10% Brits to buy most clothes second-hand over next year: Oxfam survey

Second Hand September encourages buyers to stave off buying new clothes every September and opt for pre-owned clothing instead.

The findings also show 63 per cent of Brits say they plan to buy at least some preloved items for their wardrobe over the next 12 months.

With the campaign now in its sixth year, second-hand fashion is only increasing in popularity, with Oxfam’s poll revealing 41 per cent of UK adults now buy and wear more second-hand clothing than they did two years ago. It also found 66 per cent of Brits now own some items of preloved clothing.

Eighty-two per cent of respondents admitted to owning items of clothing they no longer wear. However, people are clearly decluttering and donating this Second Hand September, with Oxfam recording a 15 per cent increase in public donations in Oxfam shops in the first week of the campaign alone, compared to last year.

Second-hand online marketplace, Vinted, has also partnered with Oxfam this year for Second Hand September and the show, Style for Change, at London Fashion Week on September 12.

Vinted also sees that second-hand is becoming a core part of our wardrobes. According to its latest Impact Report, 65 per cent of Vinted members say a quarter or more of the items in their wardrobe are second-hand. And, more than 40 per cent of Vinted members in the United Kingdom report that over half of their wardrobe consists of second-hand finds.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (DS)