Your Clothes Need to Get a Life
Your old clothes can do better things than take up space in your closet. Here's what you can do with the clothing you’ve decided to dispose of:
- Donate it. Whether it’s to a local homeless shelter, one of the clothing drop boxes around your neighborhood, or a Salvation Army, donating your old clothing will make you feel great and will benefit someone else’s life in the process.
- Sell it. These days, it’s so easy to sell your old things online. Hello, eBay! If you’re the typical broke college student, selling your old clothing (and any other old items you have) is a great way to make bank. You know what they say: one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
- Hand it down. Do you have younger siblings, cousins or friends of the family who have children the size of your old clothing? Let them rifle through and see if they find anything they like. Maybe they’ll think of your snakeskin pleather pants as “dress up” clothes!
- Make something. Whether it’s using old t-shirts to make a scarf or turning jeans into a pocketbook, there are a million creative things you can do with your old clothing! I’ve personally always wanted to take my old t-shirts that hold memories (such as from camp and high school events) and turn them into a quilt! For more ideas for what to do with your old clothes, see our DIY section.
- Donate it. Whether it’s to a local homeless shelter, one of the clothing drop boxes around your neighborhood, or a Salvation Army, donating your old clothing will make you feel great and will benefit someone else’s life in the process.
- Sell it. These days, it’s so easy to sell your old things online. Hello, eBay! If you’re the typical broke college student, selling your old clothing (and any other old items you have) is a great way to make bank. You know what they say: one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
- Hand it down. Do you have younger siblings, cousins or friends of the family who have children the size of your old clothing? Let them rifle through and see if they find anything they like. Maybe they’ll think of your snakeskin pleather pants as “dress up” clothes!
- Make something. Whether it’s using old t-shirts to make a scarf or turning jeans into a pocketbook, there are a million creative things you can do with your old clothing! I’ve personally always wanted to take my old t-shirts that hold memories (such as from camp and high school events) and turn them into a quilt! For more ideas for what to do with your old clothes, see our DIY section.