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What do you do with old RTW garments?
LDT2011 Advanced Beginner UNITED KINGDOM Member since 11/18/11 Posts: 451	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 8/22/12 11:13 AM Well most of them I've only worn a few times...I'm talking jackets. I don't know whether to divest the jackets of useful things buttons etc. and recycle or take to charity shop as is? I audited my wardrobe and found I have a lot of 'spring' jackets that never get worn. And suit jackets that don't have matching skirt/trousers or just don't fit anymore. They are taking up room I need for my new creations. ------ 'The purpose of most fashion is to be ostentatiously non-functional.'
Lady_Mame Intermediate WA USA Member since 3/11/07 Posts: 2074	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 8/22/12 11:46 AM Depending on the quality and brands, I'd consider consigning what you can for fabric money, donating 'workwear' to a "My Sister's Closet" -type organization. ------ Needle Needle Straight and Slim, Dust and Sweep the House for Him! --Grimm Fairy Tales
GrandmaNewt Intermediate NV Member since 6/5/10 Posts: 303	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 8/22/12 1:25 PM Any clothing I want to get rid of that is still wearable (no worn spots, stains, stretched out etc) I donate to the local battered/homeless women's shelter) If the garment is no longer in good contition, then I harvest buttons, zippers, buckles etc and the rest goes into the rag bag or becomes squares for quilts or might hit the garbage can if its really bad.
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1234	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 8/22/12 1:29 PM If it's still wearable, I don't have the heart to wreck it by copping the buttons, etc. About now, churches and civic organizations in the northern half of the planet should be starting clothing drives for winter. But if you have to get them out of the house RIGHT NOW (and sometimes I just must) -- thrift/charity stores! j.

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