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From Sabyasachi sarees to dresses from Jodi Life, these online platforms are encouraging you to buy and sell preloved items of clothing for a sustainable future

5 online platforms to buy or rent pre-loved Indian designer-wear

From Sabyasachi sarees to printed dresses from Jodi Life, these online platforms are encouraging you to buy and sell preloved items of clothing for a sustainable future 

When you look at the numbers of the worldwide consumption of fashion, it’s quite jarring. In 2021, the apparent consumption of apparel across the globe was approximately 168.4 billion pieces. According to estimates of the Statista Consumer Market Outlook, this number is expected to increase in the coming years, going up to 197.3 billion pieces in 2026. As ridiculous as this figure sounds, what it should make us do is rethink the way we shop and use our clothes, which is one of the reasons why so many thrift shops have popped up on Instagram, some of which we’ve covered here. But when it comes to the luxury market of buying and selling pre-loved goods, unlike the West, which has bigger platforms like The RealReal and Vestiaire Collective—that have a host of secondhand luxury pieces of clothing and accessories—there are very few such platforms who are doing the same, albeit with Indian high-end designers. Here are our top picks of platforms you can try to buy pre-loved clothing from Indian designers that are verified and authenticated by experts.  

Saritoria:Shehlina Soomro and Pernia Qureshi started Saritoria with a mission to start a preloved revolution. Launched in 2020, the online platform caters to the South Asian community across the world by encouraging the idea of a circular economy, especially when it comes to designer Indianwear. Browse through their website and you’ll find a Tarun Tahiliani lehenga for around ₹ 40,000 (with the original cost being about ₹ 3,40,000) or a Sabyasachi saree for about ₹30,000 (with the original price at around ₹ 1,11,000). If you’re worried about the authenticity of the label, then the platform provides their customers with the ‘Saritoria Seal’—a three-step authentication process that ensures that every piece you get your hands on is original.Buy or sell at: Saritoria.com

Saritoria:

Shehlina Soomro and Pernia Qureshi started Saritoria with a mission to start a preloved revolution. Launched in 2020, the online platform caters to the South Asian community across the world by encouraging the idea of a circular economy, especially when it comes to designer Indianwear. Browse through their website and you’ll find a Tarun Tahiliani lehenga for around ₹ 40,000 (with the original cost being about ₹ 3,40,000) or a Sabyasachi saree for about ₹30,000 (with the original price at around ₹ 1,11,000). If you’re worried about the authenticity of the label, then the platform provides their customers with the ‘Saritoria Seal’—a three-step authentication process that ensures that every piece you get your hands on is original.

Buy or sell at:Saritoria.com

Revivify:With a mission to invert fast fashion and drive positive change in the fashion industry, Revivify is a luxury resale and refurbish platform for couture and luxury pieces that was born out of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022. Founded by Aashni Shah, the platform offers a host of pre-loved Indian and occasion wear by some of the biggest designers in India, like Payal Singhal, Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla and Shyamal and Bhumika, among others. With the ideas of circular fashion and sustainability at the core, Revivify, as a company, is mindful towards making sustainable choices by using eco-conscious packaging. Steps are also taken to offset our own carbon footprint by collaborating with Tree-Nation—an organization devoted to combating climate change and reforesting the planet. Talk about a guilt-free shopping experience.Buy or sell at: Revivify.com

Revivify:
With a mission to invert fast fashion and drive positive change in the fashion industry, Revivify is a luxury resale and refurbish platform for couture and luxury pieces that was born out of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022. Founded by Aashni Shah, the platform offers a host of pre-loved Indian and occasion wear by some of the biggest designers in India, like Payal Singhal, Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla and Shyamal and Bhumika, among others. With the ideas of circular fashion and sustainability at the core, Revivify, as a company, is mindful towards making sustainable choices by using eco-conscious packaging. Steps are also taken to offset our own carbon footprint by collaborating with Tree-Nation—an organization devoted to combating climate change and reforesting the planet. Talk about a guilt-free shopping experience.


