- -It's CHEAP! Affordability is a huge plus-- It's good for students on a tight budget or thrifty-shoppers.
- It's environmentally friendly-- It's exactly like buying new things, minus the gas it took to ship it to Canada from China or India or Turkey.
- It recycles! It gets rid of other people's old clothes, instead of sending them to the dump to rot.
- The stock changes all the time. This means you always have new choices.
- They help the community -- The store creates jobs. The clothes are affordable for those who don't have cash to burn. Money and clothes are donated to local non-profit groups, and many of the clothes are sent to developing countries
There are tonnes of second-hand stores all over Toronto so you don't necessarily have to go to a Value Village.
BUT I've found, by chance, a few really great big-name items at VV. (They're a little more expensive compared to other items at the VV, but they're obviously a deal.)
FCUK wide-leg jeans for $10.
Tommy Hilfiger navy wool blazer for $19.
Gap lilac wool wrap-sweater for $15.
VV is a good place to get essentials and basics, and if you happen to find a really nice brand-name piece, scoop it up.
Otherwise, to find those big-name pieces, check out MYEXCLOSET.
Please Note: I had previously wrote that Walmart owns Value Village. This is in fact a rumour and I took that line out of the post.
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