WEBVTT - SUNDAY SPECIAL: Leigh Campbell's Guide To Thrift Shopping 0:00:10.661 --> 0:00:15.022 You're listening to a MoMA Mia podcast. Mamma Mia acknowledges 0:00:15.062 --> 0:00:18.062 the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 0:00:18.102 --> 0:00:18.982 is recorded on. 0:00:19.582 --> 0:00:22.981 Hello, out louders, it is Jesse here for your out 0:00:23.021 --> 0:00:27.782 Loud Sunday special. You know how much I love thrift shopping. 0:00:27.822 --> 0:00:29.902 I was just talking about it this week. It is 0:00:29.982 --> 0:00:34.022 my New Year's resolution. Today's episode is one that is 0:00:34.062 --> 0:00:37.422 going to give you all the hacks. Lee Campbell, who 0:00:37.462 --> 0:00:40.861 hosts our fashion podcast Nothing to Wear, knows all the 0:00:40.942 --> 0:00:44.422 tricks when it comes to thrifting. In this episode, Lee 0:00:44.582 --> 0:00:47.542 sits down with Mea and explains to her why she 0:00:47.582 --> 0:00:50.022 needs to start thrifting. I have been yelling exactly the 0:00:50.062 --> 0:00:52.982 same thing from the best stores. The secret to the 0:00:53.102 --> 0:00:56.782 art of thrifting and the mindset you need before diving in. 0:00:57.222 --> 0:01:00.102 If you are keen to start buying more secondhand, you 0:01:00.262 --> 0:01:02.062 will love this episode. 0:01:02.462 --> 0:01:02.822 Enjoy. 0:01:05.182 --> 0:01:08.422 Whoever said orange is the new pink with seriously diserved. 0:01:08.142 --> 0:01:10.542 Laurels for spraying groundbreaking? 0:01:10.782 --> 0:01:11.702 Oh my god, you. 0:01:11.822 --> 0:01:12.582 Have to do it. 0:01:12.622 --> 0:01:17.862 You live for fashion. Hello and welcome to Nothing to Wear, 0:01:17.942 --> 0:01:21.422 the podcast that solves fashion problems and levels up your wardrobe. 0:01:21.542 --> 0:01:23.702 I'm Lee Campbell, and every week I chat to an 0:01:23.822 --> 0:01:26.661 expert who helps us to work out how to get 0:01:26.662 --> 0:01:28.381 more out of the clothes we already own and tells 0:01:28.462 --> 0:01:31.142 us exactly what is and what isn't worth adding to 0:01:31.222 --> 0:01:34.862 our wardrobe. There aren't many things that Mia Friedman and 0:01:34.942 --> 0:01:38.062 I don't agree on when it comes to fashion. We 0:01:38.102 --> 0:01:41.182 actually have a WhatsApp group where we constantly share ideas, 0:01:41.342 --> 0:01:44.102 outfits and items we think the other one should have 0:01:44.302 --> 0:01:45.462 from our own wardrobes. 0:01:45.502 --> 0:01:46.342 We swap clothes. 0:01:47.182 --> 0:01:49.302 But the one thing Mia just does not get that 0:01:49.342 --> 0:01:53.702 I love is thrift shopping. So for today's episode, I've 0:01:53.742 --> 0:01:56.142 invited Mia back onto the show to give her a 0:01:56.182 --> 0:01:59.502 little lesson on how I thrift, the best stores out there, 0:01:59.542 --> 0:02:02.942 and the sneaky bargains you can find. Before we get 0:02:02.942 --> 0:02:07.062 into the topic, what current fashion trend or trends do 0:02:07.102 --> 0:02:10.381 you find most exciting or inspired by? 0:02:11.022 --> 0:02:15.062 It would be track suits with jackets. I'm wearing that 0:02:15.142 --> 0:02:19.302 today as we see here, So wide legged tracksuits, or 0:02:19.302 --> 0:02:23.742 actually any tracksuits. I'm really enjoying making tracksuits. 0:02:23.142 --> 0:02:25.462 Formal doesn't feel naughty, yeah. 0:02:25.181 --> 0:02:28.302 And it feels also very comfortable. So I'm wearing some 0:02:28.382 --> 0:02:32.622 wide legged, navy added ass tracksuit pants with three lemon 0:02:32.702 --> 0:02:36.422 yellow stripes down the side, and I'm wearing some red 0:02:36.502 --> 0:02:39.862 and pale pink added as speciales which are like like 0:02:39.942 --> 0:02:43.542 soundbos kind of. I'm wearing one of the most expensive 0:02:43.582 --> 0:02:45.502 jackets I've brought in a really long time, like a 0:02:45.542 --> 0:02:48.262 suit jacket and then a T shirt. I love it 0:02:48.342 --> 0:02:52.062 and I just feel put together but also modern, yes. 0:02:51.902 --> 0:02:56.222 And not uniformy like the casual exactly, very cool, exactly, 0:02:56.342 --> 0:02:57.182 It's quite exciting. 