Vintage & Designer
The Modern Heirloom, Found Secondhand
This autumn's trend lists want you to buy future heirlooms new, at four figures. The charity shop has been selling the past…
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Vintage & Designer
Vintage tailoring: judging a jacket and its alterations
Shoulder fit decides whether a jacket is worth buying and canvas construction decides whether it is worth altering. Here is the pinch…
Trends
After Quiet Luxury: What Took Over Secondhand
The logo-free beige knit is everywhere on resale racks, while embellishment, color and anything with a visible history stands out. Here's how…
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Barrel and Slouchy Denim, Bought Secondhand for Less
The barrel leg is the first denim shape in years that really changes what fits. It's also an easy place in secondhand…
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Knitwear Trends: What Holds Value and What Never Should
Chunky cables, oversized cardigans and argyle are all over the season, and only two of the three make sense secondhand. Here's where…
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Checking and rewiring a secondhand lamp
An inexpensive kit and an evening can make an old lamp safe, and the check that matters takes ten seconds: which wire…
Repair & Care
Moth prevention and how to store knitwear
Clothes moth larvae eat keratin, so wool, cashmere, silk and fur are food while cotton is not. Store knitwear clean, sealed and…
Trends
Runway to Thrift: Fall 2026's Four Big Ideas
Four ideas dominated the shows this season: rounded volume, deep saturated color, structured leather and deliberate imperfection. Here's what each looks like…
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Fall 2026 Outerwear: Four to Thrift, Two to Skip
Volume is back on the runways, but only some of it has reached the resale rack in quantity. Six outerwear shapes, with…
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Fall 2026 Colors: Chocolate, Cherry and Butter, Thrifted
Three colors are carrying the season, and each behaves differently on the resale market. One is expensive new and cheap used, one…
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Loafers, Slingbacks and Knee-Highs, Priced Secondhand
Three shoe shapes are carrying fall, and they behave very differently once worn. One holds its value, one dies young, and one…
Makeup
Multi-Use Cream Sticks: What One Product Can Legitimately Do
A cream stick can be your blush, your lip color and, with caveats, your eye color. Here's what the formula allows, where…