Second-hand clothing is popular

Large-scale transactions of second-hand clothing from the Renaissance. At that time, second-hand clothing store in Florence (rigattiere) see the scale of evil, creating a lot of merchants, but never heard of Gucci’s ancestors by operating a small workshop, but also extremely rich. Compared with the family workshop-style clothes shop, second-hand clothing store called the history of mankind first appeared Retail clothing. 700 years, with the fashion industry, as well as the increasingly integrated global economy, it has long been beyond the literal meaning, Dendrite a new metaphor.

?Weathering the climax of life

?? Medieval Europe is a very wasteful extravagance poor society. German scholar Edward Fox?Fu in his masterpieces “weathering the history of Europe” in the description to: “From the humble servant of the king, everyone wants to seem extraordinary style, want to overwhelm people in this regard. In that era, in order to achieve this end, can only rely on particular luxury clothing, by constantly changing clothes. “and to maintain the style of this popular luxury is the only channel of second-hand clothing market.

?? If we say that the modern fashion clothing as the center, then the fashion of medieval Europe is totally dependent on second-hand clothing market. Out-and-out in the industrial revolution to change the world before the second-hand clothing is all levels of society, an important way of life, even the nobility generally take new clothes and mix and match clothes means to alleviate the high cost of luxury the economic pressure. They habitually careful maintenance of those who have just purchased new clothes, with a view to resale in the secondary market to sell garments a good price, so that they can continuously update the luxury line first. And the civilian population through more second-hand clothing market share to the community to enjoy the luxury of the best and the brightest. A city from the countryside came to the girls, by second-hand clothing market, quickly, “the aristocracy of fashionable women in all its stupid stuff all学到足.” Edward Fu Fox concluded: “absolute monarchy era diffuse uncontrolled fashion luxury, is a typical one of the evidence suffices to show the whole life was built on the flesh.”

?? And second-hand clothing in China, the situation is further corroboration of its medieval Europe is adding fuel to the flames from consumerism. Duxin Confucian Chinese society, wishing to eliminate characteristics, making “Fashion” It is difficult to implement open, coupled with the hierarchical system of dress, second-hand clothing market has always failed to develop. Han folk songs in a long time ago, there ” rabbits East go West Gu. Not as good as new clothes, people not as good as it” is. Second-hand clothing in itself is a metaphor for poverty, and even reminiscent of the dead body from down the dirty Lenovo Pa. Extravagant costumes rarely passed to the class of second-hand clothing market share, however, of Canton, “Past clothing Street” is an exception. 300 years ago, as foreigners continue to gather in the 13 generation lines, making the franchise the second-hand silk brocade Romania, as well as the old palace of the “so clothing” business growing in volume, but it is limited to foreigners living circle.

Swap values

?? China does not compared to how active second-hand clothing trade, Japan’s second-hand kimono prosperous market and even changed the face of European art. End of the 19th century, second-hand kimono shop in Kyoto full of foreigners. From Paris to London were full of deeply by this exotic silk clothing attracted. Monet painting has a “Japanese woman” is to his wife Kamil as models, depicting a Japanese kimono wearing Behind Western lady, Kabuki actors imitate fashionable life. Monet is my second-hand kimono shop regulars.

?? With the modern fashion industry system, Europe and the United States has increasingly become the global standard-setter fashion. Fashion that is the desire of its content is not just the Middle Ages longitudinal Le Carnival of flesh. Those who ship the entire ship from the United States to Africa and Latin America, old clothes, the collar on the envy of everyone world famous logo, has become a local desire to export. To Zambia in Africa as an example, here is the size of second-hand clothing market is almost equivalent to developed countries, big department stores, especially those of branded apparel, but also is the most popular hot objects. Zambia who can not wait to use small bank notes, Europe and the United States in exchange for a noble life-style.

?? While second-hand clothing market in the West are no longer in circulation for the purpose of assets, charitable contributions to become the mainstream. They took the world’s less developed regions of the people to their homes as the “poor relatives”, be either. Through charitable organizations, and numerous old clothes have been brought together to the terminal, which in the quality of clothing was destined for the worst in Africa, was transported to the better quality in Latin America. U.S. middle class families of the children wearing Tommy Hilfiger T-shirts a few years later, is likely to appear in a child’s body in Africa.

?? Whether it is the first world countries, or Third World countries, they are second-hand clothing market through an exchange of each other’s values, but the first world countries the “exotic” and Third World countries through the consumption of a further weakening of its political ideals. How can you expect wearing a Tommy Hilfiger T-shirt African Americans say? Such a thing only by adhering to wear traditional dress only done by terrorists in Afghanistan.

The resurgence of second-hand clothing

?? Affluent Westerners do not forget about second-hand clothing. They are second-hand clothing has increased many new metaphor, both moral demands, but also alluding to a widespread social and psychological.

?? Consumer concept of environmental protection is increasingly becoming the Western mainstream, which makes second-hand clothing again became popular. To know one ordinary clothes, mechanical cultivation of cotton from the start, applying fertilizer, harvesting machinery, printing and dyeing to garment, each step must consume a large amount of energy. Even the way through charitable donations of clothing shipped to Africa, will be out of thin air transport in the process of increasing carbon emissions. Therefore, the second-hand clothing greatly alleviated the Westerners for the environmental damage anxiety. Through the clothing sold in the mutual process, people share the joy of ethics.

?? And the wider use of it is social and psychological level. In Hong Kong, because people do not follow the Chinese tradition of buying second-hand clothing, and its second-hand clothing market, but a surprise on the eve of reunification in the 97 developed together quietly. Of course, part of the reason is to comply with international retro trend, sociologists hazar?Clark (Hazel Clark) that “the people of Hong Kong was about to be wiped off the face of the past, choose to use to buy clothes to maintain consumption patterns of the past Contact. ” Of course, this that some mistakes are glossed over, however?actor Arthur Hill (Arthur Hill) is a similar description, “in every age there will always be a few pieces of clothing, for future generations retrospective memories of past events and time. These clothes condensed back, is also the memory in the debris. Aging survival retain in their possession. “This is the retro tone of the millennium to bring the whole society for the future anxiety.

?? Globalization, social and psychological dimensions of the mass also triggered a personal capacity and anxiety. Has been far from ordinary fashion maverick who can not meet the needs of young people, from New York to Bangkok streets Mandi’s senior clubs, fashion has been the same thing can not be distinguished from each other. Outdated old clothes fashion in today’s society, it is full of “unpredictability.” An antique words of the phrase: “in the same party on, why should we and the other six women to wear the Dior with a new suite of it? You can buy a late designer’s work ! ”

?? All this really solve many of today’s problems? Answer unresolved, at least this is a metaphor, the second-hand clothing as fashion itself, hold the same philosophy in the middle of the crowd, each share of moral, historical, and personal identity of the ideal. Martin Margiela’s deconstruction of second-hand clothing is another unusual story.