0:02:57.222 --> 0:02:59.382 So I'm finding lots of different ways to inar my trackies. 0:02:59.422 --> 0:03:02.542 I did trackies with a kidney the other day, yes, yes. 0:03:02.302 --> 0:03:05.941 And I've also got a tracky reference with sort of sandals, 0:03:05.982 --> 0:03:09.542 like jeweled sandals and a jacket. There's something about where 0:03:09.742 --> 0:03:13.302 trackies with the jacket, particularly if you're traveling. Agree highly 0:03:13.342 --> 0:03:16.982 recommend getting through airports. It's comfortable, but it looks smart and. 0:03:16.942 --> 0:03:18.822 Can I get quickly ask you before we jump into 0:03:18.822 --> 0:03:20.782 it when you say a reference? Are you saving images? 0:03:20.822 --> 0:03:24.262 Somewhere in my mind? And funnily enough, I go back 0:03:24.262 --> 0:03:26.862 to this one image. There's this woman I follow, I've 0:03:26.862 --> 0:03:29.342 sent it to you. She does a substack newsletter called 0:03:29.902 --> 0:03:33.342 Mota Veritas. Her name's Irene Kim and she's a stylist 0:03:33.342 --> 0:03:36.622 in Canada, and she's really minimal. She reminds me of 0:03:36.662 --> 0:03:39.862 you a lot actually at the moment, and she did 0:03:39.902 --> 0:03:41.422 this thing, and I've bought a lot of things that 0:03:41.462 --> 0:03:44.502 I find from her. And that idea of the jacket 0:03:44.502 --> 0:03:46.742 with the tracksuit paths. I first saw it on her, 0:03:47.022 --> 0:03:48.582 and now of course I'm seeing it everywhere. 0:03:48.662 --> 0:03:51.822 Love it. Okay, so you're going to take over again. 0:03:51.942 --> 0:03:53.982 I'm going to take over because Lee, you and I 0:03:54.022 --> 0:03:56.382 have been having a conversation off Mike for quite some time. 0:03:56.382 --> 0:03:57.862 I forced you into this episode. 0:03:57.942 --> 0:04:00.622 I feel like I'm very out of step with this 0:04:00.702 --> 0:04:04.022 and it's basically going to be convince me why I 0:04:04.062 --> 0:04:05.262 need to start thrifting. 0:04:05.662 --> 0:04:06.462 Yeah, okay. 0:04:06.622 --> 0:04:08.502 So I don't know if this is a compliment, but 0:04:08.542 --> 0:04:10.182 a lot of people when they find out that I'm 0:04:10.222 --> 0:04:12.182 an avid thrift shop I go, oh, I didn't pick 0:04:12.222 --> 0:04:12.622 that for you. 0:04:13.502 --> 0:04:14.022 I love it. 0:04:14.422 --> 0:04:15.702 Let's unpack that for a second. 0:04:15.782 --> 0:04:16.102 Okay. 0:04:16.301 --> 0:04:19.142 So I'm always surprised when I see you in something. 0:04:19.142 --> 0:04:20.702 And the other day I saw you wearing a great 0:04:20.741 --> 0:04:22.742 jumper in the office and it had a picture of 0:04:22.782 --> 0:04:24.902 bambiyond it, and I was like, that's so cool. Where 0:04:24.942 --> 0:04:28.541 is it? And you said it is Javoni and I 0:04:28.582 --> 0:04:32.702 thrifted it for sixty dollars sixty dollars, and I'm like, 0:04:33.142 --> 0:04:35.301 you got to kiss a lot of frogs. There is 0:04:35.981 --> 0:04:38.621 when you find your prints in a thrift shop. And 0:04:39.022 --> 0:04:41.861 it's not like I've never thrifted. I used to really like. 0:04:42.101 --> 0:04:45.101 It's funny the difference between calling it vintage and thrifting. 0:04:45.342 --> 0:04:46.342 And there is a difference. 