Save money, refresh wardrobes with clothing swaps. LA Times Style Editor, Susan Carpenter reaches out to Suzanne Agasi for her expertise on how to host a Clothing Swap event in her home for her gal pals.

July 2006
DIVA EVE: 100th milestone Clothing Swap hosted by Suzanne Agasi. Videographer, Aymerick Rondeau created this fantastic visual clip which captures the true excitement and elegance.  Aymerick is an accomplished and very creative frenchman living and working in San Francisco.

The votes are in!  
Along with Barack and Michelle Obama, Clothing Swap's Founder, Suzanne Agasi made this short list.

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SF Weekly

Stay fashion forward by looking in the back of your closet

by Karen Macklin - March 6, 2009

Suzanne Agasi, a pioneer of the Bay Area swap movement, has been holding swaps for more than 10 years and notes the special need for them now, in the heat of the melting economy.  "Women always want something new," she says.  "If you are a starving student or off-the-charts wealthy, clothing swaps give you the opportunity to get a shopping high without spending a lot of money."

Agasi's swaps which often happen at bars, sometimes incorporate manicures and massages and double as networking events.  You can shop while getting pampered- and connect with others who might have leads on jobs (a plus, if you've just lost yours).  "When the going gets tough," she says, "the tough go SWAPPING."

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CBS 13 Sacramento

In tough economic times, more and more women are trading clothes instead of buying ones.  Women turned out in droves at the latest Clothing Swap in Roseville.  Andrea Menniti reports on the timely and popular 'Fashion Stimulus Clothing Swap'.

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