The Trunk Edit
Your go-to space for features, style tips and the occasional wardrobe truth bomb. It’s all here – including advice on buying and selling pre-loved fashion with Trunk Style.
It’s expensive being a woman – get new style confidence without the price tag
Fashion isn’t just about what we wear – it’s about how it makes us feel. The right outfit can spark confidence, shift our mood, and help us step into the world feeling empowered. But for many women, building a wardrobe of quality pieces comes with challenges. Clothes are expensive, women often pay more for the same product, and fast fashion often doesn’t last beyond the first wash.
That’s where Trunk Style comes in – Australia’s sustainable fashion marketplace.
Why secondhand baby and kids’ clothes just make sense
One minute you’re bringing home a squishy newborn in a size 0000 wondersuit. Next thing you know, they’re somehow a fully-fledged toddler with opinions, a lunchbox, and shoes that mysteriously no longer fit (again). Blink and you’ll miss a size – and suddenly that $80 Jacadi Paris onesie you splurged on? Worn once. For 13 minutes.
Here’s the thing no one tells you when you’re pregnant and hormonal and adding French babywear to your Pinterest board: kids don’t wear clothes out – they just grow out of them. Fast.
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The many lives (and wardrobes) of a woman
We all know it's never ‘just clothes’. There’s your uni look: part op-shop gem, part panic-buy, and 100 per cent not weather appropriate. Then came your first ‘real’ job, and the panic-bought pencil skirts to prove it. After that? The ‘I have no idea what my style is, but I own seven striped shirts’ phase.
And then, maybe, came pregnancy. Maternity jeans. Postpartum bras that could double as camping gear. Suddenly, your wardrobe’s trying to keep up with your body, your budget, and your entire identity shift – and failing.
How Trunk helps you dress for less (and stress less)
We don’t need to tell you the cost of living is cooked. Your ALDI shop just hit triple digits – and all you bought was oat milk, bananas and something vaguely healthy for school lunches. Daycare fees? Basically a second mortgage. Kids’ feet? Blink and they’ve outgrown their shoes again. And don’t even get us started on trying to find an outfit that makes you feel stylish without spending half your pay.
That’s where Trunk comes in – for clearing out the clothes that no longer fit your life (or your schedule), and finding ones that actually do. Whether you’re trying to reclaim a bit of wardrobe space, finally get rid of those maternity jeans, or hunting down something sophisticated-but-not-crushingly-expensive, Trunk makes it doable.
Bundling 101: The art of selling smarter, not harder
If you’re listing one lonely onesie at a time, we need to talk. Bundles are where the magic happens. Whether it’s your kid’s entire size 2 winter wardrobe or three office tops you’ve already mentally resigned from, bundling means one listing, one parcel, and one buyer who’s thrilled to save on shipping. Better value for the buyer, less faffing about for you, and less packaging waste in the process. It’s the sustainable fashion marketplace version of a win–win–win.
How to sell on Trunk without losing your mind (or your weekend)
Snap it, sell it, send it – and just like that, it’s out of your life (and into your bank account).
We’ve all been there. Staring at a wardrobe that’s part fashion archive, part identity crisis. Maternity jeans from two kids ago. That one dress you swore you’d wear on “the next date night” – if only you ever left the house after 6pm. The boyfriend jeans that fit like they’re clinging on for dear life. The baby clothes your kid outgrew yesterday.
You think: Maybe I should sell some of this?
A note from our founder, Helen Cavallo
As women, we’re constantly changing – becoming mums, starting jobs, ditching jobs, going through breakups, glow-ups, relocations, and revolutions. And our wardrobes tend to come along for the ride – even when they really should’ve jumped off three stops ago.
So I started imagining a space.
A proper platform to buy and sell secondhand pieces. For women (and their small, sticky-fingered offspring). A place where we could pass on good clothes to people who’d actually wear them.