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13 Fantastic Resale Platforms To Know In 2023
Looking for last season's go-to bag? You've come to the right place
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Looking to cut costs (and your carbon footprint) the next time you go shopping for a wardrobe update? Try one of these brilliant resale platforms, which specialise in pre-loved, vintage and second-hand finds from your favourite brands.
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What Does A Resale Platform Do?
Resale platforms allow us to buy and sell pre-owned or second-hand items – in our case, clothing, accessories, shoes and jewellery – on an online marketplace. Individuals or brands can list items for sale on these platforms, so that potential buyers can browse, search, bid on and purchase those items.
How Do They Work?
This depends on the platform itself. Most operate by a postal service, where you list your items and then post them directly to the person buying them (postal fees are sometimes covered, but it’s worth checking beforehand), while others work through drop-offs and courier services. Either way, the basic principles of resale platforms enable sellers to list items online, where shoppers can buy from the platform’s website directly.
Resale Platforms To Know In 2023
HURR Collective
Offers: Clothes & Accessories
Best For: Event-Specific Clothing Edits
HURR Collective is becoming a bit of a household name when it comes to renting a super luxe wardrobe for a fraction of the price. On its website, you’ll find peer-to-peer listings as well as items directly from brands and department stores, and even fun seasonal edits if you’re in need of some inspiration. If you decide you want to keep your items after the rental period, fear not – HURR’s growing resale offering means you can buy your items outright if you so wish.
My Wardrobe HQ
Offers: Clothes & Accessories
Best For: Try Before You Buy
Launched in 2019, this fashion-pack favourite quickly amassed an impressive catalogue of top designer brands, from heavyweights like Chanel, Gucci and Prada to newer labels like RIXO, Dodo Bar Or and GANNI. Members can enjoy an extended rental period for up to 14 days. Many of the items listed can also be bought outright if you find you don’t want to let them go after your rental period. Surely the chicest way to ‘try before you buy’.
Endless Wardrobe
Offers: Clothes & Accessories
Best For: Rental & Shopping
The first ‘three-way shop’ platform (rent, buy new and purchase pre-loved), Endless Wardrobe is on a mission to transform the way we consume fashion into a more sustainable and circular concept. Founded by two friends, Hannah and Rosie – who have spent many years sharing clothes – the platform features a range of coveted brands, from Free People to Alexa Chung, Whistles and De La Vali (where you can rent a luxe mini dress for four days for around £45), with the aim of making designer and luxury fashion more affordable, and more importantly, eco-friendly.
StyleSwap
Offers: Clothes & Accessories
Best For: Personalised Shopping
The aim of StyleSwap is to bring together a creative community of style storytellers, who are mindful to the planet and the impact our shopping habits can have on it. Launched in 2019 by former fashion designer Jo Waddington, StyleSwap lets users search through pre-loved items that have been selected based on your personal fashion style (you can take the brand’s style quiz here), matching you to specific sellers based on your preferences. You can also sell your old clothes on the platform, so you can help keep things circular.
Reselfridges
Offers: Clothes & Accessories
Best For: In-Person Shopping
Selfridges continues to lead from the front when it comes to disrupting traditional retail. As well as working with The Restory (for repairing your old Chanel) and Hurr Collective (for dress rental), they’ve now launched a pre-loved fashion section both in store in The Corner Shop and online. Soon, you’ll be able to sell your vintage pieces with them too.
Cudoni
Offers: Clothes & Accessories
Best For: Hands-Free Selling
One of the newer resale sites to hit the second-hand luxury market is Cudoni, launched in 2017 after founder James Harford-Tyrer noticed a gap in the market for premium fashion resale sites. Targeted at stylish individuals with overflowing wardrobes, the seamless service couldn’t be easier to use: after listing an item you’d like to sell, Cudoni arrange a free pick-up and packaging service at your chosen time. There’s plenty for those looking to buy too: both women’s and men’s clothes, accessories, shoes, watches and jewellery. ‘Simple, trustworthy, and sustainable – we offer a first-class service that takes care of every detail in selling whilst supporting the global shift towards a greener future; aiming to be a truly effortless service that makes luxury fashion circular,’ says James.
Reflaunt x Harvey Nichols
Offers: Clothes & Accessories
Best For: Buying & Selling In London
Resale service Reflaunt connects luxury brands with its second-hand community, which includes 50 million shoppers across 25 international marketplaces. The company has recently joined forces with Harvey Nichols, allowing customers to resell any piece in their wardrobe – and earn back up to 80 per cent of the original price. To get involved, all you need to do is drop the item off in-store – or have it picked up from your home, if you live in London – and the rest is taken care of.
Anya Hindmarch Rental
Offers: Accessories
Best For: Quirky Bags With Lots Of Character
British accessories brand Anya Hindmarch has just launched its very own rental platform, with a curated selection of hero designs, new pieces and archived favourites from past seasons. The service, which encourages users to rent their bag of choice for the night, also offers the chance to buy each rented item secondhand afterwards – for a fraction of the usual retail price.
EKC Luxury
Offers: Bags & Accessories
Best For: Repairs & Upkeep
EKC Luxury provides more than just pre-loved designer handbags and accessories, but repairs, customisation, and an array of shopping events too. From Chanel flap bags to a covetable Hermès Birkin, the designer resale site ensures that every luxury item is truly authentic, stating that ‘Creating a wearable art collection through rare pre-owned treasures is the new form of sustainable luxury.’ We couldn’t agree more.
Sellier Knightsbridge
Offers: Bags & Accessories
Best For: Authenticated Luxury Bags
If it’s a genuine Hermes handbag that you’re after, Sellier Knightsbridge is where you’ll find your perfect match. The luxury resale store is ‘the UK’s most trusted reseller of authentic Hermes bags’, but you’ll also find a range of equally-as-desirable designer clothes, shoes and accessories, along with a small collection of menswear. For those who prefer to do their pre-loved shopping in person, the brand’s consignment store at Cheval Place in Knightsbridge – which has delighted customers since the 1970s – is a must-visit.
HEWI London
Offers: Clothes, Accessories, Jewellery & Kidswear
Best For: Buying & Selling (in one place)
The ‘home for luxury fashion resale’, HEWI (Hardly Ever Worn It) is one of the ultimate resale sites, bursting at the seams with barely-worn Dolce & Gabbana dresses to brand new (just the wrong colour for its custodian) Dior jackets et al.
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Vestiaire Collective
Offers: Clothes, Shoes & Accessories
Best For: Vintage Finds
Parisian powerhouse, Vestiaire Collective, defied the naysayers and brought vintage or rather ‘preloved’ into the tech sphere, operating as a high-end eBay with a rigorous quality control. Founded in Paris in 2009, Vestiaire is now the leading online marketplace for buying and selling pre-owned designer clothing and accessories.
Le Petit Planet
Offers: Kidswear
Best For: Young Families
Le Petit Planet was founded by former Inditex Director and Temperley London CEO, Patricia Sancho, and former luxury fashion buyer for Harrods and Burberry, Claire Armstrong. The brand started out with a sustainability-focused edit of fashion, interiors and lifestyle products from the likes of Caramel London, Banwood, Little Dutch, Oyoy Mini, Organic Zoo and Töastie – but recently launched its own resale service, Reloved, earlier this year, making it the first children’s lifestyle destination where families can buy new and resell within the same space.
Featured image: Vestiaire Collective
