What to do with clothes I’m not going to wear again

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lose weight

You’re a gem, PP.

As Op said, styles have changed. Even professionally leg shapes in women’s work wear are much different since 2018/2019.

But I don’t expect some incel in his parents basement to understand that.

This post wins!

[Anonymous]

TBH, I often use our FB Buy Nothing Group and NextDoor to offload our kids' clothes as well as mine and DH. I take photos of about four or five items grouped together, then post them along with the sizes and the range of brands. They go quickly. Moms of tweens and teens especially are eager to pick them up.

I also pick out items for our house cleaner, who has a number of relatives of different ages.

[Anonymous]

Buy Nothing or Dress for Success.
I have both gifted and received clothes on Buy Nothing for a variety of reasons.
I got some things a size up for early pregnancy and early postpartum. I don’t work in person often so it didn’t make sense to invest in temporary professional office attire. Even now I sometimes get blazers, wear them for a year and put them back into the BN universe.

You can ask Dress for Success what they need to see if your clothes are appropriate.

After that, I would donate to a women’s shelter or another organization where the recipients actually need clothes to wear as opposed to an organization that just sells them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with your clothes going to Africa? Don’t you think there’s demand for professional attire there?

They probably do need professional attire, but if you are putting clothes in a Planet Aid bin with the assumption that someone in a 3rd world country is excited to wear your pants from 2016, you are misinformed. The clothes in those bins is mostly sorted by material and sold by the pound to be recycled into rags, stuffing, rug pads, etc.