Los Angeles City College opened an on-campus, completely free clothing store for students this month. The idea for “Cubby’s Closet” came from the LACC student government, who identified a need on campus for students to be able to clothe themselves for interviews and fancier events, save money, and not contribute to fast fashion.
About 16 student government members and four administrators at LACC made the 2021 idea for a closet a reality.
Student body president Elizabeth Yamasaki saw the idea through to completion. She says all of the clothes are donated, an idea she had while working at a clothing store in Beverly Hills.
The usually grumpy LACC mascot “Cubby” likes to shop as much as the next bear, and now decorates the hallway outside “Cubby’s Closet,” LACC’s new free boutique for students.
“Items about $400 or $500, they probably had a stain, like a mark or pen or some makeup, or like a broken zipper, things like that—that are fixable, repairable—the company would tell us to like completely snatch off the tag, and cut through the clothes and throw them away,” she said.
Yamasaki asked her boss if the “unusable” clothes could be donated instead.
“They said, ‘It’s against guidelines.’”
LACC acting dean of student life Juan Alvarez (left) stands…
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