DiscoverReady to Wear: a Vintage Fashion Podcast with Rebekka LaurelEpisode 10: The Real History of Thrift Stores. Was Thrifting Really Intended For Resellers and Upwardly Mobile People to Get their Goods?
Episode 10: The Real History of Thrift Stores. Was Thrifting Really Intended For Resellers and Upwardly Mobile People to Get their Goods?

Episode 10: The Real History of Thrift Stores. Was Thrifting Really Intended For Resellers and Upwardly Mobile People to Get their Goods?

Update: 2023-06-28
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Join Rebekka for an episode filled with historical tidbits, news reviews, and a deep dive into the topic of: Who is thrifting really for? We are ignoring something very important: since the pandemic and the late 2010's, thrifting has taken a completely different direction than ever before: towards reselling. Since so many people are reselling now, they want to dominate the perception that it's justified. But what are the consequences?

Sources used:

https://www.statepress.com/article/2021/03/specho-thrifting-secondhand-clothing-through-the-ages
https://time.com/5364170/thrift-store-history/
https://instathrifts.com/the-history-of-thrift-stores/
https://www.trvst.world/sustainable-living/fashion/history-of-second-hand-thrift-shopping/

Eysler, E., Murray, B. & Steger, J. (1905) Friends That Are Good and True. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-248081/.
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Episode 10: The Real History of Thrift Stores. Was Thrifting Really Intended For Resellers and Upwardly Mobile People to Get their Goods?

Episode 10: The Real History of Thrift Stores. Was Thrifting Really Intended For Resellers and Upwardly Mobile People to Get their Goods?

Rebekka Laurel