where to find secondhand fashion

If you can't afford stuff from the latest season and are sick of the leftovers from the sales, try secondhand fashion boutiques. Re-Fashion (221, Hankow Centre, Hankow Road, Tsim Sha Tsui; phone 2368-1368) carries casual wear, evening wear, shoes and accessories by designers such as Gucci, Prada, Jil Sander and Dries Van Noten. Canto-pop singer Amanda Lee owns a boutique where she sells off her own secondhand clothes, plus a few worn by other people, by her favourite designers Vivienne Westwood, Red or Dead, Helmut Lang, Atsuro Tayama and Japan's 20471120. 12A Haven Commercial Building, Tsing Fung Street, North Point. Tel: 2566-3811.

In Place buys clothes from local celebrities and socialites, so most of its stock - from casual pieces to ballgowns - have only been worn a few times and are in immaculate condition. Shop 24-25, 22 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay. Call 2808-1883. La Place (504-506 Pedder Building, 12 Pedder Street, Central, tel: 2868-3163) stocks women's clothing and a small collection of menswear by Giorgio Armani, Versace, Hermes and Gucci. It also has labels for kids. Medium Rare (1/F, 545 Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay, tel: 2838-3646) specialises in secondhand vintage jeans, jerseys, T-shirts, accessories and collectors' item such as first generation Air Jordans. It has recently moved into larger premises and now has a cafe.