Pass it on.

The League of Friends Trade-Back program lets you return outgrown pieces for store credit. Good clothes deserve more than one childhood.

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Send it back

We review the condition

You get store credit

It finds a new home

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WHY TRADE BACK THEIR CLOTHes?

Built to keep going

We design for circularity from the start. Every piece is made to be worn by more than one child.

Store credit that adds up

When you return what your kids outgrow, you get credit toward their next favorite thing.

keeps it out of the landfill

Donated clothing often ends up in a bin anyway. Trade-back means it goes to a family who'll actually use it.

nothing wasted

We repair and mend what we can. Even pieces that can't be resold get recycled, not tossed.

How the trade-back works

The trade-back program isn't a bonus feature. It's part of what makes a League of Friends piece worth buying in the first place. We made the clothes to last longer than one season — this is how we make sure they do.

Illustrated diagram showing the League of Friends trade-back process: Clean Out, Mail In, Earn store credit, and Shop again.

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made to outlast one childhood.

League of Friends pieces are made in small batches from organic cotton and botanically dyed yarns. They're built to be worn hard, washed many times, and passed on. The trade-back program is how we close that loop, keeping the clothes we make out of the landfill and in the lives of kids who can still use them.

why trade back instead of donating?

without trade-back

with lof trade-back

Outgrown pieces sit in a closet

Pieces go back into circulation

Donated items often end up in a landfill

Each piece reaches a family who'll actually use it

Resale apps take time, photos, & negotiation

One email, we handle the rest

You lost the value of what you bought

You get store credit toward something new

The loop stays open

The loop closes

Founder Note

Why we built this

When I started League of Friends, the trade-back program wasn't an afterthought. It was part of the original idea. If I was going to ask people to spend more on children's clothing because it was made better, the clothing had to actually go somewhere when kids outgrew it.

Most kids' clothing doesn't. It gets donated to places that can't sell it, or it ends up in a bin. That felt like the wrong end for something made from organic cotton with botanical dyes, by people who care about the full lifecycle of what they make.

The trade-back program is still simple, and for now that's by design. Email us. Tell us what you have. We take it from there.

Megan Oliver, Founder League of Friends

ready to pass it on?

Email us at hello@leagueoffriends.nyc with "Trade-Back" in the subject line. Let us know what pieces you have and the condition they're in, and we'll walk you through the next steps.

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