Do you sometimes buy second hand clothes?
Or you always buy from boutiques?
What's your view on second hand clothes?

I used to a long time ago before i started working, but i dont do so anymore. Dont think it's nice to patronise second hand clothes cos u dont know what infection the person had. Dont really think its safe.

For now, i go for new clothes all the way.

Generally speaking, why do you have to buy second hand clothes when you can generally get new and authentic Clothes for the price of second hand. Second hand clothes are generally for the motherless and children suffering in the third world at least that was the message passed in the leaflet drop into our house through the doorpost.

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pearlyseed:

because u don't know what infection the person had. Dont really think its safe.

You are very right, especially with the infection thingy. . . if only they will listen!

finesse:

Second hand clothes are generally for the motherless and children suffering in the third world

lol . . . u're right too, but. . .

finesse:

Dresswell to get noticed babe.

i didn't tell u am a habitual customer to those clothes, did i? i know how to look good Sir!

finesse:

Second hand clothes are generally for the motherless and children suffering in the third world at least that was the message passed in the leaflet drop into our house through the doorpost.

What a silly and careless statement you just said there. Who says second hand clothes are for the third world alone? Even in the UK, there are numerous second had stores. Europeans at times buy their clthings from this store.

Why? It is cheaper and cost effective.

finesse:



Dresswell to get noticed babe.

Hi Efuah, apology, that quote wasnt directed to you. Just my tag line.

not a big fan of second clothes.

Will advise pple not to buy it.
save money to buy one new cloth than ten used ones.

finesse:

Hi Efuah, apology, that quote wasnt directed to you. Just my tag line.

Never mind.

mrpataki:

What a silly and careless statement you just said there.

Take it easy!

Thx Busta.

i know one thing there is that the chemicals added to some of these clothes could be the source of skin problems

It depends where the second hand clothes come from.I know of someone who I consider a "dress to kill" kind of guy and he shops at second hand stores.Beckham's clothes doesn't end up in the bin you know! Which means of course I can still shop at second hand stores.No lie.But never in 9'ja.

how many of beck's former clothes has ur pal brought

Mustay:

how many of beck's former clothes has your pal brought

That was just a figure of speech,it wasn't meat literarily.What I was saying is,people still get good quality goods from second hand stores.There ain't nothing wrong with them.

I no go lie, I buy second hand clothes sometimes, i also buy new ones and mix them. Anywhere i see nice clothes i buy. My Sisters and I get together and go shopping once a month and we are all financially ok. We go to boutiques as well as second hand markets.

everybody's second hand starts from somewhere.

go to tejuosho, you will see people buying second hand underwear. more to the point, you cannot say for certain if the clothes you buy in some boutiques are actually brand new ( there is nothing nigerians cannot do)

some people buy second hand clothes
others buy second hand cars
others secondhand planes
others second hand businesses

in summary, if you buy second hand clothes, just make sure you disinfect them throughly.you should probably do this for brand new clothes as well( how many people have tried them on before you bought them?)

oyb. . . u have a good point there, i kainda agree

aisha2, i feel u gurl. . . i do patronize sometimes, like sey; driving by a shop and i see a nice cloth, i try to buy basing on the texture. But not my habit!

Mustay. . .boy, u're funny

oyb:

you will see people buying second hand underwear.

second hand underwear that's not advisable. . . not too hygienic to my knowledge.

second hand underwear Shocked that's not advisable. . . not too hygienic to my knowledge.

What's the big deal? Are you not going to sterilize it by rinsing it in hot water and bleach?

seun, yeah u can use hot hot water, bleach and all sorts of detergent . . .but a second hand underwear na wa ooo!!

keep on bend down selectin. . . . at ur favourite bend down boutique

Naija with second hand mentality,second hand wears,second hand cars,, second hand babe/guy na wah oh!!!

I do not understand what you guys are saying about the infection stuff. 

Well, I used to be a fan of it, and bet you if I see a lovely second hand wear. . .I'd go for it. Although It's been a very long time i partronise such.

And maybe you do not know that second-hand get 'grades'. "there are second-hands and there are SECOND-HANDS" If you want quality wear, go for the good grades (although they are expensive but almost/or NEW). There is nothing to be shy about jo.

Seun:

What's the big deal? Are you not going to sterilize it by rinsing it in hot water and bleach?

mr moderator , u too worry

GOD HIMSELF CREATED US DIFFERENTLY.
So nobody should be blame for wearing a second hand product but the truth attimes is that the so called boutique wears are gotten from the popular bend down select market.
I wouldn't want to quote anybody but u can just imagine a member saying he used to weare the second hand wear b4 he starts working but now dat he is working he stopped it becos of the like jam in the second hand wear. (OSHISKO!!! the jam wey mo kill you before you get work - Nigerians can form sha).

As for me I buy not only because of I don't have the money to enter the acclaimed boutique but becos I want to be part of the put that buys it cos I know most of them (SECOND HAND BUYERS) are much more better than us and since wey den don dey use am dem never die

I don't. Don't think there's anything 'bad' in in sha.

Na wa oh, people can form unnecesarily. Good clothes are good clothes truth is that most of us buy and wear so where is all the infection mentality coming from.

Kinnni? Second hand cloth is good in such a way that it save you money which can be diverted to Gari, Sugar and Kulikuli,  .
Who say infection dey for cloth? Even if it is there, just rely on DETOL to bath and wash; infections go run

OlowoTee:

I do not understand what you guys are saying about the infection stuff.  

Well, I used to be a fan of it, and bet you if I see a lovely second hand wear. . .I'd go for it. Although It's been a very long time i partronise such.

And maybe you do not know that second-hand get 'grades'. "there are second-hands and there are SECOND-HANDS" If you want quality wear, go for the good grades (although they are expensive but almost/or NEW). There is nothing to be shy about jo.

mY GUY HELP ME TELL THEM THE KOKO

I hope u guys know that some of these so called boutiques u patronize also go to the second hand market and get some of their stuff. Go and ask tejuosho second hand clothes and shoes traders.

stalker:

I hope u guys know that some of these so called boutiques u patronize also go to the second hand market and get some of their stuff.

You are right! One Boutique owner once told me this!

efuah:

You are right! One Boutique owner once told me this!

Go to Garki market on Friday and see the mad rush by Boutiqu owners, no space to pass. Its almost a war zone. My sisters and i go there on saturdays and men we get some nice stuff, losts of wonderful tops, office shirts and trousers. See Babes there. Dont even talk about shoes.
However as much as saving money is good, its good to treat yourself to some janded stuff too, let not all be second hand. one of my sisters buys stuff from London and brings to sell every month so we get to patronise her and mix the clothes.

The painful part of it is that most of these boutiques sell these wears at ridiculous prices. . . same price with new ones. well, what i do is to smell it out first, check out the label and examine it verrrry well, because it can be painful if thereafter you discovered you've paid tripple the actual price of a second hand.

Now we are being real, I was shocked at the first set of responses. Infection ke, infection ni. NaiJa for show. We can be more catholic than the Pope. For sey Okrika dey give infection every Naija person for don dey Infected.

I think they are good for the economy.

Not everyone can afford the price of new clothes _{especially with a large percentage of the population struggling to feed well.}


Some second-hand clothes, depending on th quality seem have more quality than the affordable new clothes.

The new clothes with very good quality are simply beyond the reach of the average Nigerian.

I, myself, used to wear a lot of second-hand clothes when I had no job to afford the new ones.


Now that I can afford the new ones, most of my clothes are tailored to my physique by affordable designers.

It depends on which part of the economic block you belong to.


As for me, second-hand clothes have been a lot of help.