Do you buy second-hand clothes? You are likely to be more stylish

Traders sell second hand (mitumba) clothes on the walkways along Ngong road near Adams Arcade shopping centre, Nairobi on June 1, 2020. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Not only is second-hand shopping good for the planet and your wallet, our new research finds the more style-conscious you are, the more likely you are to shop for second-hand clothes and accessories.

In the 2020-21 financial year, 72 per cent of Australians purchased at least one item of second-hand clothes – but we wanted to know more about people who were shopping second-hand.