Do you “buy” an outfit to wear once and return it? Why or why not, and how often if so?

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1. No, that’s not okay.

2. Nope, I buy my clothes for keepers 😁 Saves me money, time and sometimes I get a little attached.

   But I have heard of women who buy clothes and return them regularly, typically because they don’t like wearing the same thing twice or because they are trying to keep up on social media as a specific persona.

   Either way, to each their own.

3. No. If I wanted something like that, I’d use a clothing rental service. If I buy clothes, I’m only returning it if there’s something wrong with it.

   And when I’m buying those clothes, I don’t really want to be buying something that someone else wore for a night and then returned.

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5. I did this once purely by accident. It was a dress I grabbed last minute for family photos. I didn’t love it but I was out of time.
   Wore it, took the pictures, got home, took it off and realized the tag was still on iI.
   Money was tight so I returned it.

6. No, it’s never even crossed my mind. It’s such a waste of resources, as a lot of the returns are shipped to other faraway locations or even countries, and much of it does not get resold as it’s just not profitable for the company. Shit like this is why some online clothing stores no longer offer free returns.

7. No, I’d be too worried about not being able to return it, therefore wasting my money.

   For occasions where I know I’m never going to wear the outfit again, I try to find cheap shit at thrift stores. (I mean all of my clothes are cheap shit from thrift stores whether I wear it again but you get my point.)

8. Not an outfit, but definitely a clutch that I used for one night and would never use again. It literally held my debit card and car key for 4hrs.

9. I did once for a job interview when I was pregnant. I had no need for dressy clothes in the pregnancy and I was a broke ass 20 year old. I got the job though 🙂

10. No that’s scummy.

11. That’s theft.

12. No. I consider it unethical. Also, I choose clothes for comfort, not appearance.

13. No! Who does that?!

14. Definitely not because i dont trust myself or everyone and everything surrounding me to not ruin that outfit before i could return it. Plus if its really cute i might want to wear it again another day