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This Season’s Fall Trends, and the Smartest Way to Pay for Them

Fall is the most fun fashion season of the year. The trends get richer, the textures get cozier, and there is a certain joy in refreshing your look as the air turns crisp. The even better news is that you do not have to spend a fortune to be right on trend, and you can let your own closet foot the bill.

Here is the smart move. Bring the clothes you no longer wear to Clothes Mentor, current and gently used, freshly laundered and in great shape. We look through them right there and pay you cash on the spot. No consignment, no waiting weeks for a check. Then turn those funds right around and shop the trends you actually want. If you choose store credit instead of cash, you get 20% more in store credit to make it stretch even further.

So what should you be hunting for this fall? Think rich, warm colors like burgundy, camel, and deep rust. Look for a great blazer you can layer over almost anything, an oversized sweater that feels like a hug, and denim in a darker wash. A pair of tall boots or an everyday leather jacket will carry you from the first cool day straight through the holidays. Animal print keeps coming back season after season, and a structured handbag pulls the whole look together. The beauty of shopping resale is that these pieces are one of a kind, so your fall wardrobe ends up looking like you, not like everyone else at the mall.

How does the price compare? Everything on our floor runs about 70% off retail, with designer pieces priced individually and a premium payout for the seller who brought them in. New arrivals hit the floor every single day, so the trends you are looking for are landing all the time. That is the fun of the hunt. You never know what treasure is waiting.

What do we buy? Current styles in very good condition, freshly laundered, across every size and season. What do we not buy? Anything stained, worn out, or well past its prime. When in doubt, bring it in and let us take a look. Sell what you are done with, shop what is next, and let your old closet pay for your new one. That is fall done right.

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