My love affair with secondhand clothing

I'm sure by now it comes as no surprise that I don't buy many things new. Secondhand things are so much a part of my life that I almost didn't write this post because I thought, "Who DOESN'T shop secondhand, anyway??"

I grew up on secondhand, since Goodwill was where we did all our shopping, so I come by it very honestly. I love walking in not knowing what you're going to find. I love the thrill of the hunt. And I love the fact that not everything is "on trend" and therefore going to be what I see on every other person I see. I have always been able to completely lose myself in a thrift store, looking over everything.

I have to admit, most of my clothes are not actually purchased secondhand, they are mostly just straight-up hand-me-downs from other people that I don't pay for. Let's be honest, THAT is my favorite way of acquiring clothing. But I'm highlighting here some purchases I made either via Goodwill or consignment, because they are particularly good scores.

And yes, I love the frugal part of secondhand shopping, but I also am highly motivated by the fact that it eliminates the need to bring new crap into the world. Don't get me wrong, I LOOOOOVE clothes, but there's plenty of "stuff" in the world already, and being the second (or third, or fourth) owner of something reduces the need for more to be made unnecessarily. 

Admittedly, $14 is still kind of hard for me at times, since I usually spend literally nothing on clothing, but for these ones in particular (both made by small designers that I love and could never afford new) they were downright steals.