I discovered only this year online second hand clothes platform that I absolutely love, it is first time I am able to find what I like in pre-loved, I alsways look at offline second hand stores but almost never end up buying anything. So for now I mostly shop at Vinted, some real vintage pieces and some just from last couple of seasons from brands I like.
It is a very usefull experience to me - no returns possible, so I pick out things very carefully, sharp turn from my usual online fashion shopping when 80% of stuff goes back. Also, it's hard to explain, but I kind of gettinga hang on what are styles that are being repeted each season, I can identify them now in the brands' campains and don't see them as novelty anymore. It makes my style shift a bit into less trendy more self expression which is a welcome change - my two daughters are in their early teens, it hit me last year that I dont want to wear same clothes as them, same styles.
Also, the quality of some of the vintage things is amazing, silk and linen blends, silk linings - things I don't see at all in the new clothes in my budget range.
I do my own alterations though - often raising the waist line.
With second hand shopping for me there is less relying on adds and more on what I really need, like what to wear with this particular bottom.
Another important thing - I am gradually rebuilding my wardrobe to suite new climate and new life stage. So I set some "rules" - I only buy skirts and dresses as bottoms (I do wear the pants I already own, but don't want to add new ones), no jeans (too hot and stylewise I want to explore other things), avoiding black (same as with pants, I wear what I have already in black but not buying new), adding new colors and color combinations (I am used to high contrast dressing, which is stll good for me but exploring more gradual color outfits now too), also more coverage - below the knee lengths, no cutouts, trying to keep shoulders covered but this one is hard, so some wide straps are ok, less so spaghetti straps).
