I haven’t bought much on ThredUp, mostly because they charge a shipping fee ($5.99 for orders under $79), return postage (free if you accept store credit, $8.99 otherwise) and a restocking fee ($1.99) and I think their prices are high for used clothing. However, they do sell Bravissimo for ridiculously low prices. Unfortunately, the sizing is never complete as ThredUp only lists the number size and not the curvy size. Which means it’s a gamble on if the Bravissimo item you order will actually fit and who wants to pay return shipping and a restocking fee for an item that wasn’t listed properly in the first place?
But if you use my ThredUp eBay hack all of these fees go away! In one of my many Bravissimo eBay searches I noticed that ThredUp appeared to be selling on eBay. I clicked on the clothing link and saw that shipping was free AND return shipping was free. Which means that we can now order Bravissimo from ThredUp without paying any of the fees if it ends up being the wrong curvy size! I haven’t tried this yet. I tend to scroll though the Bravissimo in my size on eBay at least once a week and I will update you if I end up buying any of ThredUp’s Bravissimo items.
The easiest way to find ThredUp’s Bravissimo clothing is to go to the ThredUp store on eBay (link here) and type in Bravissimo and voila! You can also search for other bust friendly brands like Lauren Ralph Lauren too (although Macy’s and the Ralph Lauren website generally both have amazing sales on Lauren dresses for only $10 to $15 more than ThredUp charges)! ThredUp tends to have a lot of promotions for a percentage off which aren’t always reflected in the eBay price but given the probability that the item won’t be the right curvy size it’s worth it to miss out on 30% off to avoid the shipping and restocking fees.
At the beginning of this post are the ThredUp Bravissimo items currently on eBay and below are the Bravissimo items for sale on the ThredUp website.
Let me know if any of you score any cheap Bravissimo with this hack!
*Note that the ThredUp link is a referral link which I don’t expect any of you to use since I am giving you this amazing hack but hey if you do use and don’t have an account and buy something we both get $10 in ThredUp credit. But seriously don’t buy from the ThredUp site buy from eBay!
This is great, thank you so much! Will certainly check this out when I’m in the market for clothing again!
Now that I am looking more closely, I note that in its ebay section, ThredUp does provide chest measurements for some of the clothing, but….the measurements look _really_ off to me…as in, significantly less than they should be, even taking British sizing into account. Thoughts?
Great question! I measured one of my Really Curvy/Super Curvy Bravissimo dresses in UK18 across the chest to compare to your findings.I think when the garment is laying flat and is measured across it doesn’t take into account the extra gathering or seams that make the bust area bigger. The Bravissimo bust portion of a garment needs to me measured in 3D (on a person) to understand the actual chest measurement. I would use the Bravissimo website size chart to figure out the sizing (although you might want to stick to garments made of stretch fabrics as there are much easier to fit and I have found fitting to vary in the woven fabric garments).