‘A passion, but also a gamble’: why India’s gen Z are cashing in on the trend for secondhand fashion

What happened

According to The Guardian’s source item, ‘A passion, but also a gamble’: why India’s gen Z are cashing in on the trend for secondhand fashion, Faced with rising costs and a lack of jobs, many young Indians are turning an online side hustle into an income The work begins at sunrise, ahead of her first Instagram post. Astha Chhetri starts the day on her phone, combing through supplier lists, checking shipment updates and preparing stock for her online store. The evenings find Chhetri, 26, with her mobile still in hand, photographing and posting reels of clothes for sale and replying to customer messages. Continue reading…

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Source

Primary source: ‘A passion, but also a gamble’: why India’s gen Z are cashing in on the trend for secondhand fashion via The Guardian. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.