My late father's wardrobe

[no_hypocrisy]

Wool tweed jackets
Brooks Brothers suits and shirts

Classic patterns

Do I have any other option other than donations?

[NV Whino]

1. eBay. N/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Sounds like my dad's clothes.

We gave most of it to Goodwill. It was good-quality stuff, we figured someone could use it.

[tabbycat31]

3. Ebay

However, if it a mostly professional wardrobe, contact a charity like Dress for Success (which provides outfits for people to go on job interviews).

[DebJ]

4. Facebook pages for local 'yard sales'.

If you Facebook.

I recently signed up for 7 local pages like that.
Most of the items are clothing.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Thanks. All good suggestions

[marzipanni]

6. A cousin who I haven't seen since we were kids talks with my brother and me on the phone

occasionally. She told us that her late teen-early 20s son was buying quality men's clothing at Goodwill and other thrift stores, then selling at quite a profit on Ebay.
The proceeds would be better than what a charity thrift store could get for them, so you could give some $ to a charity, too, if you feel like it.

[blackcrowflies]

7. shirts are pretty nice

Could you or another family member wear them?

Tailors can alter clothes.

[Aristus]

8. I'm a little luckier.

From my father's wardrobe, I inherited a full-length black leather topcoat. It's amazingly cool to wear...

[Chan790]

9. Consignment.

All of that is really hot and trendy now. Don't ask...the hipsters love it. Hell, I love it. A nice wool tweed jacket worn ironically will get you laid.

That's who is going to buy it from Goodwill, you might as well get real value for it...the majority of donations to Goodwill get shredded for rags or fibers, another large chunk gets sold on secondary markets in the poorer parts of the globe...only a small portion, what is considered most-salable makes it to your local store.

Alternately, if you have a cool college-aged or post-collegiate nephew, they'll probably love them. If they don't love the duds, you can tell them that the hippest person you know (me) thinks they're being a square. No shit, pick up any decent men's fashion magazine...your father's clothes are in-fashion. People are paying a lot of money to dress like your dad.