East End fashion stores send a thrifty goodbye
Another popular fashion store is leaving Adelaide’s East End after Leonard St clothing quietly shut up shop a few weeks ago. The third to be packing its handbags to exit the precinct.
Thrifters and resellers will say a final farewell to Goodbyes on Rundle Street in May, with co-founders Olivia Mangan and Monique Thomas announcing the “difficult decision” to the Adelaide Community via an email this morning.
The news comes hot on the heels of popular Australian fashion label Leonard St exiting Ebenezer Place a few weeks ago, one source saying its Melbourne-based owners wanted to consolidate operations in their Victorian home town.
There was no fanfare before the store that opened in Adelaide during 2015 was left empty in the midst of fringe festival traffic.
Another Ebenezer Place fashion destination is also leaving the trendy strip at the end of March, Van Brussel, has announced it intends taking a shopfront break for a few months, with plans to find a new Adelaide trading spot.
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A more public goodbye has been issued from Rundle Street.
“While this isn’t the outcome we had hoped for, we know that in business things don’t always go to plan,” the Goodbyes email says.
“With rising costs and slower than expected growth, it hasn’t been viable for us to commit to a new lease term.
“We’re incredibly grateful to you, our Adelaide community, for shopping, selling and for embracing Goodbyes over the years.”
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The clothing and accessories resale service first opened in Adelaide in 2023 after establishing itself as a popular thrift destination interstate.
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The brand’s website says it had a goal to open a store in “every major city nationally” to make second-hand shopping “more desirable than buying new”.
But no announcements for another Adelaide location have been made.
Goodbyes’ first retail store opened in Brunswick in 2015, before expanding to other Melbourne locations at Collingwood and Prahran. The founders then looked to grow the business outside of Victoria, opening an ACT store in Braddon and a Tasmanian location in Hobart.
Goodbyes built their brand by selling pre-loved clothes to reduce the sale of fast-fashion items and minimise the associated environmental impacts. Customers sell their selected items in-store on consignment and, when sold, the seller receives 50 per cent of the sale price.
All items are hand curated by Goodbyes staff, with “international designers, unique vintage and well-made basics” for both men and women.
The Adelaide store has promised all consignment agreements will be honoured until the closing date in May, with payments available for collection up until that point.
Goodbye’s East End store’s final opening day slated for Sunday, May 24, and consignment items will no longer be accepted after March 29.
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