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Secondhand bed and table linen: checks and revival
Old linen sheets and tablecloths are among the best-value finds in a thrift store, because the fiber outlasts almost everything made from…
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Under $50
Secondhand gifts under $50, category by category
Eleven categories where a secondhand present beats a new one at the same price, with a price range for each and the…
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What never to buy secondhand for a home
Some things are cheap secondhand for good reasons: mattresses, child car seats, helmets, smoke alarms, anything with a lithium battery. Eight categories…
Celebrity Style
Celebrity Airport Style, Rebuilt from Secondhand Basics
The airport outfit is a functional formula: one long layer, one soft knit, one wide leg, one big bag. Here's what each…
Outfits
A 12-Piece Thrifted Capsule for Seven Outfits
Twelve secondhand pieces, seven outfits and an estimated cost for each. By my rough math the capsule comes to about $337, so…
Outfits
Office Outfits From Secondhand Tailoring, Priced Out
Secondhand tailoring is a cheap, credible route to an office wardrobe that looks expensive. What to buy, roughly what alterations cost, and…
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Buying secondhand glassware without worrying about lead
Most secondhand glass is inert, and the risk sits in the decoration and in old ceramic glaze. Which pieces are safe for…
Outfits
All-Secondhand Travel Outfits and a One-Bag List
Airlines don't care what your coat cost. Every layer here can be found secondhand, and the whole trip runs on the same…
Thrift Finds
Six Secondhand Finds, Ranked by Cost per Wear
Six common secondhand buys at typical prices and realistic wear counts, ranked from about six cents a wear to over $6. The…
Weddings
Secondhand bridesmaid dresses in mixed sizes and tones
Mismatched is the practical answer to dressing six people in six different sizes on a budget. Pick two or three tones from…
Under $50
Fifteen secondhand buys under $50 that look pricier
Fifteen garments and accessories that sell for under $50 used and read as three times the price on the body. What each…
Street Style
Ten Pieces for a Month: What Repeat Wearers Learned
Wear the same ten secondhand garments for thirty days and log every outfit. The failures show up fast, and the experiment says…
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A secondhand rug: inspect it, then clean it
Turn it over before you discuss the price: the back tells you how it was made and the pile tells you whether…
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Inspecting a secondhand sofa: frame, joints, springs
Tip it on its back, open the dust cover and sit on one corner before you agree on a price. A kiln-dried…
Celebrity Style
The Most-Copied Off-Duty Uniform, Rebuilt from Thrift
A bias-cut slip dress, a cropped leather biker and a flat sandal have been copied for thirty years. Here's what the three…
Trends
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…
Trends
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…
Weddings
Secondhand suits for grooms and groomsmen
A good secondhand wool suit usually costs a fraction of a new one, and the two measurements a tailor cannot change decide…
Circular Fashion
The math of renting vs. buying for occasional wear
Rent if you will wear it once, buy secondhand if you will wear it three times, and never rent shoes. The break-even…
Street Style
What Men Re-Wear: Workwear and Tailoring Off the Rack
Men buying secondhand tend to fall into two camps: workwear and tailoring. Which pieces tend to survive a year of real wear,…
Outfits
Four Weekend Outfits That Come In Under $60 Each
Four weekend outfits, each estimated at under $60 secondhand. Typical prices, where to look, and the pieces that make each one work.
Weddings
Secondhand wedding decor and tableware
Vintage brass, glass and china cost a fraction of rental fees and hold a resale value of their own. Buy in lots,…
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…
Street Style
What Brooklyn Flea Market Sellers Actually Wear to Work
Traders load in early, stand all day and then pack a van. Their outfits make one of the most useful styling lessons…
Trends
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…
Street Style
London Layering: Secondhand Tailoring Outside the Markets
Outside the weekend markets in Hackney and Bermondsey, the best-dressed people are wearing men's wool jackets over soft dresses, and almost nothing…
Secondhand 101
Cleaning a secondhand buy before the first wear
Most secondhand purchases need airing and a wash, not a dry cleaner. Here is what each fiber actually needs, what a domestic…
Under $50
Coats under $50: what's realistic and what's a trap
Wool, waxed cotton and surplus canvas often land under $50 secondhand; designer leather and Burberry gabardine usually don't. The realistic price list,…
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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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…
Secondhand 101
How secondhand prices actually get set
Nothing secondhand is priced from cost, so the same shirt can be $4 on one rack and $40 on the next. Here…
Thrift Finds
Six Thrift Finds Worth Buying and What They Typically Cost
Six secondhand pieces that keep turning up at estate sales and thrift stores, what each typically goes for in October 2026, and…
Weddings
What a wedding dress is actually worth secondhand
A worn gown often resells for well under half of what it cost new, and a cleaning receipt can matter more to…
Celebrity Style
The Archive Pieces Celebrities Keep Re-Wearing
A small group of garments gets worn again and again on camera, and each has a fairly steady secondhand market. The pieces,…
Outfits
Layering for the Weeks When Nothing Else Works
Two awkward months a year, and one layering formula that handles most of them. Built mostly from what you already own, with…
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…