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GUESTLIST 2017 / ISSUE 97 15 FASHION With something as shallow as London fashion week adopting the 'charity shop chic' look, perhaps it is time we started to think a little harder about the impact of throw away fashion. WHY THERE'S MORE TO CHARITY SHOPS THAN SHIT SHIRTS AND TOBY JUGS Granted, the stereotype of second hand clothing being freshly ripped from the recently deceased (although perhaps that is a selling point for some…) is now long *ahem* dead. There can still be an air of snobbishness about not buying first hand from people who think that all charity shops are good for is buying fluorescent orange flare pants for a crappy fancy dress party or purchasing items you are likely to see on your Gran. However, there are so many reasons that buying second hand goes beyond the hipster vintage shops of east London. There is a devastating amount of labour, environmental impact and minimum waged shop workers that the first hand fashion industry has an effect on. With workers abroad being paid as little as 71p an hour and 3 billion tonnes of soot being produced by Chinese textile factories each year, perhaps it's time we all stopped being so shallow, sucked it up and started realising that not everything we own has to be first hand and brand new. If the previous generations and other countries could deal with a 'make do and mend' attitude, then why can't this one? And you know what, if you do go out and buy something cool and second hand and you really truly in your heart feel like it "smells," just try fucking washing it then! Not only can you walk out with a new cheap wardrobe but also with a smug grin on your face! Remember when Wavey Garms took the underground by storm? Clubs kids started rocking Palace, vintage Moschino and Tommy Hilfiger, and you couldn't scroll past two pictures on Instagram without seeing some kid in a Ralph Lauren Polo cap. Depop seems to have found a perfect balance between the two, drawing in the Wavey Garms crowd but dropping the elitism. It's the only online market place where it's standard for someone to put a kiss at the end of a message, and most pictures of the clothes being sold are selfies. Depop is quickly making a treasure trove of rare items accessible. If you look hard enough, there are great bargains to be found. With the contrast of second hand coats being sold for over £600, and if you've got time to trawl through the site you may also be able to get a rare pair of Dr Marten's for a fiver. The app may be unusual, but it's not unethical. There's a whole world of custom, hand-made and second hand clothes out there, old and new available to buy and sell at the click of a button. DEPOP: MAKING RARE FASH- ION ACCESSIBLE Many apps and websites have tried to do second hand shopping but most have stayed in Ebay's shadow, swept under the rug and dismissed, that was until Depop.

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