 Over the past six months, I've been collecting items and clothing that I've needed for my local op shops and up until now These are a few of the things that I've collected I prefer to buy my clothes or really anything that I need a second hand first if I can find it as it helps to reduce the amount of waste being thrown away Buying in op shops reduces the reliance on fast fashion Which is basically just cheap poor quality clothes often made from unethical practices in unsafe work environments and working conditions Buying clothes from an op shop reduces your own carbon footprint and helps prevent clothes from ending up in landfill I only recently learnt this but op shop is actually short for opportunity shop. They are close to over 2,500 charity op shops across Australia If I can't find what I'm looking for second hand at thrift stores I'll then look online at some of the second hand forums like D-pop or Facebook marketplace Which is incidentally actually where I found my bike from But if I still have no luck finding it there I'll purchase it new and store I'll always shop for quality something that will last me a long time even if it does come at a higher cost According to the CleanUp Australia website every 10 minutes Australians dump 15 tons of clothing and fabric waste That adds up to over 800,000 tons or 31 kilograms per person every year Every year the price of clothing continues to drastically decrease While the negative impacts to the environment as a result of the fast fashion industry continue to increase According to the Greenpeace the average person buys 60% more clothing and keeps them for about half as long as 15 years ago The fashion industry is one of the highest polluting industries. It's responsible for an estimated 10% of global carbon emissions Australia is actually one of the biggest contributors to fashion pollution as it's now only second to the US Op shopping or thrifting for me means I can find really good quality even designer items for a quarter of the cost And the best part is it gives clothes a second life Hello, everyone. So I thought I'd share my latest op shop haul Collection that I've just sort of gathered over the past six months Again, I don't op shop all that much because they only buy something that I actually need at the time when I need it So if I find something that I need that I don't have I'll go out and find and sort of look around for that So keep searching and searching until I can sort of find it I don't tend to just do that lots of impulse buys or like just you know Random purchases and stuff just for like the guess the sake of shopping I tend to try and be like minimalist as possible one because I find if you have so much stuff I feel like it just clutters your mind like I find if I have a lot of things that I'm trying to sort of Juggle and organize and make space for it just feels like it's clutters it clutters my mind So I feel like less for me is best. So I'll only buy what I need So this is what I've needed over the past six months So we'll get straight into it. I am trialling a new mic that my sister just gave me So hopefully it captures it all right. This is the first time I'm using it. So I'm hoping the sound is a lot clearer Fingers crossed that it is or find out what I'm editing this video I just found some random stuff in my pockets like face mask from when I was on the plane yesterday. Anyway, let's get to it Where should I put you guys where it has like you can see me in the background? So my room is so small. I can't get like a proper viewpoint of my whole body. I'll see if you guys will sit there And I will brighten you up So that I don't look like a dark shadow And you can see all the stuff in my table that I'll do that I'll do don't care So the reason why I'm going for this kind of interesting look I actually saw one of these girls riding their bikes on the beach or near the beach But on the path near there when I was running mine and she had this sort of Very kind of see-through white kind of collared kind of shirt And she had a swimsuit on and like shorts and I thought it looks super beachy But again, because I don't want to go to all the designer places and Trying to buy new eyes trying my first ones already there at the op shop So I kind of went to the men's section and got an oversized Kind of college shirt to wear and I was like I could even just wear this to the beach and like just in my summers and just wear this like it's like a Throwing like throw over the top kind of look and that's what I was kind of going for with this I got to I got this one Which isn't white and then I got one sort of like a greeny color That is the green one So I changed it to jeans so I could show you both with jeans kind of shorts and jeans So this allows kind of thinking Just have this sort of open shirt. You can also sort of do it up as well like so Again, it's not everyone's style and in past videos people have said oh, you know, like I don't really like that I'm like, that's fine. You don't have to wear it. It's for me. Anyway, so this is sort of what I was kind of going for I thought I could even like have it out or like had it before kind of roughly just like tuck it in Like that just a bit of a different kind of look different style and it's a bit great in summer Probably not now because we've had just like a pole blast come through so as I'm doing this I'm actually freezing. It's really cold But in summer I was thinking this would be like a great little sort of like into where and again can wear it just over my Summers and like a light throw over thing and yeah, that's what I was going for So this was my first