#second hand

[vintagehomecollection]

Country Kitchens, 1991

[maked-artyshenanigans]

"what goth brands do you wear?" Charity Shops, mate. Pre-owned and pre-loved, now getting remixed by yours truly 😎

[nyc-looks]

Elijah, 29

“My clothes are completely sourced from a boutique in Philly called Casa Vida. The entire outfit has a bit of a rural vibe to it, but the big collar makes it feel boisterous and regal. I love the dichotomy of it all, sophisticated yet simple and affordable. A sort of elegant cottagecore. Maybe I'm inspired by the yearning for a life simpler than the hustle and bustle of being a creative in the city. I feel like all art is a form of escapism, and fashion is no exception.”

Sep 11, 2023 ∙ Seaport

[philosophors]

“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.”

— Virginia Woolf, “Street Haunting”

[discoursets]

organising stuff w studio ghibli 🌸

[embroidely]

i am complaining here instead of in the Instagram comments because... non-anonymous social media are the absolute worst. Unfortunately, it bears repeating:

Vegan and sustainable are NOT synonymous!!!!!

Plastic shoes are never going to be more sustainable than real leather shoes!! Plastic clothes shedding micro plastic fibers are not more sustainable than wool!!! And by the way, wool!! is!!! amazing!!

Yes, eating less meat reduces your environmental impact. But you know what reduces your environmental impact even more?

Not wearing plastic as clothes.

[moodboard-d]

[reasonsforhope]

“It’s not every day that a municipal waste department spends more time thinking about saving things than dumping them. In Hamburg in Germany, however, there’s money to be made in the second-hand market, and who better to capitalize on that than the people who haul the city’s trash?

Stilbruch is the “IKEA of used goods,” and every day, collections from private individuals—or from trash collectors on their routes—brings goods which will all get cleaned up, repaired, and re-sold to support a more circular economy in the country’s second-largest city.

Some 400,000 objects are processed through two giant cavernous warehouses every year; everything from well-worn teddy bears to refurbished laptops and kitchen counters.

Launched in 2001 as an initiative from the sanitation department, Stilbruch has gone from having one full-time employee to 70, and from being a largely non-profit orientation to bringing in €300,000 to €500,000 ($330,000 to $550,000) per year in profit.

“These things are useful. They really aren’t rubbish,” Roman Hottgenroth, operations manager at Stilbruch, told The Progress Network. “Used is the new sexy… We are trying to stop throwaway culture and wastefulness. There’s so much value in what we treat like trash.”

Stilbruch contracts technicians and craftsmen who ensure that all used furniture is given a thorough beautification, and all electronics can be sold with a 1-year warranty.

The warehouse is part of a wider EU movement to try and cut back on all waste streams, but especially home furnishings and electronics. Chief among these efforts is restoring the “right to repair,” to consumers, 70% of whom it’s thought would prefer to repair items than replace them.

Stilbruch has been heralded by EU and German legislatures and think-tanks as a pioneering model that could be replicated by most municipalities.

Even small towns which don’t have the populations required to fill up a warehouse like Stilbruch can manage weekly flea-markets.

As for the future? Hottgenroth is planning to open yet another warehouse, and even to furnish public buses with mini-libraries.”

-via Good News Network, 3/1/22

[honeyandbee]

Which set are you drinking from at my tea party?

[realtightsweater]

The first pic doesn't do the amount of damage justice but I'm so proud of this

[ititledit]

Every year I say the same thing.

Make this the year that you stop buying new clothes.

You do not need new clothes.

There is more than enough clothing on the planet - estimated 30% of fast fashion remains unsold.

Mountains of clothes are dumped in the Atacama desert.

Retailers are not paying or treating their (80% female) workers fairly.

Buy second hand only

Buy only to replace items that are broken and irreparable

Swap clothes with your friends

Fix things you already have

Use eBay, Etsy, vinted, depop, there are so many online options for secondhand shopping

Just try it. What the worst that can happen?

[rickssecondhandfinds]

Clocks 🥰 🕰️

23/Mar/24

[nyc-looks]

Kenlie, 24

“My shoes are Demonias, pants are thrifted H&M, long sleeved shirt is secondhand Marine Serre, short sleeved shirt is a vintage tee from the 90s, and my bag is vintage Prada. I love colorful clothes and am inspired by DIY queers in Denver (where I live currently) drag, and the Muppets.”

Oct 8, 2023 ∙ Upper West Side

[alienerad]

[cheapieclassic]

🌦 Simple blue x brown coord - it's cool and rainy here this week 🌱

🌦 My recently dyed pinafore made from a linen skirt and spare buttons, styled with thrifted items - gingham shirt, blue satchel and blue brogues. Also featuring my jellycat penguin because I love him ;_;

🌦 have a good week friends! 🌱