Clothing and accessories resale service Goodbyes has finally come to Adelaide. The business's founders want to make shopping secondhand more desirable than purchasing new.

Any keen fashion eyes who’ve wandered along Rundle Street recently will have noticed Goodbyes has recently made a home in Adelaide, opposite The Austral.

The new store provides an additional opportunity for locals to buy and sell quality and unique pre-loved fashion as a matter of course, rather than purchasing new.

This is an ethos the store’s founders have encouraged widely since they first teamed up.

Olivia Mangan and Monique Thomas met as colleagues working in the second-hand industry in New Zealand. Finding they made a good team, they set their sights on building a business together. After moving to Melbourne, and following two years of planning, they founded their first Goodbyes store in Brunswick in 2015.

“We were driven by the joys of working in the industry and shopping second-hand as teenagers,” Olivia says. “In Australia, back then, there were lots of smaller, high-end consignment services, or you could sell your clothing online. But there was nothing offering what we offer.”

Anyone can sell at Goodbyes, all they need is an email address, valid photo ID and pieces that offer a good second life.

Monique says the criteria for what’s accepted on consignment is based on quality of fabric and construction and on uniqueness. That said, everyday casual wear is more popular than corporate or formalwear.

Goodbyes’ offering encompasses local Australian and New Zealand labels, international designers, unique vintage and well-made basics, catering to both masc and femme styles. Selling to a diverse clientele means they also look to maintain a diverse range in store.

The pieces that sell fastest tend to have interesting details, which ensure them longevity and sometimes see them pop up in store again to be cherished by someone else.

“The unique ones, you can tell apart,” Monique says. “It’s really exciting when they do come back in.”

In recent years, they have noticed a move toward buying second-hand garments, accessories and shoes.

“I think it’s driven by ethics,” Monique says, noting the many environmental savings that come from buying second-hand. “But it’s also a more affordable way to buy good quality and designer pieces, because pieces sell at a fraction of the original retail prices.

“More and more people are wanting to shop second-hand and it’s fantastic to see that.”

Opening a bricks-and-mortar store has been as much about providing another point of community in each of their six locations as it has been about reselling clothing. The founders encourage shoppers and sellers to feel comfortable in-store and take their time browsing.

“One of the best parts of the business is our connection to the local community, through our revenue-sharing model,” Olivia says. “Shoppers can feel good purchasing from Goodbyes, knowing that a portion of revenue goes back into the local community.”

Most of their team members reside in local neighbourhoods. Olivia says they’re grateful to work with team members “who have been with us from almost the very beginning” and are excited to welcome the new Adelaide team.

Locally, the new store on Rundle Street is helmed by store manager Ash McNamara and assistant manager Izzy Byrne, the latter of whom also runs local maker market Friends of Friends.

Being in the buzzy East End among the Australian fashion labels, restaurants and bars “felt right for our first Tarndanya store,” says Olivia.

Since opening, they’ve had a steady stream of sellers passing through their doors.

The process is simple, with no appointment needed. The Goodbyes team select pieces on the spot. When they are sold, the seller receives 50 per cent of the sale price, minus GST and a 50 cent handling fee. It makes reselling your wardrobe easy.

Learn more about reselling your wardrobe at the website.