TEEN CLOTHING REQUIREMENTS!

In the past, we have had a few racks of teen clothing and they seem to sell pretty well. We constantly have requests for more teen clothing and clothing in line with current fashion for teens. We have decided to give it a try and therefore, we will have a section marked for teen girls and guys at the Kids Stuff Sale.

However, due to VERY limited space, we must be very selective in what we are able to take. Otherwise we could fill up the entire gymnasium with adult clothing that sellers are identifying as teen clothing. We will not take adult clothing that is a style only an adult would wear. It must be geared for a teenager.

In order to help us set boundries on what we can and cannot take as teen clothing, we needed to have a strict guideline of what we could take for the teen section; otherwise we would simply be having an adult clothing sale, which we do not have the space to do.

After consideration of what clothes have sold the best at our children’s sales over the past 18 years, along with getting feedback from Plato’s Closet (a consignment store geared toward teens) we have determined that these are some of the most popular selling clothing lines for teens.

While we will consider other labels as long as they are VERY CLEARLY Junior / Teen clothing, these are the top clothing lines that teenagers seem to be looking for at our sale and these labels are the majority of what we take at check-in:

American Eagle
Abercrombie
Abercrombie and Fitch
Hollister
Ralph Lauren / Polo
Gap
Old Navy
Banana Republic
Aeropostle
Juicy Couture
Levi
Forever 21
Nike / Reebok / Adidas / And One
Pac Sun
Arizona
S. O. (and other Kohls teen clothing lines)

Due to the limited space we have and because of the extra work managing larger size clothing, the majority (but not all) of the teen clothing we will take must fall under the above categories.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not bring women and men’s style clothing to this sale. We do not have the space or manpower to handle that many clothing items. Only bring clothing that your teen (or what a teenager) would wear. Do NOT bring items that are outdated and out of current fashion. Again, the teen clothing must be labeled according to the categories listed above. Do not bring items with stains, especially in the armpit area. This has been a problem in the past with teen clothing. The same standards apply as the children’s clothing: no holes, missing buttons, broken zippers or faded, smoky, bleached out clothing.

WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ITEMS THAT APPEAR TO BE MORE ADULT THAN TEEN CLOTHING. AGAIN, BECAUSE WE MANAGE THE TEAR DOWN OF THE OLDER KIDS CLOTHING, WE SEE WHAT IS LEFT HANGING ON THE RACKS AND SEE WHAT SELLS THE BEST AND IS MOST REQUESTED FROM BUYERS.

DO NOT BRING ADULT CLOTHING THAT WILL ONLY BE GIVEN BACK TO YOU. AGAIN, WE MUST BE VERY SELECTIVE DUE TO THE LIMITED SPACE WE HAVE AND BECAUSE OF ALL THE WORK INVOLVED IN HANDLING LARGER CLOTHING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE CRITERIA WE MUST FOLLOW FOR TEEN CLOTHING.

IF THERE ARE TOO MANY CONFLICTS WITH ACCEPTING TEEN CLOTHING, WE WILL RETURN TO OUR POLICY OF ONLY ACCEPTING CLOTHING FROM INFANT TO SIZE 16/18 (KIDS) AND ELIMINATE TEEN CLOTHING ALL TOGETHER.

IT IS TRULY OUR HEART TO BE A BLESSING TO EVERYONE CONCERNED.

THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS WE STIVE TO GROW THE SALE EACH YEAR IN ORDER TO BETTER SERVE YOU!