Woman Finds Vera Wang Wedding Dress in Thrift StoreBut There's One Problem
A woman has gone viral for making the ultimate thrift-store find: a luxury-brand wedding dress.
However, while she describes it as her dream dress, there is one problem: she's not getting married. Thrift shopper Agnes regularly shares her finds online through her TikTok account @godtier.agnes, and, on June 11, uploaded a video that has since gone viral with over 380,000 views.
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During a trip to Goodwill, beside an old electric keyboard, Agnes found a Vera Wang wedding dress. Items from the luxury label can cost thousands of dollars, it being a favorite of some of the world's top celebrities, including the Kardashians, Victoria Beckham and Ariana Grande.
Agnes, from Florida, told Newsweek that "it was a surreal moment for me, both finding the dress and being able to share it with an audience."
She wrote on the video, which has racked up over 12,000 likes, "I think I found my dream Vera Wang wedding dress at the thrift store."
Zooming in on the detail, including ribbons on the back and the coveted Vera Wang label, she also revealed the price tag of $749.99, which had some users balking.
"Makes me mad that they got that for free and they're selling it for $750," one TikTok user wrote, with another posting that "it should be priced like all the other dresses."
"It's gorgeous, and I know is Vera Wang, but $750 is too much," a third added.
While the exact make of the dress is unclear, Vera Wang dresses can range in price from hundreds up to thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars: fashion icon Victoria Beckham famously wore a Vera Wang gown, reported at the time to be worth $100,000, at her wedding to soccer legend David Beckham.
Agnes told Newsweek that, "as a fashion lover, this was a great find to me. Every girl would love to wear a Vera Wang dress."
However, she added that, "because I'm not getting married, I didn't get it right away, but I did get a video of the dress for memory."
Agnes also returned to the shop to try on the dress in a later video, where she also revealed the price had been slashed to $199.99.
She said she didn't expect to go viral, and added that the video "got both good and bad reaction," thanks to the price of the dress.
However, there were plenty of positive comments, too, with one user writing: "It's giving bride wars, I love it."
Another called it "so gorgeous," and one wrote: "No way, what a find, congrats."
Secondhand sales are increasing, with the global market predicted to reach $84 billion by 2030, according to Statista's secondhand-apparel dossier.
A Consumer Insights survey also showed that up to 60 percent of respondents had made at least one secondhand purchase in 2020, well up from 49 percent in 2019.
Thrift stores are believed to date back to the 19th century. However, there are now online marketplaces such as Vinted and Depop, where users can buy and sell preloved clothes, making it more accessible and mainstream.
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