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Socks make excellent dipstick wipers, then once well impregnated with oil, they're good for lubing bike chains

Holey shirt.

I've just accepted wearing my (thick) socks with a hole on the heel... why tf have I never considered mending them‽ I feel a bit (very much) embarrassed about that, and I appreciate the thought. Also excited to realize I can reclaim like 4 pairs of my socks. So thanks for making me feel a little dumb, friend!

See those lyrics are proof of the lack of selection in men's clothes.

90% of the donated clothes are something you'd see old people wear. My theory is that this is from families clearing out closets after someone dies

Yes, this. That's why the clothing in op shops are frequently classic, dated styles. Sometimes you get more modern things (maybe a young adult moved out and the parents cleared their old room) but anytime I walk into an open shop, it has 'estate sale' vibes.

Another thing i notice is that all of the clothes in my local OP shops are pretty dated, but the women's section is always ten times larger (or more!) The same is true for places that sell modern, returned goods, too: Women's clothing gets returned/exchanged at far higher rates than men's.

Yes, as a woman that does not like shopping, I still have to buy clothes more often than my boyfriend. Even with a relatively stable weight (+/- 3 kilos over the years) clothes stretch out and loose form, which makes the fit bad. The shirts that survive are the shirts with a more boyish loose cut, the form-fitting stuff looks bad after a while.

That said, I do put them in the home/nightwear category until significant holes appear or they don't feel comfy anymore.

If your body shape has changed, donate your old clothes! My wife lost a bunch of weight because medical reasons, and she recently went through her entire wardrobe; I dropped five 30-gallon bags of perfectly serviceable clothes off at a nonprofit thrift shop.

30y/o.

I have bought a grand total of 3 brand new pieces of clothing in my whole life(not including underwear/socks). Every single other piece was either given to me for xmas/birthday/random gifts or bought from thrift stores. Anything I can't wear anymore has either been donated back to thrift or cut into rags myself.

I've also directly worked in a thirft store, where anything unsellable get tossed into 'rag out' where it's donated to a company that turns it into cheap bags of shop rags: so even stuff that's falling apart is still worth donating.

I have a sweater that my grandma got me when I was 7. It's purple with a handful of printed comic panels featuring Harry, a snow dog. It goes "Harry is a snow dog. Harry is a good dog." and you can see Harry doing snowboard and stuff.

I am 35 today. It's worn out a bit but still my dearest, most beloved pajama. It still fits, somehow

My friends and I have been doing clothing swaps with the local femme community and honestly its been a huge game changer for closet refreshing! We had like 260 people come through last time and anything left after the swap is done is donated to local youth/addiction/women's centres :)

I've gotten some of my favourite outfits from the swap!! And it's completely free!

I've got a vintage pair of Converse tennis shoes that I got shiny new back in the mid 1970s. Still wear them on occasion. They were the shoes I wore playing basketball in high school.

I tell my Daughters that one of them will be the lucky recipient of them after I die.

Or stuff someone had to buy for some occasion

As someone who's always hot (and as someone concerned about micro-plastics), the widespread use of polyester in clothes is something I loathe. If I'm lucky, I'll find 100% cotton in my price range. Still looking for some quality linen, I hear that's the best for hot days. Would love to try it someday, if I can ever find it.

I don't shop for clothes online - it's nearly impossible to ensure sizing is accurate, and the place I live isn't a good location to have boxes sitting outside all day.

Well, I usually, not intentionally, have a pile of rags by my garage door that kinda sit there for grease, oil, etc. till they get washed separately, so I’d assume probably something along those lines for the guy who made this.