0:04:46.582 --> 0:04:48.981 We used to there was some good vintage shops I 0:04:49.061 --> 0:04:52.461 used to like to go and look through, and particularly 0:04:52.462 --> 0:04:55.382 back in the nineties where no one had sequence anywhere, 0:04:55.662 --> 0:04:57.582 and any time you wanted to buy sequence, you had 0:04:57.621 --> 0:05:00.022 to find them in a thrift shop or in a 0:05:00.101 --> 0:05:02.782 vintage shop. But I am going to just outline my 0:05:02.821 --> 0:05:06.342 objections before you convince me otherwise. Yes, it takes a 0:05:06.381 --> 0:05:11.501 lot of time. I get hay fever. I get dispirited 0:05:11.582 --> 0:05:16.141 quickly because I'm like, yucky, yucky, yucky, yucky. Oh this 0:05:16.262 --> 0:05:19.142 is quite nice, and then I don't know, I just 0:05:19.181 --> 0:05:20.342 have a mental blank with it. 0:05:20.662 --> 0:05:23.782 Look, it's definitely not for everyone. I was in Paris 0:05:23.821 --> 0:05:25.942 late last year and randomly met up with a friend 0:05:25.981 --> 0:05:27.741 from Australia. She happened to be there and I said, 0:05:27.821 --> 0:05:29.382 let's go thrifting, and she stood in the middle of 0:05:29.421 --> 0:05:32.101 the stores and held her coffee and she was just 0:05:32.262 --> 0:05:34.101 not it. And you can't force it. You're either a 0:05:34.101 --> 0:05:36.581 thrifterer or you're not. For me, it's the thrill of 0:05:36.621 --> 0:05:40.261 the hunt. I have adhd as. Do you diagnose medicated 0:05:40.342 --> 0:05:41.941 and when you have a hyper focus? 0:05:42.181 --> 0:05:42.421 Yes. 0:05:42.702 --> 0:05:44.782 What I like about it is I can't have other 0:05:44.941 --> 0:05:47.741 thoughts because I'm going ooh, oh, oh oh, and so 0:05:47.821 --> 0:05:50.101 it's kind of meditative for me. It's a type of 0:05:50.142 --> 0:05:53.341 therapy because if I'm just walking through a nicely styled store, 0:05:53.782 --> 0:05:56.381 I start thinking about my son's swimming. But at thrifting 0:05:56.421 --> 0:05:59.902 you have to concentrate so hard. So that's why I 0:05:59.941 --> 0:06:02.342 personally love it. I've always been like that with homewares, 0:06:02.741 --> 0:06:05.262 and the thing is it's just growing at a rapid rate, 0:06:05.301 --> 0:06:08.662 so it's all over TikTok. They predict that the global 0:06:08.741 --> 0:06:11.541 secondhand mark it will be worth three hundred and fifty 0:06:11.541 --> 0:06:13.662 billion dollars next year, which is ten percent of the 0:06:13.662 --> 0:06:15.461 global fashion market in its. 0:06:15.301 --> 0:06:17.661 Say, which is wonderful news because we know that fast 0:06:17.662 --> 0:06:20.861 fashion is a massive problem with landfill. The idea of 0:06:20.941 --> 0:06:24.381 buying cheap shit every single week and wearing something different 0:06:24.381 --> 0:06:27.822 all the time. This upcycling, recycling, that's great and. 0:06:27.782 --> 0:06:29.462 Look to be honest, a lot of it depending where 0:06:29.462 --> 0:06:31.021 you're going, and I'll break down the categorism. I mean, 0:06:31.142 --> 0:06:32.821 a lot of it is fast fashion that's in there. 0:06:33.181 --> 0:06:36.262 A lot of it is really cheap, nasty stuff. Some 0:06:36.342 --> 0:06:38.541 of it's great fast fashion that you might then give 0:06:38.582 --> 0:06:40.182 a second life. So it depends on how you look 0:06:40.181 --> 0:06:43.941 at it. But of course cost of living, crisis, circular economy, 0:06:44.022 --> 0:06:46.421 you are saving something from landfilm, helping the planet a 0:06:46.421 --> 0:06:46.782 little bit. 0:06:46.861 --> 0:06:48.981 Last time I spoke to you on the show, you 0:06:49.061 --> 0:06:52.702 mentioned a second Handzara skirt, which I thought was interesting 0:06:52.741 --> 0:06:55.822 because you would normally think about thrifting, or some people 0:06:55.902 --> 0:06:59.142 would looking for designer labels like Ladies Scallon Theater or 0:06:59.142 --> 0:07:02.181 a Zimmermann or something that's more of an exy label, 0:07:02.541 --> 0:07:03.342 not something that. 0:07:03.342 --> 0:07:04.342 Was totally last fashion. 