January 2025

Kia ora e te whanau! Welcome to this month’s newsletter. Start the new year with our tips, tricks, and inspiration to make preloved fashion your best choice. 
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This month we're covering regifting, charities vs business, a stallholder spotlight and MWIW stallholder info. 

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Regifting, would you?

Apart from the fact I'm not into gift giving, (between adults), I'm more into shared experiences, there's no doubt that there is way to much stuff, bought and not wanted/ needed during the holiday season.

Obligation presents are the worst, you know the ones, you find out your co workers cousins girlfriend has gotten you a present, so you had to scramble to get a last minute generic gift so you don't look like an #&$%. 
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So I have NO problems regifting a bottle of wine I won't drink, or a perfume I won't wear. But I'd rather go on a road trip, or lunch at the beach any day. 

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Charity vs business

Not all secondhand clothes shops are the same. Here's a little list to help guide you through. 

Charity shop - HUHA, City Mission, Hospice. These are mainly run by volunteers, with the majority of sales going towards their cause. 

Consignment shop - Recycle Boutique, Honour, Style on Jackson. These are businesses who will sell your items for you, usually splitting sales 50/50.

Secondhand/thrift shop - Savemart, Paperbag Princess, Preloved Charlies. These businesses source their items, often from overseas, to resell.

Locally curated resellers - Ishtar Boutique, Finders Keepers Co, Betty & Leroy. These small businesses are some of our favourites at My Walk in Wardrobe. They will source locally, pounding the pavement to find the best hidden gems for their curated collections that they sell online and at our markets!

... questionable pricing

Recently, CJ (pictured below) asked why a secondhand shop had priced a garment the same as what the brand would sell new, and it reached over 70K views. Check it out here. ​

​"When I’m shopping on a tight budget, charity stores all the way! When I have more excess cash to spare- I prefer consignment and thrift shops, as their collections are better curated and have a higher standard of brands and quality that they sell."
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CJ - Ishtar Boutique

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Stallholder spotlight

CJ from Istar Boutique (pictured above) has been a regular stallholder at My Walk In Wardrobe markets since 2020. 

Ishtar's preloved & upcylced clothing focuses on styles inspired from the 90's and early 2000's. Our range caters to adults of all genders and sizes, and is curated with vintage brands, quality fabrics and styles to last throughout the ages.

Along with preloved and vintage clothing and jewellery, she curates individualised style boxes and custom candles. You can find her on Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok and on her website.

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Potential Stallholders 

We are all for quality over quantity in 2025. With less markets in most of our venues, we will now be carefully choosing the right mix for each event; mens, plus, petite, vintage, handmade, clearouts, upcycyled etc to ensure a bit of everything and not too much of something. 
We're are opening applications for stallholders 6 weeks prior to markets. We encourage you to get organised as early as possible so you don't miss out. Once they've gone, they've gone.

Don't forget 2-3 pictures (not of your whole stall, just a few key pieces) and a 50+ word description so we can use this to promote your stall. 

To book a stall, click HERE.