It has become trendy among the younger generation nowadays to "thrift shop” whether from second-hand markets, the Friday market or online thrifting pages on social media, the sector representatives told The Jordan Times on Monday.

Several online thrifting pages have gone viral and gained thousands of followers, displaying vintage and second-hand clothing for prices that are somehow controversial as they are at times three folds the price in the flea market, according to experts.

"Thrifting is a culture, reusing what’s already been used and giving it a new life. It could be anything, from clothes to appliances, it is too broad. Lately thrifting is becoming more of a trend. But what we mean for it is to become a part of the culture,” said Ala’a Farraj, co-founder and PR manager of a thrift store.

Farraj also said that there is a percentage of people that take thrifting as "a lifestyle and change their approach to their everyday life to become more environment-friendly by reusing and recycling everything they use or need”.

On the reason behind starting her thrift store business, Farraj said that "after living abroad and seeing how people thrift everything from an environmental point of view, we wanted to bring that to Jordan. We also started the business to have a source of income after graduating from college, knowing that the market was not doing well”.

According to experts, thrifting is gratifying, such that once people experience it, they share their experience with others and so it spreads across the board.