0:07:04.501 --> 0:07:07.501 I think sometimes a great twenty dollars aar a skirt 0:07:07.541 --> 0:07:10.182 that you know was eighty nine ninety five probably three 0:07:10.222 --> 0:07:12.622 months ago. To me, that's still a really good bargain. 0:07:12.662 --> 0:07:15.941 I think Sarah of the high Street chain stores is 0:07:15.982 --> 0:07:19.261 pretty decent quality in that it's going to be okay 0:07:19.622 --> 0:07:22.302 for you to then repurchase that. There's a lot of ancho. 0:07:22.422 --> 0:07:25.022 There's a lot of you know, really really affordable stuff 0:07:25.062 --> 0:07:27.622 in these stores as well. Again a lot of searching, 0:07:27.862 --> 0:07:29.782 but then that's when you find the gold. So it's 0:07:29.862 --> 0:07:32.142 just it takes a lot of time, and also it's 0:07:32.222 --> 0:07:34.102 just good to get some original items that are not 0:07:34.182 --> 0:07:39.381 in every store everywhere. 0:07:46.022 --> 0:07:49.262 So where do you go because aren't the good places 0:07:49.662 --> 0:07:50.782 all shopped out? 0:07:50.902 --> 0:07:54.261 Yeah? Look in Sydney, Pennington Vinnie's is great, but you 0:07:54.342 --> 0:07:56.862 literally need to know when the drop is and it's 0:07:56.941 --> 0:07:59.141 very expensive because it's in Sydney's eastern suburb. 0:07:59.222 --> 0:08:01.782 How do those stores work? Is there like a central 0:08:01.782 --> 0:08:04.422 place that distributes out to all the different stores. 0:08:04.502 --> 0:08:06.062 Yeah, it depends on the store. 0:08:06.102 --> 0:08:08.822 And also generally there's a central place, but people still 0:08:08.902 --> 0:08:11.461 drop directly to store. So you've got your Vinis and 0:08:11.462 --> 0:08:14.422 your Red Cross and your Lifeline stores. This is in 0:08:14.462 --> 0:08:17.062 Sydney specifically, but there are ones around the country. And 0:08:17.062 --> 0:08:19.182 actually I'd love everyone to jump into the group and 0:08:19.262 --> 0:08:21.742 recommend great thrifting in their city or their town. 0:08:22.381 --> 0:08:23.182 So it depends. 0:08:23.622 --> 0:08:25.342 I find the vinis that are kind of a bit 0:08:25.422 --> 0:08:29.062 randomly in weird suburbs, or you happen to be somewhere 0:08:29.102 --> 0:08:32.382 that you're not normally can be great again hidden miss. 0:08:32.381 --> 0:08:34.622 You can't go in expecting to find a specific item 0:08:34.702 --> 0:08:36.822 or hoping to find just one thing. You might find 0:08:36.822 --> 0:08:40.942 nothing or three things. In Sydney there's chain called U Turn. 0:08:40.982 --> 0:08:43.582 They have about six stores. There's one in Bondo Junction, 0:08:43.622 --> 0:08:44.582 one out of Rozelle. 0:08:44.942 --> 0:08:47.182 They have a really great famous one in punch Bowl. 0:08:47.302 --> 0:08:47.782 That's right. 0:08:47.862 --> 0:08:51.222 Yeah. Both my teenagers, boy and a girl thrift and 0:08:51.262 --> 0:08:52.622 they go thrifting with their friends. 0:08:52.662 --> 0:08:54.862 Oh it's so much fun, big thing, even with the boys. 0:08:55.022 --> 0:08:55.862 I love that. Yeah. 0:08:55.862 --> 0:08:57.622 I took Rich to U Turn and he's quite a 0:08:57.622 --> 0:09:00.022 thrift of it. He was overwhelmed. So you've got to 0:09:00.022 --> 0:09:02.862 be in the right mood. Savers just open to New 0:09:02.862 --> 0:09:05.022 South Wales. Savers are in pretty much every other state. 0:09:05.062 --> 0:09:06.902 It's out at Hoxton Park. I haven't been yet, but 0:09:06.942 --> 0:09:11.422 that's a ginormous warehouse of fashion, homewhere, toys, everything. 