![]() For worktops I prefer Rayon because they don’t wrinkle. For example, for summer dresses I like a lighter, breathable fabric like cotton versus wool or polyester. I usually filter fabric depending on the type of item I am looking for. And while I like the color red, unless I am shopping for a holiday outfit, I tend to skip it. ![]() ![]() Same with brown and gray, as they tend to wash me out. I avoid purple, because it is not a color that I usually like to wear. This includes pink, coral (so I select orange in the ThredUp filter) yellow, green, black, white and blue. Generally, I wear the same palette of colors through most of the year. I love this feature because it allows me to weed out any items that are in the wrong color. This lower price point still gives me more than enough options to choose from! I usually set the filter for under $50 for outwear, shoes and jeans and under $25 for everything else. And while it may delight many shoppers to find such good deals on brands like xx or xx, my tastes run a bit more beer and burgers. It carries a wide range of high end fashion items that run into the hundreds of dollars. Just because ThredUp is a second hand clothing site doesn’t mean everything on it is cheap. I feel like these brands fit most average sized women. For example, an extra large from Tory Burch brand has a 34 inch chest! Brands I regularly buy on Thred Up include Ann Taylor Loft, Gap, Old Navy, Daisy Fuentes, Land’s End, LL Bean, Levi’s, and Apartment 9. Many higher end brands, which I wouldn’t buy anyway, run really small. I choose brands that I know will fit me well. Because broken-in jeans are the best, imo. My exception to this rule is anything made of leather, because worn leather often looks better than new, and jeans, especially levi’s. Most often I find that the prices on Good and Fair items are too high, for purchasing something that looks and feels second hand. Thred Up gives you four conditions - Like New With Tags, Excellent, Good and Fair. They are not measurements of my worth as a person. The sizes are simply guidelines for my body. Sometimes that is a size large, or, depending on the brand, an XLarge or even a 1x. When I finally decided to jump off the diet wagon once and for all, I began buying clothes that actually fit me and were comfortable. As a mid-sized woman, not only was I hella uncomfortable, it reinforced the idea that my body was something to be berated and hated and that if I wasn’t actively trying to shrink it or reshape it, I was lazy and undisciplined. For years I squeezed into medium dress sizes, telling myself that they would fit better when I just lost that last 5,10, 15 pounds. As part of lifelong conditioning by the Western Toxic Diet Culture, I believed if I bought a size bigger than I thought I should be, I was conceding defeat and losing the battle to shrink my body. This ensures I get a good variety of choices for any items.Ī note about sizing up: For the longest time I avoided ever sizing up a dress size. This means my filter includes items that are listed as large, XLarge, and XXL/1x. So I select my main size, US XLarge and will go a size down and size up. Generally more higher end items run much smaller than larger brands like Old Navy or Sonoma. The filters I regularly include include:ĭepending on the brand of clothing, sizes can differ widely. As someone who does not want to spend all day on anything, let alone shopping, I use the filters Thred Up provides to drill down to the items that I would be most interested in. You could spend days sifting through all the available clothes and accessories. While I may end up buying things not on the list, just like in a brick and mortar store, going in with some sort of plan generally keeps me focused and saves me money and time. So when I decide it’s time for a wardrobe refresh, I make a list of items that I need or want. While sometimes it’s fun to poke around and window shop online, I find this loosey-goosey approach leads to impulse buys of items I don’t really need or won’t actually wear.
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