In recent years, there has been a rise in the popularity of second-hand clothing amongst younger generations. Why is this happening? Do you think it’s a positive or negative development?

Nowadays, it is indisputable that the advent of using pre-owned clothes has

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creasingly famous — resulting to

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paradigm shift of drop in the use of new clothes.

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discourse will delve into these viewpoints, and

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put forward my own perspective, in turns. Admittedly, proponents of the school of thought that the surge of interest as regards the procurement of use

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othes from either thrift shops or people, by young ones during occasions, have their own justification. The rationale behind their argument might be that adolescents are influenced by what they visualize on the various platforms,

for instance

Facebook and Instagram, and would go any extent to imitate

such

a bizarre trend, and would become recognised among their peers.

Furthermore

, youngsters do not want to wear clothes in repetition on

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ents, and run to search a new style all the times.

As a result

, designer attires are not approachable to youngsters due to their high pri

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prices, which

ad to encourage them to buy

second

-hand clothing on a reasonable cost. To epitomize, according to a survey carried out by the University of North America, it recorded that bus

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selling of old clothes to developing countries ameliorated from 5 % to 15% due to high demand.

In contrast

, taking a look at it from the other side of the coin, could the contenders of the view that worn-out clothes contaminate the people’s skin be absolutely right? Certainly, the vindication for

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eir argument is much likely that most people have dermatological problems like eczema and acne that are highly transmittable diseases, and inh

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othing which in turn will cause allergic reactions to them. To exemplify, a research carried out in

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owed that the percentage of teenagers suffering from dermatological diseases, because of

second

-hand clothes, has escalated from 15% to 25%. In conclusion, having explored the causes. and

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ong others, I consent to the hilt that the rise in the habit of buying lat

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shioned old-clothes among adults is a destructive advancement not only, it could make young ones addicted to shopping, but

also

it would make them suffer economically.