0:09:11.702 --> 0:09:12.542 I love your face. 0:09:13.182 --> 0:09:17.142 I'm just feeling overwhelmed. And the amount of time that 0:09:17.182 --> 0:09:18.022 it would take. 0:09:17.942 --> 0:09:18.622 Yes, it does. 0:09:18.702 --> 0:09:20.382 You have to set aside a few hours and look, 0:09:20.582 --> 0:09:23.742 other thing's clean. This is the thing mostly I mean, 0:09:23.782 --> 0:09:25.982 I think if you are going to donate to a 0:09:25.982 --> 0:09:27.942 thrift store, you need to think would I give this 0:09:27.982 --> 0:09:28.862 to marry my friend? 0:09:29.062 --> 0:09:29.262 Yeah? 0:09:29.382 --> 0:09:32.381 If you're like ooh, then don't donate it. Unfortunately, it's 0:09:32.382 --> 0:09:35.062 probably going to end up in landfill. But these places 0:09:35.102 --> 0:09:38.662 are in undated, they don't need more. So unless it's 0:09:38.702 --> 0:09:41.062 good quality, in decent condition, you know, not covered in 0:09:41.102 --> 0:09:44.022 stains or whatever, don't donate it because no one's going 0:09:44.062 --> 0:09:44.502 to buy it. 0:09:44.782 --> 0:09:49.302 I want to ask about the changing body shapes. I mean, 0:09:49.342 --> 0:09:51.382 I know that when you're talking about vintage clothes, so 0:09:51.422 --> 0:09:55.782 clothes that are from the sixties, seventies, eighties, the cuts 0:09:55.782 --> 0:09:58.822 of things are usually a bit different totally. How do 0:09:58.902 --> 0:09:59.422 you well? 0:09:59.902 --> 0:10:00.222 That's it. 0:10:00.342 --> 0:10:02.942 So there's thrifting, which is kind of like your affordable stuff, 0:10:02.942 --> 0:10:07.462 but then there's vintage shopping, which again is probably more expensive. 0:10:07.502 --> 0:10:09.382 You've got your in Sydney. I've got a zoom pouring 0:10:09.662 --> 0:10:12.662 dolly up vintage sees, flashback blue spinach. 0:10:13.382 --> 0:10:14.862 That's a whole different mindset. 0:10:14.982 --> 0:10:17.982 When I'm thrifting and something is eight dollars, fifteen dollars, 0:10:18.022 --> 0:10:21.422 twenty dollars, I'm going in thinking can I alter it? 0:10:21.662 --> 0:10:23.502 Or can I wear it over size. 0:10:23.702 --> 0:10:25.942 Is it worth eyeing things that you have to alter. 0:10:25.782 --> 0:10:27.662 If you're thrifting depends on what it is, and it 0:10:27.662 --> 0:10:29.422 depends on your personality. 0:10:28.902 --> 0:10:31.062 I have, and how much your alterations going to cost. 0:10:31.182 --> 0:10:33.182 Yeah, rule of thumb, I try not to because I 0:10:33.342 --> 0:10:38.142 just haven't generally in these thrift stores. It's last week Sara, well, 0:10:38.222 --> 0:10:42.022 last year Zara. So it's still current shapes, current trends, 0:10:42.102 --> 0:10:44.862 current when I say current from the last five years. 0:10:45.462 --> 0:10:49.222 And then you've also got secondhand designer stores and websites 0:10:49.262 --> 0:10:51.261 that you might want to get a Chanelle bag or 0:10:51.262 --> 0:10:54.782 a Balenciaga shoe, and that is growing at a crazy 0:10:54.902 --> 0:10:57.182 rapid rate because there's some people that will wear a 0:10:57.222 --> 0:10:59.702 handbag for nine months, keep it in pristine condition, and 0:10:59.702 --> 0:11:01.742 you can get a half price. So thrifting is kind 0:11:01.742 --> 0:11:04.862 of all encompassing, but there's definitely sort of your op shops, 0:11:05.102 --> 0:11:07.502 your vintage, and then your circular designer. 