On social media, faculty campuses and in highschool hallways, “thrifted” outfits have skyrocketed in recognition in recent times.
The truth is, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that 62% of Gen Z and millennial customers mentioned they search for objects second-hand earlier than shopping for new. The Census Bureau additionally shared that First Analysis estimates the U.S. resale and second-hand market will develop from $53 billion in 2023 to $82 billion by 2026.
Thrifting is well-liked in Milwaukee, too, inspiring innovation from West Bend teens planning a “Vintage Fest” on the Baird Middle to a Cudahy couple’s Thrift on Wheels that brings second-hand objects proper to your door.
With Aug. 17 being National Thrift Shop Day, listed here are 10 Milwaukee-area second-hand and thrift shops the place you may hunt for a discount, classic items or different trendy finds.
Goodwill’s Retique boutique within the Third Ward affords high-end objects at discount costs
Goodwill’s Retique boutique in Milwaukee’s Third Ward says it “makes a speciality of high-end males’s and girls’s attire and distinctive dwelling items at discount costs.”
Although a lot smaller than your typical Goodwill retailer, Retique sources its curated choice from Goodwill donation facilities in southeastern Wisconsin, northern Illinois and the Chicago space. The boutique is understood for carrying closely discounted title manufacturers and is a favourite of Yelp users who say they’ve discovered labels like Lululemon and Banana Republic on the retailer.
Like all Goodwill shops, earnings from Retique assist assist coaching and employment alternatives for folks with disabilities and different disadvantages. Retique accepts walk-up donations of clothes and small home items.
Retique is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday by means of Saturday and 10 a.m. to five p.m. Sunday.
Plato’s Closet has two Milwaukee-area places: Brookfield and Greenfield
- 16750 W. Bluemound Rd., Brookfield
- 5020 S. 74th St., Greenfield
The nationwide second-hand clothes retailer Plato’s Closet has two Milwaukee-area places in Brookfield and Greenfield.
Plato’s Closet buys and sells gently used garments, footwear, purses and equipment geared towards “women and guys of their teenagers and twenties.” Yow will discover manufacturers like Free Individuals, Lululemon, City Outfitters, Nike and Gymshark at as much as 70% lower than common retail costs at Plato’s Closet shops.
You too can usher in your no-longer-needed objects in trade for money on the spot. No appointment is important to donate, nevertheless it’s necessary to notice that Plato’s Closet does not accept all donations, solely on-trend objects in good situation.
Plato’s Closet Brookfield is open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday by means of Saturday and 11 a.m. to six p.m. Sunday. Plato’s Closet Greenfield is open 10 a.m. to eight p.m. Monday by means of Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to six p.m. Sunday.
All Items sells classic t-shirts, streetwear and sneakers in West Allis and Bayshore
- 1411 S. 72nd St., West Allis
- Bayshore, 5709 N. Centerpark Method, Glendale
All Items is an area second-hand and classic retailer specializing in classic t-shirts, streetwear, sports activities merchandise and sneakers. It has places in downtown West Allis and Bayshore.
All Items was started by Ali Acevedo, a Milwaukee native who bought second-hand objects on eBay from a younger age. This ardour developed right into a enterprise promoting classic and streetwear T-shirts on-line after which ultimately into All Items when Acevedo opened the West Allis store in November 2019.
Shoppers can find band T-shirts, Wisconsin sports activities groups merchandise, cartoon and superhero objects, Disney and Star Wars merchandise, and numerous title manufacturers in All Items’ continuously altering choice. All Items additionally purchases classic T-shirts, streetwear and sneakers, in addition to a variety of branded items, at its West Allis location.
The West Allis location is open midday to five p.m. Tuesday by means of Saturday and midday to 4 p.m. Sunday. The Bayshore store is open 11 a.m. to six p.m. Friday by means of Sunday.
Alive and Advantageous is a unusual, artsy classic store in Bayview
- 2652 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.
Alive and Fine is a classic and second-hand retailer in Bayview that makes a speciality of classic males’s, ladies’s and kids’s clothes, and furnishings and oddities from the Forties by means of the Nineties.
