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any people thrift for fun or for functionality. Sophomore Brijet Sun is used to thrifting for functionality. “I’ve been thrifting since I was...seven. I used to really not like thrifting. I wanted to go to Forever 21 or something, but we were poor, so now I just thrift because we’re still poor. I feel like I can find good things, it’s just kinda hard because you have to thrift for a long time to find the good stuff. I’m there for a couple of hours sometimes,” Sun said. There are many people who will do clothes hauls off of fast fashion websites, and then donate it to thrift stores not much later. These clothes are typically not built for extended use, which makes it harder to find longerlasting clothes. “I hate it because all these rich girls buy a ton of stuff off Shein or whatever, and they give it to Goodwill a month later. Don’t do that because you’re just creating high consumption and high waste. Even if you’re giving it to a thrift store it’s still not good,” Sun said. There are also people who will go to thrift stores and buy clothes for the cheap prices offered and resell them online for a lot more money. This is especially hard on people who thrift for functionality, because this raises the prices of clothes.
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“Those are the same girls that have Depop. They’ll go to thrift stores and they sell the sweaters for like 70 dollars that they got for like 5 bucks. They’re taking good stuff too. Nobody wants your 100 dollar sweater, put it back on the shelves. It’s raising the prices in thrift stores and making it a lot harder for people who actually need to buy from there,” Sun said. While Sun tends to thrift because of money, Junior Alayna Pickard thrifts to be environmentally friendly and is conscious of overconsumption. “I tend to thrift pretty often, maybe around once a week, but sometimes I don’t buy anything. While thrifting is very environmentally friendly, I think we have to keep in mind that overconsumption is still a large issue, even in a thrifting environment,” Pickard said. Pickard has not been thrifting as long as Sun, because Sun has been thrifting from a young age, while Pickard thrifts as a personal choice. “I mostly thrift because of money and environment. While thrifting is definitely a cheaper option, it’s a much better alternative to fast fashion sites that are also on the cheaper side, especially since you can still find a lot of current trends at the thrift store,” Pickard said.
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