When Candice Bennett lost her job selling cars in Las Vegas, she tried to figure out new ways to earn money before moving cross country.
Ms. Bennett, 29 years old, who has yo-yoed between a size 6 and 22 over the years, realized she had accumulated a lot of clothing in a variety of sizes and decided to try to sell some.
To make her sale look professional, she turned her guest room in Henderson, Nev., into a boutique selling her old evening gowns, business suits and jeans.
She replaced her exercise equipment with a full-length mirror and a chair and arranged her merchandise by size in the closet.
Then she posted an advertisement on Craigslist: “Forget paying store prices, come shop in my closet!”
Many women have been shopping in their own closets lately, digging out old styles as a way to avoid buying anything new.
Now, some enterprising clothes horses who splurged on designer clothes, handbags and shoes over the past several years are turning their closets and homes into secondhand stores.
They are rearranging their rooms to resemble store dressing rooms and buying industrial shopping racks.
Some are offering up wine and bottled water to their few customers, and others are acting like personal shoppers full of fashion advice.
Continue Reading: “Women Turn Their Closets Into Stores”
Photo by The Wall Street Journal.