Omg I'm realizing that but it's blowing my mind. When I source and come across that I can't tell if it's good y2k or bad y2k. In my head it's all awful 🤣
@@HustleSlowI’m in the same age group and have the same issue! Been reselling off and on for almost 20 years now but Y2K stuff is so triggering to me - I still find so much of it horrendous and so tacky it’s harder to gauge. I guess this is what it means to officially be old 🙃
I just started adding things to Depop yesterday and found your video today, thank you! I just got rid of a few things that haven't sold and I've lowered the price to almost nothing. Most of it was stuff the younger generation would wear. I should have probably tried listing it there first, I definitely will try that the next time I clean out some things. How is it going for you on Depop?
It's too funny, my mind was googled lol, You are asking if you're too old, and I browsed the site and thought I'd be perfect for that...came here to see what TH-cam has to say about it. I saw the platform as a fit for me because I'm a retired Glamma now. Without researching names, brands, and price points, I can spot the trends of the '60s, 70's, 80's from a mile away...there's a good reason my Grandkids call me Glamma:) In our teens, 20s, 30's... how we dress is individually critical for every decade and is so diverse based on increased work roles as society evolves we require a broader variety of clothing to suit more and more roles in every Industry. I watched firsthand as our clothing, personal, and family needs changed esp. in the 60's & 70s...looking back, I was an only child born to parents in their late 40s so I was kinda spoilt and ahead of the times by trending locally...to a crowd of 3 haha joking not joking, I still prefer the quality and older fabrics and notions. I could be worth millions if I kept all my clothing, and looked after my jewelry better. But seriously, with our own life's journey, we have a greater chance no matter our age/gender to start out on these smaller platforms like Depop. The bigger ones a must but can appear daunting esp. when it comes to getting VERO's for using the wrong word to describe something plus many of us prefer human contact. I think it will be fun to have the social connection opportunity without the quota obligations. I hope it's as forgiving to newbies as I understood it to be so far. Will see as I'm set to list my Jewelry
@@HustleSlow That is a sweet thing to say! Thank you😊Yes... my parents were Homesteaders and Outfitters so we had guests from around the world. At 14 I admired a retired fashion designer from Italy's Levi jeans, I had the exact ones but it didn't look like hers, She gladly taught me how to dry-fit my jeans and cotton clothes. For example... you're looking at a rack of vintage jeans, let's say 3 pairs of the same brand, size, length, same cut/style/lot, etc yet all 3 hang differently even though the wear is similar. One looks tattered, frayed, and smaller by a size or two. (likely washed and fully dried on high heat without turning inside out and ensuring zipper and buttons are securely closed. The zipper not only tatters the material, esp. around the zipper area, and it has shrunk weirdly, and the buttons don't fit the buttonhole properly or not at all. Snap-on buttons lose shape and form making them pop off easily from extreme heat and banging in the dryer...jeans are heavy when wet. (hard on embellishment and embroidered designs) Another may be shapeless and blah, it's in good shape but you see it as off, stiff, and crunchy. For these jeans, ( The cotton needs to be descaled from the buildup of cheap laundry soap...pink soap, also known as Zote or a good Castile soap with high fat content in the bathtub works well. I rinse and repeat until the water stops turning nicotine yellow...sometimes it'll extract a glue-like residue. (my opinion without naming the product...I think this is from using those beautiful smelling, tiny, and colorful little beads we use as a fabric softener...if you know you know) I find it stays in my fabric if I'm using a crappy wash machine or not using proper cycles because I don't always find it sticking to the fibers of my clothing so I still use them, I just make sure I don't use to much and rinse 2x) yet one Jean looks form fitting and the jean fabric feels soft with a silky finish. It was likely dry-fitted upon purchase. My comment is getting too long, I'll add a comment below to explain what I know of dry fitting.
