rummaging through someone’s old wardrobe to put together your…
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Responsible ways to donate used clothing
November 18, 2022By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Thrifting has long been co-opted by large commercial entities like Value Village and become increasingly unaffordable for low-income people. Instead of donating to large corporations, here are a few ways to donate or…
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Five places to get vintage clothing without invading the commercialized thrifting market
November 11, 2020By: Juztin Bello, Copy Editor As a fashion trend that has taken off in the past year, the hunt for vintage clothing to replicate looks of the 80s and 90s has people flocking to thrift stores all over, with one…
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Why we should be moving towards mindful thrifting
September 29, 2020by Alex Masse, Peak Associate I’ve thrifted all my life, my mom got me into it. I always loved going to Value Village as a kid, and was thrilled at any excuse to go into Vancouver. I still remember my…
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