Yelp users say they just like the store’s curated assortment and quirky trinkets, artwork and environment. The store showcases elaborate and continuously altering holiday-themed window shows, as could be seen on their Instagram web page. Alive and Advantageous has a selected love for horror artwork and aesthetics.
Alive and Advantageous additionally often serves as a gallery house for native artists. Previous occasions have included a youngsters artwork present, a Nickelodeon-themed present and a horror artwork present.
Alive and Advantageous is open midday to six p.m. Monday and Wednesday by means of Saturday and midday to five p.m. Sunday, based on the shop’s Instagram page.
Bandit MKE on Brady Avenue sells classic from the Fifties to the Y2K period
Bandit MKE is a classy, high-end second-hand clothes and niknaks retailer promoting classic and fashionable objects on Brady Avenue. The shop opened in 2021 after the homeowners placed on a number of profitable classic pop-up occasions in Milwaukee and past.
Bandit sells objects from the Fifties by means of the early 2000s, and it additionally has an online Etsy store with items from quite a lot of eras. Bandit’s homeowners told the Journal Sentinel in 2021 they try to advertise inclusivity by not together with measurement or gender labels on their in-store garments.
Bandit additionally buys select items from donors to promote within the retailer or on-line, however says precedence is given to distinctive, classic objects. You possibly can study extra about Bandit’s selling guidelines on their web site.
The Brady Avenue retailer is open midday to eight p.m. Tuesday by means of Sunday.
Plume in Bayview showcases classic items and objects from native artists
- 3001 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., Suite #2
Plume is a “classic and fashionable boutique” in Bayview promoting distinctive classic merchandise sourced from across the nation whereas additionally providing merchandise from native artists and small companies. The store says its goal is to “showcase the timelessness and fantastic thing about classic clothes in a contemporary house whereas emphasizing the significance of supporting native expertise.”
Yow will discover males’s, ladies’s and unisex classic clothes, footwear and equipment, small furnishings and housewares, magnificence merchandise, print supplies and handmade presents within the retailer. A self-identified former fashion editorial producer on Yelp mentioned Plume affords a “well-curated and on-trend choice.” Plume additionally has a big on-line Etsy shop the place you could find extra classic items, categorized by decade.
Plume buys select vintage pieces to promote within the retailer or on-line. You could ship an e-mail with images and descriptions of your objects to have them be thought-about for buy.
Plume’s Bay View retailer is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday by means of Friday, 11 a.m. to six p.m. Saturday and midday to five p.m. Sunday.
Worth Village affords buyers 50% off your complete retailer on Saturday and Sunday
- 729 S. Layton Blvd.
- 3100 E. Layton Ave., St. Francis
Worth Village thrift shops have been within the Milwaukee space since 1969. Proceeds profit the Military Order of Purple Heart Service Foundation, which assists veterans and their households in Wisconsin and nationwide. Worth Village has two Milwaukee-area places — in Milwaukee and St. Francis — in addition to a retailer in Racine.
Worth Village is understood for its each day offers, particularly “1/2 Off Weekends” ― all objects within the retailer are 50% off on Saturday and Sunday. All clothes is 50% off Monday, Wednesday and Thursday on the Milwaukee location and Monday, Tuesday and Thursday on the St. Francis location. All furnishings, jewellery, family and miscellaneous objects are half off Tuesday and Friday on the Milwaukee location and Wednesday and Friday on the St. Francis location.
You possibly can donate objects to Worth Village at its retailer places or schedule a donation pick-up at your house. The Milwaukee and St. Francis places are open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday by means of Friday, 9 a.m. to six p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to six p.m. Sunday.
Proceeds from St. Vincent de Paul thrift shops assist meal applications and providers for these residing in poverty
- 4476 S. 108th St., Greenfield
- 2320 W. Lincoln Ave.
