Symphony Clarke, 25, remembers the first day she walked into a thrift store.
"I think it was a Value Village, where the prices were between 99 cents and $5," she told Business Insider. "That's when I was like, man, I love this place. I don't think I'll ever shop retail ever again." Clarke had been thrifting as a hobby for several years, and had started revamping and selling the clothes she'd find, when in March, she was furloughed from her retail job due to the pandemic. She saw being furloughed as a chance to really focus on her side project.And when she found TikTok, her side hustle began to take off. Clarke's
was a video of her turning a hoodie she bought from a thrift store into a two-piece cropped-hoodie and shorts set. It was an instant hit and the two-part TikTok she posted in March gained over 5 million views.
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