What to Know When Buying Used Clothes - Women's Style

What to Know When Buying Used Clothes - as part of the Women's Style series by GeoBeats. Some things to be aware of when you are buying resale clothing, first of all, the selection. You want to know, you want to be able to go somewhere there is a good selection of resale clothing. Now be informed that resale clothing is not the same thing as vintage clothing. Vintage clothing, both clothing pieces are used. Vintage is a piece that is from the 30's, 40's, 50's, or 60's that has got a cultural significances to that era. Anything that is resale is an item that could have been worn yesterday and discarded. When you are buying resale clothing and you are looking for those items, you want to be careful and look at that item thoroughly. You want to check everything. Make sure all the buttons are there. You want to make sure there are no stains under the arms, and you want to look in specific places. Like for wrist, the front of the garment, or the crotch area to make sure that the item is in good condition. You can always wash that item and you will want to wash that item when you get home. You can do that on a cold delicate wash. Used or resale clothing can be found almost virtually anywhere. You can find used clothing at yard sales, at the goodwill, any thrift stores or at resale boutiques. Finding resale clothing is a good thing to do because you are using that item and you are recycling it instead of putting that item into a landfill. Every year hundreds of items of clothing are burned because we do not use them. So it is a good idea to purchase resale clothing. You can go to a yard sale, pick up a dress for a dollar and wash it and wear it. You can go to the thrift store and have a bigger selection and find items that are sorted by coats, by hats, by gloves. Finding resale clothing is also great in a pinch. Say if you are going on a trip and you are going somewhere that is off season. Sometimes you cannot find snow boots at a store in August. Sometimes you might need to go to a thrift store and you will find those boots, or a yard sale, and you might find that item. You can also find used clothing online, either through many different websites or boutiques.