Being a plus size gal, I find it very difficult to find gently used clothing in thrift stores. I almost always buy my clothes brand new. I do wear them until they are worn out or extremely out of date. Anything that has life left in it that I'm not going to wear, I donate to Goodwill. Everything else gets thrown away (I live in a townhouse with an HOA so composting isn't an option). A lot of times I do take the buttons off items that I'm going to toss because buttons are always reusable.
I do buy things like shoes and purses at thrift stores. Recently I bought a pair of Liz Claiborne sandals for $6 at Goodwill. They are seriously super cute, too
