Paying Fashion Forward: Foster Kids Benefit from New Resale Shop
A new secondhand store in Brentwood is targeting fashion-conscious teens and helping foster youth simultaneously.
Mallory Shocklee noticed a trendy-looking new store on Brentwood Boulevard as she was driving by and decided to check it out. She was glad she did. “I kind of thought it was resale from the name,” Shocklee said. She was right. (Re)Fresh is a new venture of the nonprofit Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition. It aims to bring top-quality used clothing and accessories to fashion-conscious teens and 20-somethings in the St. Louis metro area. Shocklee was pleasantly surprised when she found a store filled with name-brand clothes, including party dresses, work clothes, jeans, shoes and accessories. She went home with a like-new white-and-black geometric print dress from Banana Republic for only $24—she figured it would have cost her three times as…
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