Question 1

How many items can I bring?

Accepted Answer

Please only bring 5-10 items that are in great condition and are clean. No torn or dirty clothes please. May be shirts, blouses, jackets, blazers, pants, jeans, skirts, dresses, bags & purses, jewelry - please NO SHOES

Question 2

How many items can I take away with me?

Accepted Answer

If you bring 5 items, you get to take 5 items. If you bring 7 items, you get to take 7 items, and so on. Please make sure items are in good condition and are clean. We want items that other people will want and love. Please only bring 5-10 items clothes/bags&purses jewelry -no shoes

Question 3

What items can I bring?

Accepted Answer

In good condition and clean; items of clothing like shirts, coats, jackets, dresses, pants, skirts, scarves, purses, swimsuit coverups, sweaters - NO shoes. Please NO cheap, flimsy clothes that are falling apart, no ultra fast fashion like Forever21 and definitely no Shien. Thank you

Question 4

What if I don't find anything I want?

Accepted Answer

That can happen! You may bring 8 items and only take home 5. That’s just the way of a clothing swap - you don't want to take home anything you don't really want. The idea is having less and choosing well. This event is for the fun and learning most of all.

Question 5

When do I bring my items?

Accepted Answer

2 options! 1. When you arrive at 1:00pm. Volunteers will be checking the items you brought, making sure they are in good condition and clean. Then the items will be taken by other volunteers and put on racks and tables. 2. Drop off site: Ossa  Skinworks during business hrs, 109 Capitol Way N, Oly

Question 6

When will we get to start swapping?

Accepted Answer

There will be drinks and snacks, education about fast fashion, info about OlySurfrider and time to chat w/ JR the tailor while waiting for all participants items to be hung up and organized. There will also be a welcome speech. Swapping should start by 1:30ish

Question 7

What will happen with the clothes that aren’t taken?

Accepted Answer

We ask that you leave the clothes you bring until the end of the event at 4pm. The clothes will be donated to diff orgs & The Window.  At the very end you could take your items that weren’t swapped if you really want them back and at the end people may possibly take more than 10 items.

Question 8

Can my ticket be refunded?

Accepted Answer

Even if it turns out you are not able to attend, we would really appreciate keeping the money. It will be donated to the Olympia Surfrider chapter who volunteers in the community on plastic pollution reduction & education, beach cleanups and cig butt cleanups

Question 9

Where does the ticket money go?

Accepted Answer

Proceeds from ticket sales are going to cover costs of event and to https://olympia.surfrider.org/

Question 10

Is this a 3 hour time commitment or can I leave when I’m done?

Accepted Answer

Event starts at 1:00pm, but the swap may not start until 1:30-1:45pm, as people arrive & their items get turned in & organized. Once the swap starts you are welcome to leave when you have found the items you want, but you will not be able to take back the clothes you brought to swap until 4pm.

Question 11

Will there be clothes for all genders and children?

Accepted Answer

This event is geared to adults & all genders. Children’s and infant clothes will not be accepted. This event is inclusive, but of course the type of clothing will depend on who buys tickets and what they bring.

Question 12

Why can’t I bring fast fashion items if we are trying to keep them in circulation, not the landfill?

Accepted Answer

This swap is focused on bringing our best items because thats what people ultimately want and why items stay in our closets longer. We don’t want clothes in the landfill either, but we also want to show that when we buy or ‘swap’ better, then we shop less because our clothes last and are loved.

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