Insiders from sites such as eBay, Depop and Vinted give advice on how to get the best cash for preloved items

The competition is stiff, so finding the right place to sell your clothes will give you the best chance of getting them in front of people who might want to buy them.

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The mood on the catwalk was buoyant in the French capital as Olympic fever swept the city and designers celebrated unity and optimism

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Luxury brand’s studio team turn to timeless tweeds and neat silhouettes in first show since Virginie Viard’s sudden exit

There were 12 boucle-tweed suits, in colours from pistachio to raspberry. There were endless swishy blond ponytails tied with black silk bows, and a clatter of satin Mary Jane shoes with pearled heels. There were Hollywood faces – Keira Knightley and Michelle Williams – in the front row of the Palais Garnier opera house in Paris, countless quilted-flap 2.55 handbags in the front row and a finale bridal gown with a sweeping ivory silk train.

But one crucial thing was missing from this season’s Chanel haute couture show: a designer to take a bow. Since the sudden exit this month of the designer Virginie Viard, who had led Chanel since the death of Karl Lagerfeld five years ago, this mighty luxury brand, worth an estimated £15.5bn ($19.7bn), is headless. The vacancy for fashion’s top job is the talk of Paris fashion week.

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Fashion trends have never looked better and worse as sauce stains, bleached eyebrows, combat shorts and stomper boots have a moment

“I’m a messy eater,” admits Isaiah Lat, a 20-year-old student, DJ and stylist from Chicago, “I used to wipe away stains but now I don’t mind a little oil or a little spaghetti on my shorts. I think it’s chic.”

He does not believe that a term has yet been coined for the way he likes to dress. “It’s probably this dystopian, Mad Max, pirate, Steam Punk, mythological vibe,” he says, big on thrift and DIY; he likes skinny jeans, Capri pants and visor-like sunglasses. He doesn’t pile on the pasta sauce before he leaves the house but says he does like his clothes to be “somewhat stained”.

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Stars turned out for the Vogue World event celebrating fashion and sports, at Place Vendôme in Paris, a month before the city hosts the Olympics

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From Tom Perkins in The Guardian: Wisconsin Republicans are withholding $125m designated for cleanup of widespread PFAS contamination in drinking water and have said they will only release the funds in exchange for immunity for polluters. The move is part of a broader effort by Republicans in the state to steal power from the Democratic governor, Tony Evers, the funding's supporters say, alleging such "political games" are putting residents' health at risk.

"People really feel like they're being held hostage," said Lee Donahue, mayor of Campbell, which is part of the La Crosse metropolitan area and has drinking water contaminated with astronomical levels of PFAS. "It's ridiculous, and some would argue that it's criminal, that they are withholding money from communities in dire need of clean drinking water." PFAS are a class of chemicals used across dozens of industries to make products water-, stain- and heat-resistant. They are called "forever chemicals" because they don't naturally break down, and they persist in the environment and accumulate in humans' and animals' bodies. The compounds are linked to cancer, decreased immunity, thyroid problems, birth defects, kidney disease, liver problems and a range of other serious illnesses. In other news about PFAS, outdoor clothing brands are still using 'forever chemicals' despite health risk, according to Guardian reporter James Tapper. PFAS are a global issue. In early 2023, the Forever Pollution Project released the results of a unique collaborative cross-border and cross-field investigation by 16 European newsrooms. The investigation showed that nearly 23,000 sites all over Europe are contaminated by PFAS. It also uncovered an additional 21,500 presumptive contamination sites due to current or past industrial activity. The dataset behind the Map of Forever Pollution is freely available thanks to French newspaper Le Monde. US nonprofit Clean Water Action recommends 10 actions to help reduce your exposure to PFAS (oddly, refusing to vote for Republicans is not one of them). Previously: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: PFAs.

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