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To think no one should be buying new clothes for young kids?

280 replies

Roxietrees · 10/05/2025 22:10

With apps like vinted etc there really is no reason for parents to be buying new clothes for, say, under 8s. They wear them for about 5 minutes before they outgrow them, and there is SO much choice on vinted, even if you care about specific brands and style, you can get anything you want super cheap and in great condition. New clothes for kids is SO wasteful, and fast fashion, especially is massively contributing to the destruction of the planet. Not to mention forced child labour. AIBU to think new clothes for children under a certain age should be banned? (as if that’ll ever happen though). If more specifically children’s second-hand clothing shops started popping up I think it’d really help

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Worryabouteverything · 10/05/2025 22:12

Did you buy new clothes for your child.
Is this a case of do as I say but not what I do.

Changingplace · 10/05/2025 22:12

Whenindoubthugitout · 10/05/2025 22:11

So if no one ever ever buys new clothes - where do the ones on vinted come from?

There’s enough clothes in the world for this to not be an issue for a very very long time.

Octavia64 · 10/05/2025 22:12

What about school uniform?

it can’t all be second hand.

Neodymium · 10/05/2025 22:12

There is lots second hand because people buy new. What would happen if no one did?

I bought new, I had 2 boys so I could pass things down. Mine didn’t grow especially quick they would often fit things for a year or longer.

Whenindoubthugitout · 10/05/2025 22:11

So if no one ever ever buys new clothes - where do the ones on vinted come from?