Reporting and photo series by Lucas Lugo
For a long time I have never been able to understand thrifting as a trend. Teens going to the bins because they think it “sounds fun” is far from why I did—going out of necessity my whole life and being taught it was shameful to buy something secondhand was not trendy to me.
It wasn’t until I moved to Reno, entered the Thrift & Gift on Vassar, and looked for my first college outfits that my eyes opened to the fun thrifting can be when it’s not just a building with clothes and housewares in it…