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6 Reasons Why I Buy Used Clothes (and the Impending Rise of Fast Fashion)
I recently had another ukay-ukay haul with my sister and a friend. This time, we budgeted 500PHP each, and it took us 3 hours to be able to use up our money. In the Philippines, ukay-ukay (thrift shopping) was derived from the term hukay, which means to dig or to turn over and back in search of something. Most used clothes are imported from South Korea and Japan, respectively. In light of my ukay spree, let me discuss the reasons why I buy used clothes and the impending rise of fast fashion. Reasons Why I Mostly Buy Used Clothes and Why You Should Too: 1. They’re cheap. I am considered…