A reader question:
Hi Muffy,
I wonder if I may ask the readers a question please.
I regularly clear items from my closets that for whatever reason I have stopped wearing. They are always in excellent clean condition with lots of wear still in them. Currently I am having a more serious "cull".
I always take these garments to our local cancer charity shop (Yorkshire Cancer Research - I live in the U.K.) and never consider selling them myself despite them being high quality items in excellent condition. I have got to know the married couple who manage the shop on a voluntary basis very well and they always tell me they're pleased to see me because of the quality and condition of the items I donate, on which they make good money for the charity which is very close to my heart. (This morning I took in a number of knitwear items for which they were very grateful)
I would like to ask the readership what they do with their garments if they decide they no longer need or want them. Do they sell them or do they donate them to charity as I do?
Kind regards
The brutal truth is that there is far less demand for used clothing than there used to be. Even the few charities that do accept throw away most of what they get. My strategy is to buy the sort of clothes that will still look good worn and mended and wear them out.
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