It'll make you feel better, I promise.
Our closets are filled with clothing that doesn't fit either our bodies or our personal style. Who needs it? If you haven't worn it in a year let it go. Let go of the jeans that you hope someday you'll get into, and choose to dress and cherish the body you have today.
Re/Dress NYC can help.
We are buying for Spring + Summer right now. If you have in season clothes that are new or in like new condition bring them to the store and turn them into cash or store credit. Store credit is a great way to refresh your wardrobe without spending money. Just make sure to check our "What We're Buying" list.
Whatever we're not interested in buying, you can leave in our donation pile which gets picked up a variety of local charities including Coalition for the Homeless to go to women in need.
Or donate your clothing to The Fat Girl Flea Market. The Fat Girl Flea Market is a one day rummage sale of donated plus size clothing happening Saturday April 4th in Manhattan. Almost all items are priced below $10 and most are under $5. The money raised at The Fat Girl Flea Market is donated to NOLOSE for conference-related expenses, particularly the scholarship fund. Shopping at the FGFM is not only fun and cheap, but you can receive a tax deduction receipt for your donations. Right now, we're accepting donations at the Re/Dress NYC store on Thursday and Saturdays during store hours. Or check out the FGFM website to see how you can arrange a pick up.
5 comments:
Out of curiosity, how do we know that you guys aren't going to be going through the donations and taking the 'best' stuff for your shop? Personally, I won't be spending $8 to get in to pick through the crappy leftovers from what you take and then what the volunteers take.
I guess you'll just have to trust me. I have spend thousands of hours building the Flea Market and donating my time and money to help Nolose. My dedication to Nolose is unquestionable. We get plenty of fantastic clothing brought to the store for resale everyday. We don't need or want to pick through the donations.
And the volunteers don't get to "take" anything, they pay for all the clothing they pick from sorting. It's the privilege of helping put on the event that you get first dibs to the clothes. Anyone can volunteer if they want to have that access as well. They're still looking for sorting volunteers if you want to sign up.
Not all donations for the FGFM are being dropped off at the store. There's a lot of clothing that's going direct from the volunteers doing the pick ups to the event tables. There's a partial guarantee that we're not picking the goodies from the donations and keeping them for ourselves.
And next time you have a question, you can 1. identify yourself and 2. not be so rude.
Thank you for asking and I hope you have a great time at the Fat Girl Flea Market. Thank you for helping raise money for fat activism.
The kind of question asked by anonymous is just so loaded. There's an automatic assumption made that you are guilty and it speaks more about the person asking the question than it does of you.
When anonymous left the comment about "crappy" leftovers, I think about all the people who went through their belongings and were willing to part with clothes in order to donate to a worthy cause. It's a more than a little heart breaking.
Amen! I, personally, am totally amped for FGFM. The clothes are almost secondary--how awesome will it be to be around other Fat Girls looking to feel good about themselves, and not having to lurk guiltily around the plus size part of a store, not meeting each others eyes? It's an incredible community experience, not just a shopping one. Can't wait!
I think this is my fourth year volunteering to do clothing sorting for the Flea Market. I can say that it is hard work. The room is filled with boxes and bags of clothing. Each piece has is pulled out, looked over for condition, and then sorted by size. Yes I do get to see some clothing early. I only see a small portion of the ENORMOUS piles of clothing. I also spend 4-5 hrs of physical labor unpacking the clothing, and I pay for every piece of clothing I get (the same price as anyone else).
When I come back the next day to shop, I'm always amazed at all the fantastic clothing I didn't see. When I've worked check out after I've shopped, I still see people coming up with fantastic items I hadn't seen.
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