Secondhand clothes are suddenly hot, and helping Dallas become a 'retail hub for the world. ' If everything old is new again, then everything thrifted is cool again.

Local store owners say they've seen more parents come in without hesitation to find pre-used clothing and supplies. When Jennifer Kinka was pregnant with her first child, she stood in the aisle of Babies R Us with a registry sheet, looking over the wall of plastic consumables the company deemed required for having a baby.