your ultimate guide for preloved online shopping
This easy step-by-step guide will teach you how to find real treasures and unique styles you’ll love for years to come for a fraction of the cost by thrifting online like a pro.
The last time it happened I was crossing the road in Hove and a cute, little elderly lady (maybe in her mid-sixties?) rushed over to me.
“I love your dress! Where is it from? It fits you so perfectly!”
“Thank you! It’s from a French brand called Rouje, but I bought it preloved online.”
It was a recent purchase (shown above) made in pressing haste for summer to arrive by finding summer dresses before it was warm enough to wear them.
“I’ve still got good legs, I think I could pull something like that off!”
“I bet you do!”
I laughed swinging my long legs and curvy hips down the street filled with gleeful joy after our encounter. There’s nothing I love more than getting stopped in the street and being told that they love my outfit. I am a Leo Sun after all.
Something that surprises me, due to the comprehensive gravitas of professional online fashion influencers, is how often I receive emails, messages, voice notes and comments about my clothes and style.
I love using clothing to express myself; a daily creative ritual that I do for myself. That you appreciate it too always astounds me.
Especially since — as I repeatedly say whenever anyone asks me where something that I wear is from — everything I own is either old or secondhand.
This is always followed up with another question…
How do you find those clothes?
Today I am transmitting my step-by-step process on exactly how. But let’s begin with why.
The last time I shared on this topic I wrote: inside my closet, a 7-step written discussion on sustainably curating the wardrobe of your dreams.
I have always tried to live life in a resourceful way. One thing we all know for sure is that more stuff doesn’t bring us more happiness. In reverse, it often brings us more stress and overwhelm.
The trick is to find that perfect balance of enough.
How much of the things you need is the right amount? What is enough?
I'm always thinking of ways that I can minimise my impact on the world while maximising my pleasure and enjoyment. Whenever I look in shops or malls (which is increasingly rare) I instantly feel completely dazed by the amount of stuff there is in the world.
Do we need all of this? And who buys it?
A few years ago I decided that one of the ways I could stop adding more stuff to the world was by buying clothes, a creative expression which I love and have no intention of giving up, that already exist.
As someone who prefers to shop online (no crowds! no harsh lighting! no driving somewhere I don’t want to be!) over the years, I’ve honed my skills in what to buy, how, and from where.
So here’s your ultimate guide…
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