That slightly flared baby doll top hanging in your closet from your daughter’s mall years, or maybe even your own, might be worth $100. According to reseller Lee Meyer of @listingtofreedom, an Abercrombie & Fitch baby doll top just sold for exactly that, full asking price. It was not a rare designer piece. It was a long sleeve top from a brand you probably see everywhere. And a pink Abercrombie puffer jacket in his sold listings went for a head turning $250.
Meyer says he has made well over $100,000 in net profit flipping used clothes on sites like eBay, Poshmark and Mercari. In his latest video he walks through seven kinds of clothing and accessories that are selling near or above the $100 mark right now, many of them from older mall brands. Here is what he found.
Baby Doll Tops Are Back
That silhouette is huge right now, he says. Besides the $100 Abercrombie top, he points to a Y2K baby doll top with a scoop neck and short sleeves that sold for $84, and a Hollister baby doll top that also sold for $100 at full asking price. Meyer calls baby doll tops just the beginning.
Beaded, Crochet And Statement Tanks
Some of the tops that sell best barely have a brand name at all. Meyer says to look for beading, sequins, crochet and halter necklines, especially Y2K designs such as butterflies, dragons and scorpions. A crochet tank sold for $150 on a best offer. A Betsey Johnson halter top with a scorpion at the neckline sold for $120 at full price. A skeleton tank from the gothic brand Lip Service sold for $120 after a best offer.
The most telling example may be a beaded butterfly tank from a little known brand called I Love You, which sold for $80 at full asking price. Meyer had never heard of the brand and says buyers are not typing it into the search bar. The value, he says, is in the look. Learning what buyers search for beats memorizing another giant brand list.
Fur Trim Jackets
This is the category with the $250 sale. A down filled Hollister jacket sold after a best offer for $92.95. An Abercrombie jacket with a fur lined hood sold for $150 at full price, and another Hollister jacket also went for $150 at full price. Then came the pink fur trimmed Abercrombie puffer, listed for $300 and sold for $250 on a best offer.
His takeaway is to avoid glancing at a label and deciding it is not worth selling. Faux fur around the hood, a puffer shape, a down fill, a fitted cut or an obvious Y2K color like pink should make you look closer.
Really Wide Leg Jeans
Think skater, baggy, oversized, 1990s and Y2K. A pair of 90s style wide leg jeans from a skater brand called Gat was listed at $110 and sold for $90 on a best offer. Vintage Southpole wide leg jeans sold for $65 at full price. A pair from Interstate, made in the USA, was listed at $150 and sold for $130. Ginko jeans, with a checker stripe down the leg, were listed at $450 and sold for $250 on a best offer.
Ginko is great to find, Meyer says, but do not train your eye to look for only that. If jeans have the exaggerated wide leg skater look, stop and check them.
Spell Out Hoodies And Velour Tracksuits
Hoodies with the brand name written across the chest are another place ordinary mall labels become money. A Hollister hoodie sold for $75 at full price. An Aeropostale hoodie with a faux fur trimmed hood sold for $99, also at full price. A men’s Abercrombie hoodie sold for $60, and another Abercrombie hoodie sold for $110 on a best offer. Resellers get tripped up, he says, when they recognize Hollister, Aeropostale, Abercrombie or American Eagle and assume they already know what the piece is worth. Older pieces with the right look behave differently on the resale market.
Velour tracksuits are back too. A complete Juicy Couture jacket and pants set sold for $75 at full price, and a complete Puma set also sold for $75. A short sleeved hooded Juicy Couture track jacket sold for $85, and an Adidas jacket and pants set sold for $175 with no best offer needed. He says to watch for writing on the back of the pants or jacket, rhinestones, sequins and anything with bling.
Y2K Bags
The last category is the one he thinks people overlook. Guess bags are not always valuable, he says, but older ones can be. One was listed for $63 and sold for $54. Another, with a G monogram on the buckle, was listed at $125 and sold for $99 on a best offer. An older Juicy Couture bag with a butterfly design sold for $199 at full price, roughly 200 bucks. A Roxy bowling bag with a bold black and white design sold for its full $135 asking price. Bowling bags were a Y2K staple, and buyers are looking for them again.
How To Use This At Thrift Stores And In Your Closet
Whether you want to resell or simply clear space, Meyer’s lesson applies. Stop deciding what something is worth based only on the name on the tag. His list says it all: a $100 Hollister baby doll top, a $99 Aeropostale hoodie, a $175 Adidas tracksuit, a $199 Juicy Couture bag and a $250 Abercrombie puffer.
- Check sold listings, not asking prices, to see what buyers have actually paid.
- Look at details such as beading, crochet, faux fur, rhinestones and silhouette, not just the label.
- Use specific keywords in your listing, like bling or wide leg, so the right shoppers find it.
- Be open to best offers. Several of these sales came through offers below the listed price.
If that closet purge has been sitting on your to-do list, it may be worth a second look at those old mall brand pieces before they head to the donation bin.
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