0:11:07.942 --> 0:11:10.222 So what about online? Are there any good sites or 0:11:10.222 --> 0:11:12.222 accounts to follow for secondhand fashion on the lie? 0:11:12.302 --> 0:11:14.862 Yes, so you've got your Facebook marketplace. Of course, you've 0:11:14.862 --> 0:11:17.862 got eBay. A lot of people who are into fashion 0:11:17.862 --> 0:11:20.622 will upload and sell things on deepop which is basically 0:11:20.662 --> 0:11:23.902 just a marketplace that takes a small commission and then 0:11:23.902 --> 0:11:26.142 people just buy it and you post it and you 0:11:26.182 --> 0:11:27.182 can chat on the forum. 0:11:27.262 --> 0:11:29.462 I know some people here at Muma Mea who actually 0:11:30.142 --> 0:11:32.142 have a little bit of a side hustle selling things 0:11:32.142 --> 0:11:34.942 on deepot. That's good to Yeah, you can. You can 0:11:35.022 --> 0:11:36.742 make some good money. Again, it takes a little bit 0:11:36.782 --> 0:11:39.502 of time, yes, but you know, out of twenty things 0:11:39.502 --> 0:11:41.142 she's put on, just made about one thousand dollars. 0:11:41.182 --> 0:11:41.422 Wow. 0:11:41.502 --> 0:11:41.702 Yeah. 0:11:41.742 --> 0:11:41.942 See. 0:11:41.942 --> 0:11:43.742 And if it's just sitting in your ordrobe, you need 0:11:43.782 --> 0:11:45.662 to be realistic with the price. Just because you've paid 0:11:45.702 --> 0:11:47.102 eight hundred dollars for address and warre it to a 0:11:47.142 --> 0:11:49.662 winning once, someone doesn't want to pay seven hundred dollars probably, 0:11:49.742 --> 0:11:52.222 so you have to be really realistic and be willing 0:11:52.262 --> 0:11:54.782 to let it go. What about those Facebook groups there 0:11:54.862 --> 0:11:58.302 used to be like a recycled spell Facebook group. 0:11:58.462 --> 0:12:00.502 They're still there, Zimmerman Wine. 0:12:00.302 --> 0:12:01.102 Scant on Theadore. 0:12:01.142 --> 0:12:04.462 So if you're really devout to a specific brand, there's 0:12:04.502 --> 0:12:05.702 Country Road, there's Richery. 0:12:05.942 --> 0:12:07.622 You can jump into Facebook and fine, then. 0:12:07.542 --> 0:12:11.302 Buy swap cell Page is an amazing overseas designer and 0:12:12.182 --> 0:12:14.422 TV too, and I'm in that group on Facebook. 0:12:14.462 --> 0:12:16.142 How do they work? Does someone just go I've got 0:12:16.142 --> 0:12:16.902 this jacket? Oh? 0:12:17.022 --> 0:12:18.702 No, It depends on the group. 0:12:18.782 --> 0:12:22.222 So Tibby, there's a shared spreadsheet and you upload your location, 0:12:22.342 --> 0:12:25.422 your size, the condition images and yeah, it's wow. 0:12:26.022 --> 0:12:28.262 It can really depend But there's the. 0:12:28.262 --> 0:12:30.502 Kind of bargains can you get on those sort of groups. 0:12:31.182 --> 0:12:34.662 Again, it depends on people's perception. So some people will 0:12:34.742 --> 0:12:37.062 sell things so cheap and I'm like, is this fake? 0:12:37.222 --> 0:12:40.342 And then some people will sell things for a ridiculous price. 0:12:40.382 --> 0:12:42.542 But maybe they'd saved up so much money for that 0:12:42.622 --> 0:12:45.862 and now they need money burned. Yes, I nearly was. 0:12:45.902 --> 0:12:48.302 So I've got my favorite pair of Basic sandals that 0:12:48.342 --> 0:12:49.982 are on their very last legs. So I joined the 0:12:49.982 --> 0:12:52.782 Basic bi swop cell and I posted a photo. I said, 0:12:52.782 --> 0:12:54.182 does anyone have these in the white? But I'll take 0:12:54.182 --> 0:12:56.182 any color. And then this woman messaged me and she 0:12:56.182 --> 0:12:59.222 said I've got them in the white, and I said, oh, okay, great, 0:12:59.342 --> 0:13:00.862 and I said can you take a photo and she's like, oh, 0:13:00.902 --> 0:13:02.782 I'm at work. I'll take a photo later to transfer 0:13:02.822 --> 0:13:04.502 the money. And I went, oh, hang on, I said, 0:13:04.502 --> 0:13:06.582 send me a photo when you get home, and then 0:13:06.582 --> 0:13:08.102 she sent me a photo. A bit later she goes, oh, 0:13:08.102 --> 0:13:09.382 actually they're in the back of my car and she 0:13:09.622 --> 0:13:11.822 sent me a photo, so I Google imaged it and 0:13:11.822 --> 0:13:12.982 it was from another website. 