The Retro Fashion Market Is Getting Bigger And Bigger, And The Old Clothes Recycling Factory Is Also Making Money.

The vintage clothing market, which is closely related to the old clothes treatment plant, is changing. It was easy in the early 80s.

The clothes on the street are very popular in the second-hand market, but Espirit and Tommy Hilfiger seized the market share in 90s.

More importantly, large garment retailers such as American Apparel, Urban Outfitters and Reformation are also beginning to enter the market of retro clothing, which is supplied by old garment factories such as Romerovski.

The development of manufacturing enables us to buy clothes quickly and easily, and the emergence of fast fashion makes us buy more.

We always have a lot of reasons to buy clothes, and for the same reason, we never wear it again after three months.

How to deal with old clothes has become the trouble of modern people.

According to news reports, the United States has to throw away 68 pounds of clothing every year, that is, 30 kilograms.

This sounds pretty scary. The amount is too large to be used for others or in a charity store.

So there was a factory specializing in handling old clothes.

In fact, sorting out old clothes is nothing new, but it may be bigger than the past century.

The process is simple. This is not a technology requiring industry. Charitable organizations sell the old clothes at 25 cents a pound to the old clothes treatment plant. After simple material classification, such as jeans and sweaters, they need to be separated. Silk and dacron, cashmere and blends need to be separated. Then they are decided to recycle them into cloth or send them to developing countries, and the higher ones will be sold to antique clothing stores or consignment shops.

Romerovski, an old clothes processing company in New Jersey, employs low wage Hispanic women to scan their old clothes in the mountains one by one, "three, three, three, two, etc.".

It is often heard in factories.

The vintage clothing market, which is closely related to the old clothes treatment plant, is changing. The clothes that were easy to match with the street in the early 80s were very popular in the second-hand market, but Espirit and Tommy Hilfiger seized the market share in 90s this year.

More importantly, such as American Apparel, Urban Outfitters and Reformation, etc.

It is also beginning to enter the market of retro clothing, which is supplied by Romerovski old garment factories.

American Apparel launched the retro program in 2007 and expanded it further in 2010; Urban Outfitters launched the retro line "Urban Renewal" in 2008; 2009 also began using recycled fabrics.

Reformation's CEO Yael Aflalo says that second-hand materials give them a total profit of 10%.

"Compared to the past seven to ten years, the demand for retro clothing is expanding."

The owner of another old clothes factory in New Jersey said.

The expansion of the market brings industry rules, which is also a good thing for workers.

The brand chamber of commerce that buys the old clothes asks the supplier, "you think that it will be child labor, but in fact, there are some very small things, such as the requirement to rest for ten minutes every two hours, and the result becomes a rest every 2.5 hours.

We will give a 30 day deadline to ask the other party to change.

Aflalo said.

But in this labor-intensive industry, cheap labor in China and Bangladesh will soon be there.

The rules have implications.

Of course, large retailers are also involved in the retro dress market, and to some extent it has an impact on individuals operating small businesses - they need not only compete with other vendors in the same flea market, but also compete with large retailers.