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anonymom

Tue, Jul 06 2010, 10:28 pm

I also love thrift shops and I'm jealous that you have so many on one row. But I'm OOT and don't have a whole day to spend either. I also could not resist stopping when I passed by a thrift shop while on vacation in another city.

I keep a staple remover in my laundry room.

WriterMom

Tue, Jul 06 2010, 10:34 pm

I love thrift stores. I like them mostly for three reasons:
1) my household is hard on clothes. If the kids wreck something over theirs or of mine, it's a lot easier not to get upset when the shirt in question cost $3.
2) I get to "try out" brands that I otherwise wouldn't. Sometimes I find something is so well made that I want to try and find it new/on sale (I'm with louche, paying full price is for lazy people!), and otherwise it amuses me greatly to wear something that normally sells for $200 that I bought for $8 (Donna Karan skirt suit!)
3) when tznius clothes aren't "in", it's the best place in town to find long skirts, 3/4 length sleeves, non-plunging necklines etc. Retailers carry what's in vogue; thrift shops carry what was in vogue any time in the last two decades or so. Almost all my denim skirts are from there.

louche

Wed, Jul 07 2010, 12:57 pm

WriterMom wrote:

Almost all my denim skirts are from there.

Me, too! Me, too! I'm stocking up when I find them b/c soon they won't be around. Already my Goodwill has mostly minis.

frumluv

Wed, Jul 07 2010, 1:42 pm

I also love thrift stores & flea markets. Great place to buy denim skirts for very little money. I've even found nice dressy skirts there as well. Keep saying that I will visity City Opera Thrift, but haven't made it there yet.

be good

Wed, Jul 07 2010, 2:31 pm

this thread is making me so excited- nu Earnest, when are we going already??

JAWSCIENCE

Wed, Jul 07 2010, 4:13 pm

I am practically salivating. Where is this store? I MUST GO!

I love thrift stores. I get nice books and sometimes furniture for the house. I also have snagged some handbags that get compliments every time I wear them (who needs to spend 2,000 on coach when my 20$ "vintage" item is fancy enough for a wedding?)

I actually take the clothes with interesting fabric flowers and make flowers and appliques for headbands etc. out of them. I am even opening a little business to that end on etsy. Even the shmattas can often be turned into something lovely after washing and ironing,.

May

Thu, Jul 08 2010, 6:31 pm

I too love thrift shops. But I would be a bit cautious about a thrift shop outlet store - it probably gets all the stuff from the thrift stores that were never sold. So you will probably only find the worst of the garbage - all the nice things probably were picked through and sold in the actual thrift shops first.

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