Buy or sell at:Revivify.com

Relove:Kirti Poonia and Prateek Gupte’s digital platform and app has a huge fan following among content creators, especially with the company’s emphasis on buying pre-loved items of clothing. If you’re looking to incorporate some homegrown brands without drawing out your bank account, Relove offers secondhand pieces from labels such as Jodi Life, Kanelle, Summer Somewhere and Okhai at half the original prices. Their ‘Rescue by Relove’ programme focuses on factory rejects to make them reach consumers instead of having them end up at the growing mounds of landfills. You can read more about the programme in our feature here.Buy or sell at: Relove.in

Relove:

Kirti Poonia and Prateek Gupte’s digital platform and app has a huge fan following among content creators, especially with the company’s emphasis on buying pre-loved items of clothing. If you’re looking to incorporate some homegrown brands without drawing out your bank account, Relove offers secondhand pieces from labels such as Jodi Life, Kanelle, Summer Somewhere and Okhai at half the original prices. Their ‘Rescue by Relove’ programme focuses on factory rejects to make them reach consumers instead of having them end up at the growing mounds of landfills. You can read more about the programme in our featurehere.

Buy or sell at:Relove.in

Flyrobe:Have a friend’s wedding but don’t want to end up splurging on ocassionwear that you’ll end up wearing only a few times? Launched in 2015 by Pranay Surana, Tushar Saxena and Shreya Mishra, Flyrobe allows you to rent out designer outfits, like a Satya Paul saree for under ₹ 3,000 for four days or a peach lehenga by Falguni & Shane Peacock for about ₹ 15,000 for four days. Their men’s collection also features everything from sherwanis to bandhgalas for you to pick and choose according to the occasion. The platform also offers a subscription option where you can pick and choose a selected piece every few months in exchange for creating a new wardrobe. Rent at: Flyrobe.com

Flyrobe:

Have a friend’s wedding but don’t want to end up splurging on ocassionwear that you’ll end up wearing only a few times? Launched in 2015 by Pranay Surana, Tushar Saxena and Shreya Mishra, Flyrobe allows you to rent out designer outfits, like a Satya Paul saree for under ₹ 3,000 for four days or a peach lehenga by Falguni & Shane Peacock for about ₹ 15,000 for four days. Their men’s collection also features everything from sherwanis to bandhgalas for you to pick and choose according to the occasion. The platform also offers a subscription option where you can pick and choose a selected piece every few months in exchange for creating a new wardrobe. 

Rent at:Flyrobe.com

Luxépolis:Luxépolis is a platform where you’ll find everything from a Chanel watch to a Rohit Bal outfit. Started by Namrata Valecha and Vijay KG in 2014, the website has authentic pre-loved items that boast of covering over 500 sought-after Indian and international luxury labels including Rolex, Louis Vuitton, Sabyasachi, Shantanu & Nikhil and Manish Malhotra, among other designers and brands. With so many replicas of designs by luxury designers available in the market now, Luxépolis makes sure that before lending their stamp of approval, all the products are inspected through a rigorous, multi-layered, brand-specific authentication process by a team of luxury brand authenticators, horologists and gemologists residing all over the world. The platform also offers EMI options if you don’t wish to make a one-time payment.Buy or sell at: Luxepolis.com

Luxépolis:

Luxépolis is a platform where you’ll find everything from a Chanel watch to a Rohit Bal outfit. Started by Namrata Valecha and Vijay KG in 2014, the website has authentic pre-loved items that boast of covering over 500 sought-after Indian and international luxury labels including Rolex, Louis Vuitton, Sabyasachi, Shantanu & Nikhil and Manish Malhotra, among other designers and brands. With so many replicas of designs by luxury designers available in the market now, Luxépolis makes sure that before lending their stamp of approval, all the products are inspected through a rigorous, multi-layered, brand-specific authentication process by a team of luxury brand authenticators, horologists and gemologists residing all over the world. The platform also offers EMI options if you don’t wish to make a one-time payment.

Buy or sell at:Luxepolis.com

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