Shabby or chic? Secondhand is sold as a 'sustainable' way to designer savings

Buying and selling 'preowned' luxury goods is booming, in part driven by the ethical argument The sales floors of Selfridges on Oxford Street in London are not typically places shoppers expect to bag a bargain. But a new space in the high-end department store is dedicated to buying and selling secondhand clothes and accessories, with a rack where people can drop off their used items. The major difference between the concession run by Vestiaire Collective and hunting through secondhand clothes at...