So today's fashion emulates dry fitting, but it will not have the same form-fitting effect on you because those faded lines weren't faded to your body shape. She recommended I take my measurements and buy jeans half to one size bigger than my size. (Not necessary but I wear homemade waterproof undergarments to protect myself or I get smurf skin) If I don't want the fabric color to fade I put salt in the water to set the color of my jeans esp. if they are black or silver-toned jeans. So there are a few ways you can do this, whatever works for you will have the same effect. You'd dip your jeans into HOT water, and wear your brand-new jeans until they dry on you. This shrinks and shapes your jeans to your body after 2 or 3 times doing this...those jeans will keep that shape because the cotton has shrunk on your body frame after which drying is not as damaging, thing is, if you accidentally over dry, this gives you the room to reshape your fabric because you've maxed out the shrinkage space already so it's easier to refresh that fabric. You can manipulate the color by using hot or cold water for the first dip depending If you want the faded crease lines...you can do that by wearing them sitting in the sun or warm room until it's fully dry or sitting if you want the faded creasing to start developing in usually 3-4 dry washes, you can even use a blow dryer if the sun is playing peekaboo, If outside you'd sit down, and use a hose with water as hot as you can handle and only wet your front pocket area and behind the knees. This shrinks to your curves first. Or a simple Jug of hot water works too. I do this at the beach with hot water in a thermos, whatever works lol Fun fading or color setting and creasing can be created on jeans by playing with this method. a lot of today's fashions attempts to imitate these home DIY fabric adventures of the early days, the difference is...those lines and fading don't fit your form in a way that highlights your body. You don't need high-end jeans to do this, have fun by buying jeans in your budget, using your measurements. I do this with T-shirts and my cotton button-up blouses so I can avoid ironing by simply hang drying, not even joking, I even do this with my cotton undergarments...they last longer without that nasty butt sag lol. Hopefully I'm making sense here?
You are not too old I sell on the platform as a Gen X and enjoy it. It’s all about selling cool pieces from vintage to modern
Love that! I'm excited to use it as a platform to learn more about style vs just going off of brand.
Girl, Depop buyers want what we wore as teenagers! We know the truth vintage 90’a & Y2K. 😂❤
I sold a dress for 104 it was listed for 2 days.
Omg I'm realizing that but it's blowing my mind. When I source and come across that I can't tell if it's good y2k or bad y2k. In my head it's all awful 🤣
@@HustleSlowI’m in the same age group and have the same issue! Been reselling off and on for almost 20 years now but Y2K stuff is so triggering to me - I still find so much of it horrendous and so tacky it’s harder to gauge. I guess this is what it means to officially be old 🙃
@@KESH-ds1wz Haha yes! It all looks so bad to me so how do we know what to grab 🤣
Thank you for this video. I'm "old" and I'm scared to sell on depop but I'm going to dive in.
You’re the perfect age to sell vintage because you’ve seen it in real time lol
Haha yes. So true. But there's good and bad vintage. It's hard to tell the difference because to me it all looks bad lol
I just started adding things to Depop yesterday and found your video today, thank you!
I just got rid of a few things that haven't sold and I've lowered the price to almost nothing. Most of it was stuff the younger generation would wear. I should have probably tried listing it there first, I definitely will try that the next time I clean out some things.
How is it going for you on Depop?
Honestly? I gave up. I think I've sold 2 items and it just doesn't seem worth it for me!
