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I’m Marley, a current sophomore at Washington State University. Growing up just an hour and a half east of Pullman, in the mediocre city of Spokane, I have been exposed to a wide variety of people. I remember when I was a sophomore in high school, and I went to Goodwill for the first time. I uneasily stepped foot into Goodwill for the first time, with my then boyfriend, as we browsed for ugly Christmas sweaters. Contrary to how I thought my first time at Goodwill would go down, I LOVED IT. I could have probably spent the rest of the day in there if I didn’t have someone there to stop me.

From this day on, I have been obsessed with thrifting and vintage shopping. Over the past four years, I have slowly adapted to my lifestyle to using secondhand clothing as my first choice. Of course, there are certain things I often buy brand new — socks, underwear, and hats (I might lose my sanity if I acquire head lice from a thrifted hat) — but most of the time, I refrain from buying brand new pieces of clothing. There are exceptions to this, and I usually research the brand before buying from it, but there are three main reasons why I prefer thrifting over buying new clothes.

  1. The most important reason I thrift clothes is because of the pollution and overall harm that comes from fast fashion. I once did a research essay on just how much clothing industries have polluted the earth, and I didn’t buy a brand new piece of clothing for six months after that. I advise you to make some time to research this issue, and I am open to sharing some of what I’ve learned if you have questions. 🙂
  2. How freaking cool is it to have one of a kind pieces that literally no one else has?! I currently live in a sorority, and my favorite thing is when someone asks where I got what I’m wearing. All of my friends have learned that my answer is almost always, “I thrifted it,” and one of my friends has changed her wording to “Where did you thrift that?” instead. Thrifting clothing is a fun way to keep your style unique, which is something I really like to do.
  3. The third reason I bow down to thrifting is the most common advantage of thrifting — it’s freaking affordable. Vintage shopping, on the other hand, usually isn’t as cheap as classic thrifting, but since vintage stores have to hand pick everything they sell, I think it’s only fair. The best feeling is walking out of a thrift store with a fat stack of new outfits and barely a dent in your wallet.

Over the course of this class, I hope I can inspire you in some way to think about the clothes you wear everyday. If you’ve never been thrifting, I encourage you to! It’s not gross (most of the time), it’s fun, it feeds the soul, you save money, and you’re honestly saving the world, even if it’s ever-so-slightly. I hope to teach you guys some tips and tricks, and show you some of the cool pieces I have found over time.

Feel free to address me with any concerns or questions you have about thrifting/vintage shopping, or life in general. I’m always just a click away.

XOXO, Mar

  • Reflection Blog Post

    December 10, 2019 by

    I really enjoyed COM 210 this semester. Some of my favorite parts were using Photoshop to create a poster displaying a variety of clothes I’ve thrifted and also doing the same by creating a video in Premiere. I enjoyed the fact that we mainly relied on our own content because it allowed me to display… Read more

  • Final Video Story

    December 6, 2019 by

    For my final video draft, I felt like I didn’t have to change too much of my first draft to make it better. I took the advice of my peers and applied it, making some small but helpful changes. I began with my channel introduction. I made it significantly shorter, deleting the videos and music… Read more

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