Take as many items home as you bring. A clothing exchange (and other goods) is a way to share resources, update, and refresh your wardrobe, be more ethical, keep clothes out of landfills, and have a good time! The basic concept is that everyone brings clothes and other items they don’t want, and then they take home what they do want.
💰WHAT DOES IT COST TO ATTEND THE EXCHANGE?
💰$10 CASH, which covers your entry to the swap, light snacks, and non-alcoholic drinks.
🚫No checks or credit cards for your door entry.
💰Wine can be purchased with a credit card.
🔟 IMPORTANT: Bring a minimum of ten items. Is there a limit on the number of items you can bring? NO limit! Bring 10, take 10. Bring 20, take 20. Take as many as you bring of any combo of items. Examples:
5pants/3shirts/2shoes or 5pants/5shirts or 5shirts/5household items or 5pants/5unopened cosmetics, basically any combo . Can you bring more than 10 items? Absolutely! Please do! More the better.
💰CAN I PAY AT THE DOOR? Yep! You can pay at the door. 10 CA💲H ONLY PLEASE:)
WHAT ITEMS CAN I BRING? ALL SIZES AND STLYES:
Dresses👗 / Shorts / Jackets + Coats / Skirts / Shirts / Pants👖 / Shoes👠 / Jewelry💍 / Bags / Hats👒 / Maternity / Scarves / Gloves/Purses + Handbags👜 / Unopened Cosmetics 💄💅🏼
🚫NO HOUSEHOLD ITEMS FOR THIS SWAP! SORRY! OTHER ITEMS WE WOULD LOVE YOU TO BRING:
Maternity
Plus Sizes- Plus Sizes in high demand! FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES PLEASE:
➡️All items should be clean and free of stains or tears
➡️Items should be free of faults (missing buttons/broken zippers)
➡️All seasons are okay
➡️Items should be of good quality with a long potential lifespan
➡️Items should be likely to be enjoyed by others – ask yourself, would I be happy to give this item to a friend?
➡️Please be sure all your clothes are on hangers unless they are items that will not work well on a hanger like shorts etc. We ask that you bring your jeans, skirts and slacks be on hangers too.
👍🏻We will have clothing racks for each size.
🚫CAN I DONATE KIDS CLOTHING? Sorry, we are not accepting kids clothes for this swap.
🚫WHAT NOT TO BRING:
➡️No underwear
➡️Extremely outdated clothing
➡️Worn out t-shirts or other
HELPFUL:
➡️Bring your own shopping bag.
➡️If you are comfortable, wear tank tops that will make it easy for you to try clothes on. A few dressing room areas will be available.
✏️Note that all unclaimed items will be donated.
🗓AGENDA:
5:30-6:30 Arrive/mingle while we organize and put away clothing. No sneak peeks this round.
6:30-7:00 VIP Shopping (details announced later)
7:00-8:30 Shopping/mingling (no sneak peeks or scouting)
8:30-9:00 Clean up and take down. Please feel free to take your items home or help pack them up for donation. If you are helping to clean up and take down items and after 8:30PM, you may take as much home as you like. WHAT WE NEED:
(bring the night of please)
➡️Mirrors
➡️Hangers
➡️Clothing racks
PLEASE JOIN OUR EMAILING LIST:
> Receive an email invitation to our next exchange (early spring)
> Receive coupons and discounts from our event sponsors
> Hear about event sponsorship opportunities
> Hear about Chances to win
TO JOIN: https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1858985/1805418/
INTERESTING FACTS:
"Americans each discard 82 pounds of clothing per year. About 70 pounds of that ends up in a landfill. According to the the US EPA, 5 per cent of all landfill production is textile waste. And about 90 per cent of that could be recycled. Donations to charities are a staple for getting rid of unwanted, but usable clothing. But thrift shops are only able to resell about 20 per cent of the clothing they receive. There is just too much of it. According to Waste Couture, “There are nowhere near enough people in America to absorb the mountains of castoffs, even if they were given away.”
The rest is down-cycled, sold by weight as textile scraps for various industrial purposes. However, recycling clothing uses even more energy and resources, so anything that can divert used clothing earlier on is great at reducing waste." Source: http://finishedgarment.ca/clothing-swap
