It all began with a Depop seller who showed off her latest thrift haul on TikTok, before marking the pieces up on her online store. It’s an issue that’s been branded the “gentrification of thrift”. When you throw in people who “thrift store flip” (buy second-hand clothes and sell them for profit), the debate and outrage goes into overdrive. One Twitter user even declared Gen-Z thrift flippers as “the landlords of this generation”. If you look at the bigger picture, though, it’s clear that we are not facing a clothing shortage.

Source: The Times February 25, 2023 17:28 UTC