0:13:13.502 --> 0:13:15.782 If it sounds too good to be true, be very careful. 0:13:15.862 --> 0:13:19.622 Always use PayPal if you were shopping online, well for anything, 0:13:19.622 --> 0:13:22.342 but for secondhand goods where you're dealing with another an individual, 0:13:22.902 --> 0:13:24.582 because you can dispute a transaction. 0:13:24.782 --> 0:13:26.462 So what about this, dear collective. 0:13:26.982 --> 0:13:29.302 I've not pers actually have a long time ago. 0:13:29.462 --> 0:13:32.062 There's a lot of ones overseas because that, of course, 0:13:32.142 --> 0:13:33.982 you know, the US and the UK and Europe have 0:13:34.382 --> 0:13:36.462 huge market. There's also a fantastic one, of course, I 0:13:36.502 --> 0:13:38.382 thought in the name. I think it's called a luxury 0:13:38.462 --> 0:13:42.102 Dubai and it's a lot of secondhand designer from Dubai. 0:13:42.502 --> 0:13:43.942 I bought a pair of shoes from there. Actually I 0:13:44.022 --> 0:13:47.862 bought my fortieth birthday Bataga Vanetta shoes that I purchased 0:13:47.862 --> 0:13:50.462 there were secondhand, practically brand new, sold them again straight away, 0:13:50.502 --> 0:13:51.822 basically didn't cost me a cent. 0:14:05.062 --> 0:14:09.382 There's a great woman in Australia called Rachel. She has 0:14:09.622 --> 0:14:16.742 an online boutique doing this called acac ac. Y Acey 0:14:17.182 --> 0:14:19.982 and my designer. If I've got stuff that's like a 0:14:19.982 --> 0:14:24.142 bit designer, like Scanon or whatever, Zimmerman, I'll sell through 0:14:24.182 --> 0:14:27.742 her great and that's great. She's all online too. 0:14:27.702 --> 0:14:29.902 And they take the headache out of it and that. 0:14:29.982 --> 0:14:32.182 Sometimes I've got a pile of things that for me 0:14:32.262 --> 0:14:34.222 were too much money or too good to donate. I 0:14:34.462 --> 0:14:37.062 definitely donate a lot, but then I just feel guilty 0:14:37.062 --> 0:14:37.742 because they're sitting there. 0:14:37.782 --> 0:14:38.382 I'm not wearing them. 0:14:38.382 --> 0:14:39.742 So if you can make a bit of money back, 0:14:39.942 --> 0:14:41.542 that's also the circular economy, so. 0:14:41.542 --> 0:14:43.062 Quick top tips for thrift shopping. 0:14:43.222 --> 0:14:45.262 Okay, if you're going to try things on leggings and 0:14:45.302 --> 0:14:47.222 a tank, so you can just chuck it on over 0:14:47.342 --> 0:14:50.342 because the change rooms are always a bit weird. Check fabrication. 0:14:50.502 --> 0:14:52.782 That's not to say you can't buy synthetics, but you 0:14:52.862 --> 0:14:54.742 just know what you're working with, so if there's a stain, 0:14:54.822 --> 0:14:56.022 you might be able to get it out. If it's 0:14:56.062 --> 0:14:57.822 white and cotton, can you bleach it? 0:14:57.902 --> 0:14:59.302 So am I avoiding synthetics? 0:14:59.422 --> 0:14:59.742 Well? 0:14:59.822 --> 0:15:00.502 It depends. 0:15:00.502 --> 0:15:02.702 So I bought a great Zimmerman dress the other week 0:15:02.742 --> 0:15:05.622 that had just a teeny tiny little bit of tan underneath, 0:15:06.062 --> 0:15:08.022 and it was a ray On and because of the 0:15:08.102 --> 0:15:11.182 fantastic episode we've done with Nicolbyneithen Hines. I knew I 0:15:11.222 --> 0:15:13.822 had a cool great stain remover and I got that 0:15:13.862 --> 0:15:14.342 stain out. 0:15:14.422 --> 0:15:16.662 Okay, so under arm stains and that didn't make you 0:15:16.742 --> 0:15:17.782 just go yucky. 0:15:17.982 --> 0:15:19.662 Well, I knew it was like a thousand dollars in 0:15:19.702 --> 0:15:23.422 them dress passed. Yeah, you know what, I'll use it 0:15:23.462 --> 0:15:25.422 for wrapping paper. I'll turn the fabric into the skirt. 