In London we look for 'charity shops' which are in almost every high street (Americans say main street). In North west London I have shopped in Barnado's, Cancer Research, Oxfam, and St Luke's Hospice shops.
Americans and New Zealanders have thrift shops.
Australians and New Zealanders use the terms op shop, re use re love, second hand, thrifters. Charity shop had slightly downmarket and negative connotation, so, I remember being told by a New Zealand friend, an Australian woman coined the term Op Shop, short for Opportunity Shop, which resulted in more sales and more status for buyers.
I had even more success in New Zealand's North Island, at Gisborne, which had a huge shop. They opened on a Sunday and had suitcases, basic buttons, crockery, clothes on a bargain rail (hurray) and other clothes at higher prices.
Signs to look for in New Zealand
Cancer
Dove Hospice shop
SPCA Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Salvation Army
St Luke's
Auckland also has lots of second hand boutiques.
If you are prepared to pay more for clothes on consignment (the term used in the USA and New Zealand usually meaning a shop stocking second hand goods - usually designer or upmarket and good condition - for sale or return to the owner, not for a charity, and more expensive) I found one on the corner at the top of the road slope, mountainside, in Waikeke.
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