Closet Cleanout
“Carefully chosen, good quality, preloved women’s fashion, from our closet to yours.”
A B O U T
WHAT STARTED AS ONE PERSON TRYING TO CLEAN OUT HER CLOSET GREW INTO A COMMUNITY OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. NEARLY 5,000 MEMBERS BECAME PART OF CLOSET CLEANOUT, AND THOUSANDS OF GARMENTS FOUND NEW HOMES THROUGH THE ACCOUNT.
THE IDEA BEHIND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO ENCOURAGE MORE MINDFUL CONSUMPTION. TO CONSIDER WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE BEFORE BUYING SOMETHING NEW. TO GIVE PRELOVED, VINTAGE, HANDMADE AND LOCALLY MADE PIECES ANOTHER LIFE. AND TO FIND WAYS OF SHOPPING THAT ARE A LITTLE GENTLER ON OUR ENVIRONMENT, ON THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE OUR CLOTHES, AND ON OUR WALLETS.
A N E W C H A P T E R
AFTER MANY WONDERFUL YEARS, CLOSET CLEANOUT HAS NOW COME TO AN END — BUT NOT BY CHOICE.
SEPT 4, 2026, THE @CLOSETCLEANOUTYXE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT WAS PERMANENTLY SHUT DOWN BY INSTAGRAM FOR VIOLATING ITS COMMUNITY GUIDELINES. WE WERE NOT GIVEN A CLEAR EXPLANATION OF THE SPECIFIC VIOLATION, BUT WE BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO OUR USE OF BRAND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM OTHER WEBSITES TO HELP SHOWCASE GARMENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, ONCE THE ACCOUNT WAS SHUT DOWN, THERE WAS NO WAY FOR US TO RESTORE THE COMMUNITY, ITS CONTENT OR THE PLATFORM THAT CLOSET CLEANOUT HAD BEEN BUILT ON.
I WANT TO SAY A VERY SINCERE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WAS PART OF IT.
THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO OPENED THEIR CLOSETS AND TRUSTED US WITH THEIR CLOTHING.
THANK YOU TO THE BUYERS WHO GAVE BEAUTIFUL PIECES NEW HOMES.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SHARED POSTS, INVITED FRIENDS, RECOMMENDED THE ACCOUNT, SHOWED UP FOR SALES, AND HELPED CREATE A COMMUNITY THAT WAS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THAN CLOTHING.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO BELIEVED IN THE IDEA THAT SOMETHING DOESN’T HAVE TO BE NEW TO BE SPECIAL.
MOST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR HELPING MAKE CLOSET CLEANOUT WHAT IT BECAME.
I HOPE THAT, IN SOME SMALL WAY, THIS COMMUNITY ENCOURAGED YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR CLOSET A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY — TO BUY A LITTLE MORE THOUGHTFULLY, TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF WHAT YOU OWN, AND TO REMEMBER THAT THERE IS A LOT OF VALUE IN SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN LOVED.
CLOSET CLEANOUT MAY BE CLOSED, BUT THE IDEA BEHIND IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE.
CONTINUE TO CHOOSE VINTAGE.
CONTINUE TO CHOOSE PRELOVED.
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT LOCAL.
CONTINUE TO MAKE, REPAIR, REUSE AND REIMAGINE.
AND, WHEN YOU CAN, BUY LESS AND BUY BETTER.
WITH GRATITUDE,
SHALLON
RACK + RUIN