Clothing swaps are not new. People who are really good at organizing them are. Check this from swapatx’s FAQ:
There are free swaps around town. Why are you charging $5?
A couple reasons. First of all, charging a nominal fee helps us to be able to spend a lot of our free time working the event- it also helps us be able to make the events fun: free dance parties exist, but there’s a reason you’re willing to pay to go to a really good one. We gotta pay for coffee. But more importantly, when we’ve done free events, we’ve gotten a lot of creepers looking for free stuff and piles of really crappy clothing. The $5 keeps the creepers out & you in. We are not above being exclusive.
Right on. So hit up Beauty Bar (617 E 7th st.) on Saturday, February 19th from 4-9pm for some sweet free clothes and cool people. $5 ($10 without clothes)