Guinness family heiress, Daphne Guinness, cleaned out her closet this week. For a good cause. After deciding she needs to make room for 20 more years of must-have trends, Guinness placed everything from Prada shoes to Alexander McQueen bags on an online auction site to raise money for the Womankind Worldwide fund. Our heart skipped a beat when we saw the Roland Mouret ‘Goldsmith’ dressand we wished we had the money (and the body)......

Whether your New Year’s resolution is to clean out your closet or expand its contents, local consignment shops are a great resource for thrifty shoppers. Second Time Around, with three locations in Boston, is a treasure trove of high-end fashion priced on an automatic markdown system—your discount is determined by the color of the price tag. As with all consignment and vintage stores, it’s better to go in without a particular piece in mind. And......