Thrifting

Hello Internet. Today I will discuss the trend that has taken over teens, for good reasons, called thrifting. Yes, I know thrifting has been around forever. However, it's just recently that this practice has spread beyond hipsters to the mainstream youth. Thrifting is buying second-hand clothes, typically vintage or name brand. Are people who shop at Goodwill because they're actually just poor thrifting? I have no idea. Although it meets the definition, thrifting is usually characterized by the hunt, and is usually associated with youth fashion culture.
I've found some pretty awesome cops while thrifting, and I'm not even super into it. I've been thrifting for maybe a year and mainly just go to Savers, but I still manage to find something name brand at least once a trip. I have Hugo Boss, Ralph Lauren, BDG, Calvin Klein, and more. It's dope.
I love that thrifting has become the cool way for teens to buy clothes. Fast fashion has made new styles so accessible that there's no scarcity in it to make them cool. With thrifting, you can find vintage garments that you literally could not buy anywhere else. If streetwear has taught us anything, it's that scarcity makes things cool. It's good for a teen budget. Stores like Goodwill and Savers sell items for even less than fast fashion. Local consignment shops might charge on par with fast fashion. We all know that fast fashion is very bad. It hurts designers, hurts our enviroment, and relies on underpaid workers in foreign countries. Thrifting is helping fight the dilemma, along with reducing the vast amounts of waste that American consumers notoriously produce. There is little wrong you can find with thrifting. It might be harder than just going to a store and picking something out, but should clothes really be that easy to get? I don't think so.