U-Turn Recycled Fashion

It seems that each U-​Turn Recycled Fashion store sells a completely different range of clothes.
Stupidest statement in the world? Perhaps. I mean, of course they sell a different range of clothes — it’s people’s second hand clothing, the chances that the people of Bondi have the exact same past wardrobe as the people of Surry Hills, in a similar range of sizes and colours, are extremely slim. Yet, I still think it’s a valid point to make, as in comparing the U-​Turn Bondi stock to the U-​Turn Surry Hills stock, there is a distinctly different theme to the clothing.
Whereas the Surry Hills U-​Turn Recycled Fashion stocks a range of what’s-old-is-new-again vintage dresses and accessories, U-​Turn Bondi isn’t a vintage shopping experience, but rather is an experience in rifling through your rich friend’s clothes that they are getting rid of. The shop is replete with designer dresses discarded after last season, many with original tags still in place. I even came across a dress from this season’s range, tag still in place, $ 100 off what the dress would have sold for only a month or so earlier.
Whilst tags are more expensive than at your local Vinnies or Salvos, and whilst I don’t feel like the rummaging has already been done for me here, it is worth a look — if just to find an extremely good bargain on this or last seasons dresses that someone has tired of prematurely. Just don’t expect to find any sweet vintage purchases here.

I’m all up for recycling bottles and pizza boxes, I’m sure they will turn into something just as nice and sturdy that will be useful for a variety of purposes. When it comes to clothes I think we need to be a little bit pickier with what we recycle.
Let me explain what I mean, St Vincent’s De Paul is a great example of recycling. It is sold at a very cheap price and all profits go to charity. I think that is the only way in which clothes should be recycled, for the greater good.
You’re not going to want to buy a plastic bottle from the 1960’s for a heavily inflated price and nobody wins for it except the shop owner. Same goes with clothes. That is why I am not a fan of U Turn Recycled Fashion.
To me it’s a glorified Vinnies, old clothes that are priced at much higher than they are worth simply because it’s «vintage.» Some places have pretty cool vintage so I can understand why maybe, just maybe you’d fork out so much. U Turn on the other hand is filled with old stuff my mum wore 30 years ago. It’s not stylish and makes e want to hoard all my current clothes so that when they’re in fashion 30 years from now I won’t have to go out and buy them for 200% what they’re worth.
If you’re going for the vintage look, just have a good browse through Vinnies. You’ll find things from all decades and won’t be ripped off in the process.