purchase two shirts one white one in this kind of olivey green room and all sort of greeny color and Both these shirts were eight dollars each So these are from Vinnie's and I like shopping at Vinnie's cuz cuz like a charity shop the money goes towards a certain charity I can't remember off the top of head which one? Yeah, so second hand Second life given some money towards others as well during the purchase things makes me feel good inside Got to share this before also want to do like a little tie up little knot Super in at the moment Not the front super cute to wear like that maybe not double on it It's something like this giving a lot of like kind of cowgirl vibes with the jeans and the bow Yeah, so sort of like that as well kind of tie up a knot same with the green shirt So style it if I don't want to wear it out Bring it into a little knot. Yeah So that was my vibe with it as well. This is one of my absolute favorite purchases This baggy jumper again. I think it's a men's. I like the baggy style In case you didn't know the brand is JJ's Think it's a very old one because I haven't seen them around for a while these kind of jumpers. So This is what it looks like My baggy jumper Love it. I love it. I wear it everywhere. Like this has been probably my most worn purchase this winter So snug and I just love how it's oversized because you can just basically curl up inside it like Put the sleeves over Bring knees up when they sing down and it's just so warm. It's like so warm surprisingly warm something so thin. This was pretty much My reason most recent purchase that and this awesome. Sorry, I had hair on me That and this awesome denim bag. Oh, I love it so much So it's actually made from an old pair of jeans It has so many pockets like it even has the zipper from the jeans at the front here. Oh, no, sorry It's at the back So that's like the front of the jeans and that's like the zipper that you do up with the front It doesn't zip but just it's nothing really there and then these are pockets There's so many pockets to do it up. You just tighten the straps here and bring the top over And it clips onto the front And you can also tighten the back straps, which I do sometimes the only thing is it does tend to sort of If something's heavy in there The straps will loosen a little bit so I have to keep tightening them, but this is my new backpack What do you think? So it's such a cool idea to reuse old jeans that may not be able to be donated or used again So that was how much was it? So this denim pack back pack. So this denim backpack was 23 dollars like 25 dollars. Sorry. It's 25 dollars and It was also from Benny's and I was looking for a new backpack because my old one actually I'll show you this old this old one that I've had since 2014 I think around then was when I graduated high school and That it was around them and I've had it's lasted me so long But in the recent years the tops just come off like I've had to keep sewing and sewing I was like, it's not gonna last too much longer and it's sort of beyond donating So I'm sort of waiting and looking at ways and to recycle backpacks that it doesn't end up in landfill So at the moment it's just waiting idly my room talking to decide what to do with it So hence that's why I got my new backpack last but not least is the sports bra that I bought from Vinnie's as well. Yes, all from Vinnie's actually. I Really like it. It was six dollars and it's Rockware brand and I just really like this type of sports bra Especially because when I go outside Don't something so like so much on me because it's really hot in summer. It's so humid So this is perfect just to sort of wear with some sports shorts And do my exercises and that and it's just really like comfy. I can I could wear this all day It wasn't so cold. So yeah, that is pretty much my up shop haul for the first half of 2022 Yeah, I hope you guys enjoyed my up shop haul share today I don't know if you guys have found some reason up shop like fines and purchases And what you guys buy if you off shop as well Love love to hear about it. I love hearing what people get at the off shop. I'm just fine It's like the market's you always find the coolest things there and I love giving something like a second life That's probably one of the most things that like I like about off shopping Is like not like kind of giving it another chance and rather than going to landfill Especially if it's in really good condition, which a lot of the things are Yeah, it's pretty much my spiel for today. So I hope you guys enjoyed today's video Thank you for sticking out this whole video if you're still here with me I really appreciate it and I really hope you guys enjoy today's video and Yeah, thank you so much. You guys are such a supportive community. I read your comments Sorry, if I don't get back to everybody I do see them and if I do see them I tend to give them a like and a heart Just so that you guys know that I have seen it and have been able to reply. So thank you so so much I Mean so much to me to have you guys here watching my videos. It really inspires me to keep going Do let me know if you want to see more of my upshop Halls in the future. I do try and wait until I have enough things to share Rather than just get one thing and be like he's my new thing that I got Yeah, otherwise, I have some more exciting videos coming up in future. So do stick around. Thank you again So much for watching. I love you guys so so much So much with all my heart. Thank you so much for watching and being here today. It really means a lot to me I hope you guys stick around for the next video and see you again soon Bye