0:15:25.502 --> 0:15:27.662 You know, so my clothes are so stained anyway. 0:15:27.782 --> 0:15:30.862 Yeah, but also smell that if a synthetic fabric has 0:15:30.902 --> 0:15:32.902 that body o to smell, you're not getting that out. 0:15:33.102 --> 0:15:33.622 Forget it. 0:15:34.062 --> 0:15:37.222 Check zips, buttons and for rips, because sometimes if you 0:15:37.262 --> 0:15:38.862 just check a jacket on but you don't do it up, 0:15:38.862 --> 0:15:41.342 and then you realize it doesn't do up, you get 0:15:41.342 --> 0:15:43.582 hay fever. I always take hand sanitizer. And this is 0:15:43.622 --> 0:15:45.502 just because you're rifling through a lot of things. Not 0:15:45.542 --> 0:15:47.422 to say that they're dirty or not worth it, but 0:15:47.462 --> 0:15:49.702 you just feel a bit yeppy. Take your time if 0:15:49.742 --> 0:15:52.142 you can go open mind it. I took a friend 0:15:52.142 --> 0:15:54.142 the other week on the drive there. She said, Okay, 0:15:54.142 --> 0:15:55.662 I'm just gonna make a mood board of what I'm 0:15:55.662 --> 0:15:57.622 looking for, and I was like, oh, no, no, no, 0:15:57.982 --> 0:16:01.462 it's not Westfield. You've just got to go and just 0:16:01.582 --> 0:16:04.822 surprise and delight, surprise and delight. I have the most 0:16:04.902 --> 0:16:07.262 luck with separates. I do have a few dresses, but 0:16:07.382 --> 0:16:10.222 I feel like if I buy a thrifted separate at 0:16:10.222 --> 0:16:11.542 top or a bottom, and then I wear it with 0:16:11.582 --> 0:16:14.222 one of my other loved or fancy things, I feel 0:16:14.262 --> 0:16:17.422 more me Yeah, when you get home, wash it right away. 0:16:17.862 --> 0:16:21.182 And then if you've bought fake leather, faux leather, real leather, 0:16:21.342 --> 0:16:23.542 or shoes, wipe them down with anti back wipes. 0:16:23.782 --> 0:16:24.622 They're my tips. 0:16:24.782 --> 0:16:28.782 What about special occasion things, Oh, particularly like dresses. 0:16:28.502 --> 0:16:32.302 For black times, secondhand dresses either irl or online. I 0:16:32.342 --> 0:16:35.142 will never pay hundreds of dollars for a dressed to 0:16:35.182 --> 0:16:37.662 wed or a wedding anymore. That's you know, first hand. 0:16:38.302 --> 0:16:40.142 I just don't wear it again, or I wear it, 0:16:40.182 --> 0:16:42.062 you know, I feel guilty. So that's a really good 0:16:42.062 --> 0:16:45.342 way to do that. Thrift stores probably more so those 0:16:45.702 --> 0:16:48.542 circular economy, higher end places. You know, there's one near 0:16:48.582 --> 0:16:50.782 me called What We Wore that I've sold quite a 0:16:50.822 --> 0:16:53.822 few things in, and she's that middle ground she's also online. 0:16:54.022 --> 0:16:57.182 She's your Beckon Bridge. It's fancy stuff. 0:16:56.902 --> 0:16:59.302 But also that medium and you can get something for 0:16:59.742 --> 0:17:00.742 ninety bucks. 0:17:01.342 --> 0:17:03.022 What are some of the things you found? What are 0:17:03.022 --> 0:17:03.702 your best buys? 0:17:03.782 --> 0:17:05.821 Oh my gosh, well what if I'm head to toe 0:17:05.902 --> 0:17:08.822 thrifted today? So I've got a black niitt on that's 0:17:08.902 --> 0:17:10.141 kind of got a sheene. 0:17:10.182 --> 0:17:13.542 See it's really annoying because, like I know, I can't buy. 0:17:13.302 --> 0:17:15.262 That, No you can't. I'm worry Ever, I've. 0:17:15.101 --> 0:17:17.181 Thought of buying that for thrift. It's like a chunky, 0:17:17.581 --> 0:17:19.061 cable knit jumper. 0:17:19.502 --> 0:17:22.221 I'm wearing some Jimmy Chew flats that were thirty dollars. 0:17:22.262 --> 0:17:23.421 I just want re salt. 0:17:24.141 --> 0:17:27.182