Around And Around We Go

Do you live in Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont or DC? Do you wear a small to medium portion of your closet ninety percent of the time? Then, my friends, it is high time you divested yourself of the clutter, folded it into neat little piles, put it in a bag, and hauled it off to Second Time Around. You can set up an appointment online, or by phone.

They accept in season, in style, new, used and vintage pieces. They say designer, but they take from Prada, to Anthropology, to Michael Stars. There is a fairly incomplete list of accepted designers, and no formal list of unnaccpeted, however Target, Wet Seal, Old Navy, and others in that range will not be accepted.

If you live in Massachusetts, go to the Harvard Square location if your colset contains things from American Apparel, Urban Outfitters, Ralph Lauren, Michael Stars, The Gap, Anthropology, cool vintage peices, most any designer jeans, and the like. Basically anything you would buy in Harvard Square. They are the most accepting of more funky, young stuff.

The same goes for Newbury Street's two locations, although to a lesser extent. They are a bit more highbrow.

By far the oldest and snobyest is the Wellsley location. So if your closet contains high rollers like Prada, Gucci, True Religion, Polo Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade, Burburry, and the like, go here.

All locations have a 3 piece minimum, and a 30 piece maximum for each 30 minute appointment. Your stuff will be stashed there for 90 days, and after that you have one week to pick it up, or it will be donated. The longer your stuff stays, the cheeper it gets, but the same goes for the things you purchase.

Pay day comes four times a year, and has nothing to do with when you consign. You will recieve forty percent of the final selling price. It may not seem like a lot, but I would much rather have a few dollers for each peice of unworn clothing I own, and know it has found a nice home where it will be loved then let it sit in my closet untouched. Plus, it's a form of recycling, so you are helping the planet!

By far the best part about consigning here is that you can check the status of your peices online. When you go for your first time they will create an account for you, and an itemized profile will be up before closing that same day. So you can see what sells when for what amount. So what are you waiting for? Get to it.