- W359N5848 Brown St., Oconomowoc
- 601 Ryan St., Pewaukee
- 818 W. Sundown Dr., Waukesha
The St. Vincent de Paul Society of Milwaukee operates thrift stores in Greenfield and Milwaukee, and the SVDP Society of Waukesha operates stores in Oconomowoc, Pewaukee and Waukesha.
Income from the shops advantages SVDP’s mission of “eliminating poverty and starvation” in the area people by means of meal applications, dwelling visits, workforce improvement and different providers.
The SVDP thrift shops have numerous recurring offers, together with 10% off Monday by means of Thursday for college students, seniors and army service members with a sound I.D. on the Greenfield and Milwaukee places.
The SVDP Society accepts donations of clothes, furnishings, toys, electronics and extra. In-store donations are accepted in any respect places during limited hours, and you may also schedule at-home pick-up in Milwaukee County.
The Greenfield thrift retailer is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday by means of Saturday and 11 a.m. to six p.m. Sunday. The Milwaukee location is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday by means of Friday and 10 a.m. to six p.m. Saturday. All three Waukesha County places are open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday by means of Saturday and 11 a.m. to five p.m. Sunday.
Habitat for Humanity ReStores promote furnishings, constructing supplies and home equipment nicely beneath retail costs
- 6939 S. Riverwood Blvd., Franklin
- 4150 S. 108th St., Greenfield
- 3015 N. 114th St., Wauwatosa
- 2120 E. Moreland Blvd., Waukesha
Habitat for Humanity ReStores promote new and gently used furnishings, constructing supplies, home equipment and residential equipment to the general public at 50 to 75% beneath retail worth. There are 4 ReStore places within the Milwaukee space: Franklin, Greenfield, Wauwatosa and Waukesha.
ReStore earnings increase a whole bunch of hundreds of {dollars} every year for Habitat’s mission to construct protected, reasonably priced houses for native households.
ReStore accepts donations of quite a lot of objects from home equipment to garden and backyard objects to autos. ReStore will even come to your house to choose up massive donations. You too can donate in retailer in any respect places.
The Franklin, Greenfield and Wauwatosa places are open for buyers and donors 10 a.m. to six p.m. Tuesday by means of Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The Waukesha location is open 11 a.m. to six p.m. Tuesday by means of Friday and 10 a.m. to six p.m. Saturday.
Goodwill has almost 20 places to buy and donate within the Milwaukee space
There are almost 20 Goodwill store and donation center locations in and round Milwaukee. Most are open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday by means of Saturday and 9 a.m. to five p.m. Sunday.
All common Goodwill shops provide buying and settle for in-store donations. Goodwill’s Milwaukee outlet store at 6055 N. 91st St. sells unsold objects from conventional Goodwill shops at discount and by-the-pound costs, together with as much as $1.59 per pound for clothes, dwelling items, footwear and purses. The outlet retailer doesn’t settle for donations.
Goodwill purchases profit Goodwill’s mission to offer “coaching, employment and supportive providers for folks with disabilities or disadvantages who search larger independence.”
Listed here are the Goodwill places within the Milwaukee space:
- 18605 W. Bluemound Rd., Brookfield
- 9305 N. Inexperienced Bay Rd., Brown Deer
- 6941 S. Riverwood Blvd., Franklin
- 1715 Wisconsin Ave., Grafton
- W178 N9315 Water Tower Pl., Menomonee Falls
- 2830 N. Oakland Ave., Milwaukee
- 6055 N. 91st St., Milwaukee (outlet retailer)
- 3900 N. Palmer St., Milwaukee
- 153 W. Oklahoma Ave., Milwaukee
- 101 Arrowhead Dr., Mukwonago
- 3540 S. Moorland Rd., New Berlin
- 8201 S. Howell Ave., Suite 100, Oak Creek
- 1408 Summit Ave., Oconomowoc
- 2015 Meadow Ln., Pewaukee
- 1400 Nike Dr., Waukesha
- 12121 W. Feerick St., Wauwatosa
- 10909 W. Oklahoma Ave., West Allis
- 1717 Clarence Ct., West Bend
- 1716 Miller Park Method, West Milwaukee
