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There are people who love to shop, and then there is me. I’m a shopping enthusiast, an obsessive, an aficionado if you will. A pre-loved devotee, I rarely set foot in new clothing stores. If I’ve got a free Saturday, you can count on the fact that I’ll be sliding a Taylor Swift CD into my car stereo and speeding down the Eastern freeway to my favourite Melbourne op shops. If not, I’ll be sneaking in a quick scroll of eBay in those small windows between commitments.
It’s not just the purchasing part of pre-loved shopping that I love, but the browsing. Scrolling through the ever-updated pages of resale platforms online or sorting through the racks at a thrift store, you never know what you might find. It’s the possibility of it all that’s exciting. Perhaps you’ll happen upon your dream pair of low-waisted Ralph Lauren slacks, an Oroton silk scarf from the ’90s or a vintage, asymmetrical Scanlan Theodore top in a silhouette that’s been on your Pinterest board for months.
The only downside of shopping secondhand is having to be patient. It’s not a virtue that comes naturally to me. Because I’m a mid-sized girlie, sometimes the options, particularly in-store, aren’t as plentiful. There’s simply not as much to browse on the size 16 rack at Savers, which is often a quarter of the heft of the size 10 rack. When it comes to thrift shopping, we have to wait longer and look harder. But luckily, online secondhand marketplaces have a number of workarounds.
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julia kittelty 