| Vintage and secondhand clothes have lots of | | | | You can also find clothing at stores like Good Will and |
| environmental advantages. First of all you are recycling | | | | The Salvation Army. The quality is usually very good, |
| clothes, secondly they are usually local and there is little | | | | and you'll find things at great prices that you can't |
| or no carbon footprint involved in transport, and of | | | | simply buy off the rack, at least not easily. |
| course there is no packaging waste as they don't | | | | You can also buy vintage clothing online, but make |
| come in plastic or other waste material. And they can | | | | sure it's really vintage, not just new clothing made to |
| even be extremely fashionable simply by virtue of | | | | appear older. |
| being "vintage." | | | | And of course recycle your clothes that no longer fit |
| There are plenty of places to find great used and | | | | or that you simply haven't worn in a long time. You |
| vintage clothing. My nephews just went wild with some | | | | might find friends and relatives excited by them, or you |
| of my older ties, ones I hadn't work in years or maybe | | | | might simply donate them to charities. |
| even decades. I never would have guessed they might | | | | Every time a piece of clothing gets reused we all win. |
| have wanted them. Similarly, your relatives and friends, | | | | Whether it's a cotton dress or a polyester leisure suit |
| especially older ones, may have used clothing they | | | | that would otherwise end up in a landfill, secondhand |
| would be happy to have you rummage through to see | | | | and vintage clothing is popular, fashionable, and great |
| if you want anything. | | | | for the environment. |