Another Hanger Added to the Rack

This paper researched the effects of increased middle-class thrifting on low-income individuals in a suburbanized setting. The inquiry is built on the works of Ma and Riggio who explored the effects of resellers on low-income individuals using a similar Likert-style survey method that gathered results on the thrifting habits. As a result of this research, there were findings of a lack of negative impacts from middle-class thrift shoppers because of the considerably low rate of thrift shoppers. This low thrifting rate could be due to a lack of motivation from sustainability movements and social media which were commonly attributed sources for the thrifting increase within the fashion field. Additionally, results also show that high rates of donation supplying thrift stores with clothing to then be sold to low-income individuals. However, there was an extent found in the noticeable price increases, and lack of consideration of others while thrift shopping. This can be seen in the middle class which had a significant difference from the low-income group in terms of shopping in plentiful sizes.