The Rise of Thrifting
Writer: Emma Hantman
For decades, thrifting for clothes has been an environmentally positive and budget friendly way of shopping. But in recent years, thrifting has blown up. Although time consuming, shopping for clothes has now become a treasure hunt. Bringing a pair of latex gloves and diving through bins at Goodwill is now fashionable, fun, and trendy.
Spending hours searching for the vintage Dior purse stuffed behind scuffed converse has become the new fun activity, and the environmental benefit isn’t invisible. Making new clothes requires oil for polyester, an immense amount of water, and produces millions of tons of CO2, not to mention the amount of clothing ending up in landfills. The fast fashion market is worth an estimated $40 billion. By 2030, it’s estimated it will be res...
