Lori Dawson made 53 cents in sales when she opened Mine & Yours Asheville Resale in 2001.
Things eventually picked up. And now, a quarter-century later, the shop owner remains in business. “I’ve watched people come in with kids, and now those kids have kids,” she says.
Dawson is one of several entrepreneurs in the resale fashion industry that Xpress caught up with to discuss anticipated trends of 2026, how the local economy is faring and the environmental benefits of thrifting.
Call it whatever you want
When Mine & Yours opened 25 years ago, the idea of shopping secondhand carried a very different connotation…