I first learned about clothing swaps when I moved back to American Samoa.

A group of girls invited me over to a swap and I thought it was the coolest idea ever.

This past weekend, my neighbor hosted a ladies’ day brunch and clothing swap.

We all got together for a yummy mix of breakfast foods, and piled our clothes and items on a heap in the middle of the room.

Between only 8 of us we had a decent pile of clothes, books, magazines, beauty products, and stationery supplies.

I am on a serious ongoing purge of material items I own so I wasn’t looking to take anything home, but it was great to see clothes go to a new home. It’s also so fun to have a pretend runway (with mirrors of course) where the gals can model their outfits.

By having a clothing swap, we are reducing our waste, re-using clothing, and re-homing everything else to our local charity.