By Valentine Fabre
As the second-hand market has grown increasingly fast since 2020, the rise of online clothing resellers has created vivid debates across social media regarding its ethical and financial impact. Is online reselling really that bad, or are online discourses exaggerating its actual repercussions?
Who hasn’t scrolled endlessly through Vinted or Depop looking for the perfect second-hand/vintage garment to add to their closet, and felt rapidly appalled by the prices at which said garments were sold? Worried that finding the ultimate bargain may have become impossible? Well, for some - if not many, one the reasons these platforms have changed so much, are because of the online resellers. Awarded the nickname of “landlords of our generation”, resellers have become a controversial topic in a generation because of the unethical practices linked to them.