thredUP Launches First-Ever Upcycled Holiday Collection Starring Fran Drescher

thredUP’s Full Circle Collection is designed and produced in partnership with Brooklyn-based designer Zero Waste Daniel. Made entirely of upcycled secondhand clothes, the collection offers affordable gifts across apparel, accessories, and home goods -- including custom items designed for Fran Drescher herself.

November 10, 2022 - thredUP, one of the largest online resale platforms, has launched the thredUP x Zero Waste Daniel Full Circle Collection, an upcycled holiday collection made entirely of secondhand clothes. The company partnered with The Nanny star and style icon Fran Drescher to bring the trash-to-treasure collection to life for the ultimate fashion throwback.

thredUP tasked sustainable fashion designer Zero Waste Daniel with creating a limited collection filled with affordable, eco-friendly, and one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by Fran Drescher's signature style. The collection offers giftable items-- from pet beds and bowls, to scarves, bucket hats, and scrunchies -- starting at $10. Among the giftable categories, thredUP is selling an exclusive selection of Nanny-inspired looks that were custom made for Fran.

thredUP will donate 20% of proceeds from the Full Circle Collection to Fran’s charity, Cancer Schmancer.

“I love the ethos of this collection, and working with thredUP and Zero Waste Daniel to create Fran Fine-approved custom looks was a dream. This holiday season, it’s so important to consider buying gifts that are planet friendly and give back. This upcycled collection is the perfect way to get into the holiday spirit. It’s especially close to my heart because thredUP is donating a portion of proceeds to my organization, Cancer Schmancer.” -- Fran Drescher, actor and philanthropist

"Nowadays, it feels like sustainable is a word people slap on something to make it more expensive. My core belief is that everyone deserves to look and feel their best, and we all deserve a healthy planet too. I am so inspired by thredUP's mission and was eager to tackle and challenge industry norms, by making the sustainable option affordable. That's why it means so much to me that The Full Circle Collection can help you choose used for holiday gifting on a realistic budget. It's always a challenge to get price point and ethics to align, but with the magic of the holiday season and the endless inspiration that is Fran, we managed to upcycle literally thousands of garments, make everything here in New York City, pay our workers fairly, and still have giftable items coming in as low as $10." - Zero Waste Daniel, Designer

What’s Old is New Again:

Fran Drescher joined forces with thredUP as the face of the campaign to bring her signature flair to their Full Circle Collection. With a passion for protecting the planet, Fran is committing to gift more sustainably this holiday season and hopes this collection inspires others to do the same.

Fran’s longtime stylist and Emmy Award-winning costume designer of The Nanny, Brenda Cooper, styled thredUP’s holiday photoshoot that was captured in Fran’s Malibu home. Brenda also gave insider tips on how to create Fran-inspired pieces exclusively for the thredUP x Zero Waste Daniel Full Circle Collection.

“We hope this collection designed by Zero Waste Daniel demonstrates that there is always more life left in the clothing we give away. As one of the largest online thrift stores, we are committed to thinking creatively about how we can recirculate and make use of every single item that comes through our doors. We also love a fashion throwback, so we decided to marry two of our favorites: secondhand clothes transformed into new looks, and unforgettable 90s fashion. Who better to represent this combination than the ultimate then-and-now fashion icon, Fran Drescher. We are thrilled to partner with her and Zero Waste Daniel on this campaign and show the world that some things just never go out of style.” - Erin Wallace, VP of Integrated Marketing, thredUP

About The thredUP x Zero Waste Daniel Full Circle Collection:

thredUP’s 2022 Holiday Survey found that 78% of consumers say they would like to give holiday gifts that are special without spending a lot of money.* The Full Circle Collection aims to provide one-of-a-kind gifts that don’t break the bank.

The Full Circle Collection offers a gift for everyone with one-of-a-kind home goods like napkin sets and pet beds to cozy holiday essentials, including sweaters and scarves. Prices start at $10, with most items ranging from $20 to $60. The bespoke Collector’s Coats go up to $600. The collection will be available to shop starting November 15, 2022 at thredUP.com/fullcircle. Shoppers can sign up for texts to get notified when the collection drops and be the first to get their hands on these exclusive items.**

thredUP and Zero Waste Daniel's shared ethos of fighting fashion waste resulted in a collection that utilized every clothing scrap, so that nothing went to waste.

Zero Waste Daniel created all 1,000 pieces in NYC, using approximately 2,000 lbs of textiles that could not otherwise be resold.

For Home:

For a limited time, thredUP is expanding into home goods as part of the Full Circle Collection.

