The Street Store, a homeless bazaar

The Street Store offers homeless people the chance to browse for clothes. They group donations of clothing from the public, hung up the garments, and then allow homeless people to browse through the offerings to select what they want. Visit The Street Store in Cape Town (ZA).

Film Biz Prop Shop

The Film Biz Prop Shop in trendy Gowanus Brooklyn (New York, US) opened in December 2010. Film Biz Prop Shop is a non-profit thrift boutique that fills their enormous stylish warehouse with donations from NYC’s film and TV productions.

Source: Film Biz Prop Shop

RememberMe

Babies no longer grow out of cabbages. People are increasingly aware of production circumstances and many care for the provenance of their purchases. Oxfam realized that an honest background story is too precious to withhold and attached oral memories to their second-hand wares. The only disadvantage? Customers might turn up less quickly to swap the product for a new one...

Source: Oxfam