The Associated Students (A.S.) organized a clothing swap on Thursday in collaboration with the Campus Community Garden, where students had the chance to give clothes a new life. 

A clothing swap is a sustainable way to get new clothes that are donated, according to a Fashion Takes Action Webpage. 

Kaili Mallari, the A.S. director of sustainability affairs and event organizer, said about 30 people donated clothes.

“I mean, it sounds like not very many, but people brought in fat bags,” Mallari said.

From shoes to pants, attendees were able to pick up whatever they liked to take home with no limit or charge. 

Audrey Nguyen, a fourth-year ecology and evolutionary biology student, said she enjoys clothing swaps for the free clothes and the sustainability of it.  

“I like how sustainable clothing swaps are,” Nguyen said. “I know that there’s a lot of clothing waste and fashion waste and it’s a lot nicer than thrifting because you’re not spending money. It feels very nice to swap clothes that aren’t being used.”

Students lined up outside the garden waiting for the event to start, which caused a rush at the start of the event.

The attendance for the event was expected to be 56 students, according to the Sammy App event sign up. 

While some students brought bags for the clothes they were going to take home, others brought more donations. 

Five different tables throughout the garden were filled with different items, all donated from students for attendees to choose from, along with 2 coat racks. 

Each table and rack had a different category of clothing, shirts, work out clothes, pants, coats and some hats.

The shirts tables were the most popular, with items on those tables being taken the quickest. 

Mallari said any extra clothes left over from the event will be used for an Earth Day clothing swap event.

Seth Moore, a second-year mechanical engineering student and resident advisor at Joe West Hall, said his floor’s theme is sustainability, so they hosted an event with the floor to meet up and participate in the clothing swap.

“Events like this provide education about sustainability and pull more and more people in, so that maybe they will get involved with the garden,” Moore said.

Pizza My Heart and water were also provided for guests at the event to enjoy while participating in the clothing swap.

Mallari said students liked past clothing swap events and giving students the opportunity to have a permanent event like this made her want to organize the event again.

“Having a clothing swap gives students the chance to donate their clothes and give clothes a second life,” Mallari said. “It reduces waste on campus, which I think is a really huge problem on campus.”