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Buy and sell pre-owned luxury with confidence — free calculators for resale value, consignment payouts, designer depreciation, size conversion, cost-per-wear, and an authentication checklist that flags doubts, plus plain-English guides to the designer-resale market.
From pricing a pre-owned bag and checking a consignment payout to converting a designer size, judging whether a piece is worth its cost-per-wear, and scoring a listing against an authentication checklist, DressReal pairs free hands-on calculators with plain-English guides to the designer-resale market and an illustrated museum of fashion. Buy and sell secondhand luxury from real numbers, not a hunch.
Designer Resale Calculators
Free tools for the numbers behind buying and selling pre-owned luxury — resale value, consignment payouts, designer depreciation, size conversion, cost-per-wear, and authentication scoring.
Resale Value Estimator
Estimate what a pre-owned designer piece will fetch from its brand tier, condition, age, and original retail price — a realistic asking number before you list or make an offer
Consignment Payout Calculator
See what actually lands in your pocket after a consignment or marketplace commission — enter the sale price and the platform's tiered rate to get your real net payout
Designer Depreciation Calculator
Model how a designer piece holds value over the years you own it — current worth and the percentage of retail retained, by brand tier and age
Luxury Size Converter
Convert designer, EU, US, and UK sizing for apparel and shoes so a secondhand listing in one system tells you whether it will actually fit
Cost-Per-Wear Calculator
Work out the true cost of a piece after expected resale value, spread across the times you will wear it — the number that tells you whether luxury is a splurge or a bargain
Authentication Checklist Scorer
Answer a category-specific checklist — stitching, hardware, serials, receipts — and get a checklist score that flags doubts and when a deal needs a professional check
Designer Fashion Museum
Step into an illustrated museum of designer fashion — the great couture houses, the designers who defined modern style, the iconic garments that shaped the wardrobe, and the accessories collectors still hunt on the resale market, each in its own gallery. Get to know the heritage behind the pieces you buy and sell.
Tour the museum →From the Resale Journal
Fresh guides on authenticating designer pieces, pricing and selling pre-owned luxury, consignment and buying secondhand, and caring for garments so they hold their value.
What New With Tags Is Actually Worth
On a $1,200 luxury piece, keeping the tags on is worth $97. It is the highest-value piece of cardboard in your wardrobe and most people bin it the day it arrives.
When to Sell a Designer Piece, and Why the Answer Is Usually Sooner
Waiting a year on a $2,500 luxury piece costs $115 of sale price — and can cost more than that in payout, because falling below a commission threshold changes the rate you are paid at.
The Three Tells That Carry the Weight in Every Category
Each authentication checklist puts more than half its weight on two or three critical items. Knowing which they are turns a long list into three photographs to ask for.
Buying Secondhand Is Buying Someone Else's Depreciation
A $3,000 luxury piece costs $1,239 at two years old. Own it three more years and sell, and you are out $336 — against $1,885 for whoever bought it new.
The Brand Tier Decides Most of It Before You Choose Anything Else
Two $1,500 pieces, both in excellent condition, both ten years old: the ultra-tier one resells for $463 and the entry one for $115. Tier is the only input you fix permanently at the moment of purchase.
An Italian 42 Is Not an Italian 42
A women's US 6 is an Italian 42. A men's US 40 is an Italian 50. The same printed number describes two completely different garments, and resale listings rarely say which chart they mean.
Keep Learning
Plain-language explainers on authentication, buying and selling pre-owned, luxury brands and materials, and garment care — everything you need to trade secondhand luxury with confidence.
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