By Sara Fabek Zovko
So how did it become so gentrified that it transformed into a major trend?
Thrifting has dominated the fashion scene for several years, its influence growing in both the physical and the virtual shopping spaces. Depop and Vinted, Crisis shops on the streets of London and the stores lining Brick Lane, all with allegedly the same aim: giving new life to old clothes.
Though thrifting is far more sustainable than shopping from fast fashion retailers, it has also become too expensive for what it is in some cases. The gentrification of thrifting has been addressed with in-store prices rising, as well as the insistent pattern of middle-class people thrifting pieces at low prices and “upcycling them” before selling them for more.