It's too funny, my mind was googled lol, You are asking if you're too old, and I browsed the site and thought I'd be perfect for that...came here to see what TH-cam has to say about it. I saw the platform as a fit for me because I'm a retired Glamma now. Without researching names, brands, and price points, I can spot the trends of the '60s, 70's, 80's from a mile away...there's a good reason my Grandkids call me Glamma:) In our teens, 20s, 30's... how we dress is individually critical for every decade and is so diverse based on increased work roles as society evolves we require a broader variety of clothing to suit more and more roles in every Industry. I watched firsthand as our clothing, personal, and family needs changed esp. in the 60's & 70s...looking back, I was an only child born to parents in their late 40s so I was kinda spoilt and ahead of the times by trending locally...to a crowd of 3 haha joking not joking, I still prefer the quality and older fabrics and notions. I could be worth millions if I kept all my clothing, and looked after my jewelry better. But seriously, with our own life's journey, we have a greater chance no matter our age/gender to start out on these smaller platforms like Depop. The bigger ones a must but can appear daunting esp. when it comes to getting VERO's for using the wrong word to describe something plus many of us prefer human contact. I think it will be fun to have the social connection opportunity without the quota obligations. I hope it's as forgiving to newbies as I understood it to be so far. Will see as I'm set to list my Jewelry
It’s great to hear about your experience with fashion throughout the decades! If you can spot good vintage like that, I think you're golden :)
@@HustleSlow That is a sweet thing to say! Thank you😊Yes... my parents were Homesteaders and Outfitters so we had guests from around the world. At 14 I admired a retired fashion designer from Italy's Levi jeans, I had the exact ones but it didn't look like hers, She gladly taught me how to dry-fit my jeans and cotton clothes. For example... you're looking at a rack of vintage jeans, let's say 3 pairs of the same brand, size, length, same cut/style/lot, etc yet all 3 hang differently even though the wear is similar. One looks tattered, frayed, and smaller by a size or two. (likely washed and fully dried on high heat without turning inside out and ensuring zipper and buttons are securely closed. The zipper not only tatters the material, esp. around the zipper area, and it has shrunk weirdly, and the buttons don't fit the buttonhole properly or not at all. Snap-on buttons lose shape and form making them pop off easily from extreme heat and banging in the dryer...jeans are heavy when wet. (hard on embellishment and embroidered designs) Another may be shapeless and blah, it's in good shape but you see it as off, stiff, and crunchy. For these jeans, ( The cotton needs to be descaled from the buildup of cheap laundry soap...pink soap, also known as Zote or a good Castile soap with high fat content in the bathtub works well. I rinse and repeat until the water stops turning nicotine yellow...sometimes it'll extract a glue-like residue. (my opinion without naming the product...I think this is from using those beautiful smelling, tiny, and colorful little beads we use as a fabric softener...if you know you know) I find it stays in my fabric if I'm using a crappy wash machine or not using proper cycles because I don't always find it sticking to the fibers of my clothing so I still use them, I just make sure I don't use to much and rinse 2x) yet one Jean looks form fitting and the jean fabric feels soft with a silky finish. It was likely dry-fitted upon purchase. My comment is getting too long, I'll add a comment below to explain what I know of dry fitting.
So today's fashion emulates dry fitting, but it will not have the same form-fitting effect on you because those faded lines weren't faded to your body shape. She recommended I take my measurements and buy jeans half to one size bigger than my size. (Not necessary but I wear homemade waterproof undergarments to protect myself or I get smurf skin) If I don't want the fabric color to fade I put salt in the water to set the color of my jeans esp. if they are black or silver-toned jeans. So there are a few ways you can do this, whatever works for you will have the same effect. You'd dip your jeans into HOT water, and wear your brand-new jeans until they dry on you. This shrinks and shapes your jeans to your body after 2 or 3 times doing this...those jeans will keep that shape because the cotton has shrunk on your body frame after which drying is not as damaging, thing is, if you accidentally over dry, this gives you the room to reshape your fabric because you've maxed out the shrinkage space already so it's easier to refresh that fabric. You can manipulate the color by using hot or cold water for the first dip depending If you want the faded crease lines...you can do that by wearing them sitting in the sun or warm room until it's fully dry or sitting if you want the faded creasing to start developing in usually 3-4 dry washes, you can even use a blow dryer if the sun is playing peekaboo, If outside you'd sit down, and use a hose with water as hot as you can handle and only wet your front pocket area and behind the knees. This shrinks to your curves first. Or a simple Jug of hot water works too. I do this at the beach with hot water in a thermos, whatever works lol Fun fading or color setting and creasing can be created on jeans by playing with this method. a lot of today's fashions attempts to imitate these home DIY fabric adventures of the early days, the difference is...those lines and fading don't fit your form in a way that highlights your body. You don't need high-end jeans to do this, have fun by buying jeans in your budget, using your measurements. I do this with T-shirts and my cotton button-up blouses so I can avoid ironing by simply hang drying, not even joking, I even do this with my cotton undergarments...they last longer without that nasty butt sag lol. Hopefully I'm making sense here?
How has it been going on Depop?
only put certain things on Depop same as you trying to figure out what to look for