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The app connects clothing brands, and consumers, with individual seamsters who can mend, alter or tailor new or pre-loved clothing. The app has many aims, according to its 24-year-old founder Josephine Philips: It wants to extend the lifetime of clothing, and generate work for the many small seamster businesses on high streets across the country.
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Online resale is growing 4X faster than offline. ~$37 B (50% of total)—estimated share of online sales of secondhand fashion by 2024. ~$28 B (43%)—offline thrift & donation (Goodwill, Salvation Army, etc.).