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If you would search on Youtube, "thrift-flip" hundreds and thousands of videos will pile up with just one click. Vlogs about thrift haul, downsizing, upsizing, do-it-yourself thrift videos and a lot more! Ever wonder when and why thrifting became a trend?
Thrift shops, "Úkay-Úkay" in the Philippines is derived from the Visayan word "ukáy" meaning "to sift through, to look through". As what you all know, the clothes, purses, shoes or anything in a thrift store are second-hand items. Back in the days, thrifting is something people are ashamed to do unlike these days wherein thrift-flipping is a flex in social media. Probably because people back in the days knew that ukay-ukay is illegally imported in the country, and since it retails on a very low price, a sign of being poor.
Believe it or not, thrift shops started in the 1920's but immediately declined after a story about a girl who attended a prom wearing a thrifted dress got humiliated and was infected of smallpox was published in The Saturday Evening Post. It then started again in the 1980's in Baguio,Philippines where it was called "wagwagan" meaning "to dust of clothes while flicking it to the air". Then in 2008, it became accepted and now recently is a trend. The question is why.
1. Generation Z and Millenials
According to Mental Floss in 2019, Generation Z makes about 33% while Millenials make up 31.5% of the world's population. That's more than half already. The two generations commony prefers thrifted clothes compared to branded one's like H&M, Zara, Penshoppe and more. The reason is our next reason.
2. Thrifted clothes are friendly to the environment
Recycling and upcycling clothes even for 3 months more of their supposedly average life span are said to decrease about 5-10% of the carbon waste and footprints globally. This is where the the two generations' ears ring. More than half of the their population testified that clothing brands should also take the responsibility in the environmental condition.
3. It's cheap
Nothing to add here, we all know this is why. People wouldn't mind buying a lot of cheap stuff. But please do mind to still buy what you will really wear. It would be contradicting if you bought thrifted stuff because of no.2 then you just throw the stuff away right after buying it.
4. It's unique
It would be very rare to find other people wearing the same pieces you found from thrift shops-unless you bought a uniform. Unlike shopping in department stores and branded stores, one style, a hundred pieces.
And there you go people! I hope you enjoyed reading the blog and I hope you learned a thing or two. But do remember that we have our own preferences and if you don't like thrifted stuff then don't like it. Anyone has no right to humiliate or insult another for his/her preferences.
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