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"Not only is second-hand shopping good for the planet and your wallet, our new
research finds the more style-conscious you are, the more likely you are to
shop for second-hand clothes and accessories.
In the 2020-21 financial year, 72% of Australians purchased at least one item
of second-hand clothes – but we wanted to know more about people who were
shopping second hand.
It is often assumed those who shop for second-hand clothes do so to save money
or reduce their impact on the environment.
In our study, we found the higher people rate on style-consciousness, the more
likely they are to shop second hand. In fact, style-consciousness was a bigger
predictor of second-hand shopping than being frugal or ecologically-conscious.
Style-conscious shoppers are very different from fashion-conscious shoppers.
Fashion is all about the “new”: fashion is a novelty and constantly evolving.
Style, on the other hand, is about expressing long-term individual identity."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