For Accessorizing:

For Stepping Out:

**The Collector’s Coat:** *$600:* Each coat is wholly unique and the best addition to your closet for the winter season ahead. Zero Waste Daniel used leftover pieces of fabric from the rest of the collection to artfully create these limited, custom coats.

thredUP’s Holiday Survey Found that Consumers Want to Cut the Waste this Holiday Season:

thredUP’s Holiday Survey conducted with GlobalData revealed that many consumers are interested in shopping more sustainably this holiday season, with more than 70% of consumers saying they want to be less wasteful this holiday season. Survey highlights include:

Consumers want to cut the waste this holiday season.

71% of consumers say they want to be less wasteful this holiday season.
Nearly 3 in 4 millennials say they would like to give more eco-friendly gifts this holiday season.
66% of consumers (even higher among millennials and Gen Z) say buying secondhand apparel/fashion gifts is more socially acceptable than it was 5 years ago.

As prices continue to rise, consumers are looking to spend less money this holiday season.

More than 3 in 4 consumers (76%) -- and 79% of millennials -- would like to buy more affordable gifts this holiday season.
78% of consumers would like to give holiday gifts that are special without spending a lot of money.
64% of consumers say purchasing secondhand gifts could help them stretch their dollar further this holiday season.

Upcycled gifts help consumers buy unique and sustainable gifts this holiday season.

56% of consumers (61% of Gen Z) say they are open to or prefer receiving an upcycled gift.
- #1 reason: It's more unique than a new item.
- #2 reason: It's more eco-friendly than a new item.
71% of consumers -- and 82% of Gen Z -- say they would like to give more one-of-a-kind gifts this holiday season.

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Photographer: Ashley Batz

Stylist: Brenda Cooper

About thredUP

thredUP is transforming resale with technology and a mission to inspire a new generation of consumers to think secondhand first. By making it easy to buy and sell secondhand, thredUP has become one of the world's largest online resale platforms for women's and kids' apparel, shoes and accessories. Sellers love thredUP because we make it easy to clean out their closets and unlock value for themselves or for the charity of their choice while doing good for the planet. Buyers love shopping value, premium and luxury brands all in one place, at up to 90% off estimated retail price. Our proprietary operating platform is the foundation for our managed marketplace and consists of distributed processing infrastructure, proprietary software and systems and data science expertise. With thredUP's Resale-as-a-Service, some of the world's leading brands and retailers are leveraging our platform to deliver customizable, scalable resale experiences to their customers. thredUP has processed over 137 million unique secondhand items from 55,000 brands across 100 categories. By extending the life cycle of clothing, thredUP is changing the way consumers shop and ushering in a more sustainable future for the fashion industry.

About Zero Waste Daniel

Zero Waste Daniel is a New York based clothing designer and zero-waste lifestyle pioneer who uses pre-consumer waste sourced from New York City’s garment industry, as well as other hard-to-recycle materials, to create his line of genderless clothing and accessories that send nothing to landfills. His story and brand went viral in 2017 with more than 35 million views worldwide on NOW THIS, INSIDER, MASHABLE, and BUZZFEED. Daniel continues to inspire change and make headlines by growing the mission of ending waste culture and redefining the meaning of “sustainable design” as a call to action for all who wish to participate. His brand can be found in features on CNN, BUZZFEED NEWS, PAPER MAGAZINE, and THE NEW YORK TIMES among countless others. You can shop the designer's full collection exclusively at www.zerowastedaniel.com.

About Fran Drescher

Fran Drescher is a Golden Globe & Emmy-nominated actor, best known for her portrayal of the beloved Fran Fine in the hit television series The Nanny, a series she created, wrote & executive produced. She is a two time New York Times best selling author with Enter Whining and Cancer Schmancer. Fran is the founder and visionary of her non profit Cancer Schmancer which focuses on causation of disease and radical lifestyle change to prevent or reverse illness. Most recently, in September of ‘21, Fran was elected national president of Sag Aftra, the largest entertainment labor union in the world and a proud member of the afl-cio. Currently, she is lighting a fire with her usual flair for AMFA The American Music Fairness Act and PATPA The Performing Arts Tax Parity Act as well as The CROWN Act and Violence Against Women Act. She is known as an outspoken defender of civil liberties, diversity and inclusion. And as her union's first environmentalist president, she created Green Council, a constellation of every entertainment industry entity. Their first mission is an industry wide ban on single use plastic. Currently she is writing with her writing/producing partner Peter Marc Jacobson The Nanny Musical for Broadway and just wrapped her performance in a film for Lifetime. Fran lives in gratitude with her white husky dog, Angel Grace in Malibu.

*thredUP’s 2022 Holiday Survey: Third-party retail analytics firm GlobalData conducted a survey of 2,005 American consumers in October 2022, asking questions about their shopping behaviors this holiday season.

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Consumers can text FRAN to 40272 to be notified when the collection drops.