| Growing up with three sisters, it was important | | | | Now days, thrift store parking lots are filled with |
| for us to bewell-groomed. We were always | | | | luxury carsas well as the more modest ones |
| borrowing clothes from each otherthen returning | | | | reflecting the escalating prices. |
| them clean and pressed. It was a way of | | | | The stores have become so profitable that the |
| strechingour wardrobes and to the outside world | | | | same people theyonce helped cannot afford to |
| we had an endless supply. | | | | shop there. Thrift stores like |
| We were thrifty without realizing it and no one | | | | Goodwill have some quality items and at clothing |
| was the wiser. | | | | items are auctioned in the same way as on ebay. |
| The first thrift store was opened in London during | | | | Although, it is better to visit their stores for more |
| the middleeighteen-hundreds.The Salvation Army | | | | of a variety of items and sizes. |
| went around collectingdonated goods from the | | | | Kate Magazine is an online shopping magazine and |
| working classes and then selling themto the poor | | | | she gives sound advice for buying vintage clothes |
| for a fraction of the cost. A few years later,a | | | | and sizing them correctly. Also, she has links to |
| Salvation Army store was opened in the lower | | | | resale shops and a newsletter that can be sent to |
| East side of | | | | an online email inbox. She also gives shopping tips |
| Manhattan serving over three million impoverished | | | | about what time of year the mall outlets sell their |
| people. | | | | merchandise at the lowest prices. A city's online |
| During the depression, it was shameful to be seen | | | | yellow pages is a good source for locating the |
| wearingthrift store cast-offs. Clothes were | | | | names of local thrift stores and resale shops. |
| handed down to anotherfamily member. Shoes | | | | After finding a favorite thrift store, resale shop or |
| were patched, blouses or shirts weremended or | | | | mall outlet, it is wise to visit it frequently in order |
| seams torn apart and made over to fit a family | | | | to keep up with the changing merchandise. It is a |
| recipient. During the nineteen-fifties, wealthy | | | | good idea to check thethrift store, resale shop or |
| women donatedtheir clothes to be re-sold. The | | | | mall outlet's refund or exchangepolicy because a |
| profits from these upscaleresale shops were | | | | lot of them do not allow it.Shopping at |
| shared with the donor or the shop profitedfrom it. | | | | theseestablishments is a unique way to add to an |
| During the nineteen-seventies,thrift stores | | | | existing wardrobewithout going over a limited |
| werepopular with the hippies and the college | | | | clothing budget. |
| students searchingfor vintage styles. | | | | |