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New Look Blazers Resale Value

A used New Look blazer is typically worth £10 to £46 (approximately $13 to $61), against £15 to £70 for blazers generally. New Look’s second-hand market is driven by fit rather than by fashion. The wide-fit footwear and the tall and petite ranges are stocked shallowly, so buyers who need them genuinely search for them used.

New Look blazers: price by condition

ConditionTypical
New with Tags£46 (~$61)
Like New£39 (~$52)
Good£30 (~$40)
Fair£21 (~$28)
For Parts£12 (~$15)

Seller-declared grades, sterling with an approximate US dollar equivalent at £1 ≈ $1.33 (July 2026). What each grade means.

What holds its value across New Look

  • Wide-fit footwear, which is a real and under-served search and the brand’s most distinctive resale category
  • Tall and petite range pieces, which are cut differently from the main range and are hard for those buyers to find
  • Unworn stock with tags, which is common given the volume the brand sells online
  • Occasion dresses in season, which is when the searches for them actually take place

What pulls New Look resale value down

  • Everyday jersey and basics, which sit against a low new price and rarely justify their own listing
  • Faux-leather footwear with creased and cracked uppers, which is the commonest failure in this price bracket
  • Worn heel tips and scuffed soles, which decide the price of any used shoe and are always asked about
  • Faded blacks on cotton and viscose, which happens quickly and is obvious beside anything newer

Identifying and dating yours

  1. State the fit explicitly — wide, standard, tall or petite — because that is the search term for this brand’s strongest categories
  2. Photograph the sole and heel tip of any footwear, which is the fact a buyer needs and sellers routinely omit
  3. Give the flat measurements alongside the label size, since the ranges are cut differently from one another

What lifts any blazer, whatever the label

Blazers are judged on construction and shoulder fit, because those are the parts a buyer cannot alter cheaply.

  • Canvassed or half-canvassed construction
  • Natural fibre cloth with a good handle
  • Clean shoulders with no divots or pressing marks
  • Working buttonholes on higher-end tailoring

And what pulls one down

  • Fused construction that has bubbled
  • Shine on the elbows and seat of the sleeve
  • Moth damage in wool
  • Very dated lapel widths and shoulder shapes

Working out what yours is worth

  1. Pinch the lapel to feel for a floating canvas layer
  2. Hold it to the light checking for moth holes
  3. Measure the shoulder width and chest

What to state in the listing

  • Shoulder-to-shoulder, chest, sleeve and back length
  • Fabric composition and whether it is fully or half lined
  • Single or double breasted, and the number of buttons
  • Whether it is part of a suit, and any wear at elbows or cuffs

Fabric, cut and size: “Wool Blend Single Breasted Blazer, Navy, Size 40R”. Include the shoulder measurement in the description — it is the one dimension a tailor cannot fix, so it decides whether the blazer is usable at all.

Preparing and photographing it

  1. Measure shoulder to shoulder across the back, plus chest, sleeve and length.
  2. Check the lining, the shoulder pads and whether the vents and pockets are still tacked shut.
  3. Look for shine on the elbows and seat of the sleeves, which is where wool blazers wear.
  1. Front on a hanger, buttoned, shoulders sitting properly
  2. Flat with a tape across the shoulders
  3. The inner label with composition, and the lining
  4. Cuffs, elbows and any pull, shine or stain

When it sells best, and handing it over

Lifts in autumn and around interview and wedding season in spring. Classic navy and grey sell steadily; bold patterns move slowly.

Fold along the existing seams with the shoulders turned in, or post on a hanger in a garment bag if you can. A crumpled blazer arrives looking worthless.

What buyers ask

What sells best from New Look second hand?

Wide-fit shoes, and pieces from the tall and petite ranges. Those are genuinely hard to find and buyers search for them specifically.

Should I mention that shoes are wide fit?

Always, in the title. It is the single most useful word you can put in a listing for this brand’s footwear.

How much is a New Look blazer worth?

Roughly £10 to £46 depending on condition, against £15 to £71 for blazers generally. The identification points above are what move a listing to the top of that range.

What the fees would take elsewhere

At the mid-range £28 for a New Look blazer, against what the commission marketplaces would deduct:

PlatformFeeYou keep
Poshmark−£6£22
eBay−£4£24
Mercari−£3£25
Etsy−£2£26
WishThrift−£0£28

Seller-side rates verified 26 Jul 2026, percentages only — the per-order and processing charges those platforms add are excluded, so the real gap is wider.

Listing is free and there is no commission — read how to sell a blazer for the title, handover and timing, or the general blazer value guide if yours is not a New Look.

See also: all New Look value guides · value guides by brand · buying a blazer · Clothing · condition grades.