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Secondhand clothing sales are booming – and may help solve the sustainability crisis in the fashion industry

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provides funding as a member of The Conversation US.A massive force is reshaping the fashion industry: secondhand clothing. According to a new report, the U.S. secondhand clothing market is – from US$28 billion in 2019 to US$80 billion in 2029 – in a U.S. . In 2019, secondhand clothing than conventional apparel retail did.Even more transformative is secondhand clothing’s potential to dramatically alter the prominence of fast fashion – a business model that emerged in the early 2000s, epitomized by brands like H&M and Zara. Fast fashion grew exponentially over the next two decades, significantly altering the fashion landscape by producing more clothing, distributing it faster and encouraging consumers to buy in excess with low prices.While fast fashion is expected to , .clothing consumption and sustainability, we think the secondhand clothing trend has the potential to reshape the fashion industry and mitigate the industry’s detrimental environmental impact on the planet.The secondhand clothing market is composed of two major categories, . But it’s the latter that has largely fueled the recent boom. Secondhand clothing has long been perceived as worn out and tainted, . However, this perception has changed, and now many consumers consider secondhand clothing to be of to unworn clothing. A – or buying secondhand clothes and reselling them – has also emerged, particularly among young consumers.Thanks to like Tradesy and Poshmark that facilitate peer-to-peer exchange of everyday clothing, the digital resale market is quickly becoming the next big thing in the fashion industry.The market for secondhand luxury goods is also substantial. Retailers like The RealReal or the Vestiaire Collective provide a digital marketplace for authenticated luxury consignment, where people buy and sell designer labels such as Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Hermès. The market value of this sector .The secondhand clothing trend also appears to be driven by affordability, . Consumers have not only , but are buying over cheap, disposable attire.For clothing resellers, the ongoing economic contraction combined with the increased interest in sustainability has proven to be .The fashion industry has long been associated with , ranging from poor treatment of garment workers to pollution and waste generated by clothing production.Less than 1% of materials used to make clothing are currently recycled to make new clothing, a . The textile industry produces . And approximately is the result of wastewater from the production and finishing of textiles.of the ecological impact of apparel production and are more frequently demanding apparel businesses . Buying secondhand clothing could provide consumers a way to push back against the fast-fashion system.Buying secondhand clothing increases the number of owners an item will have, extending its life – something that has been . (Worldwide, in the past 15 years, has decreased by 36%.)High-quality clothing traded in the secondhand marketplace also , unlike cheaper fast-fashion products. Thus, buying a high-quality secondhand garment instead of a new one is theoretically an environmental win. But some critics argue the secondhand marketplace actually .[Deep knowledge, daily. .]Our . We interviewed young American women who regularly use digital platforms like Poshmark. They saw secondhand clothing as a way to access both cheap goods and ones they ordinarily could not afford. They did not see it as an alternative model of consumption or a way to decrease dependence on new clothing production.Whatever the consumer motive, increasing the reuse of clothing is a big step toward a new normal in the fashion industry, though its potential to address sustainability woes remains to be seen.Write an article and join a growing community of more than 117,000 academics and researchers from 3,787 institutions.

provides funding as a member of The Conversation US.A massive force is reshaping the fashion industry: secondhand clothing. According to a new report, the U.S. secondhand clothing market is – from US$28 billion in 2019 to US$80 billion in 2029 – in a U.S. . In 2019, secondhand clothing than conventional apparel retail did.Even more transformative is secondhand clothing’s potential to dramatically alter the prominence of fast fashion – a business model that emerged in the early 2000s, epitomized by brands like H&M and Zara. Fast fashion grew exponentially over the next two decades,...

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