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Although I may be late on posting this because someone may have already posed this question or spoke about this before I figured it's a new site, a new forum so why not start fresh? I figured why not talk about thrift shopping and the art of re-use since it has everything to do with style and everything to do with the fact that many people are paying inflated prices for garments that cost less then a quarter of merchants' selling prices.
There has always been this negative stigma and ideology that came to the notion of thrift shopping. Sadly what people fail to realize is that although many of us may have champagne tastes we've got beer drinking pockets. As you can tell those two things just don't add up and at some point something has got to give. Are you really going to spend 500$ to get a Wings & Horn Jacket or find an alternative? I'm thinking most would find an alternative. Which is why I have to ask.
I'm not sure how y'all may feel about this but to me thrift shopping is something that really defines my lifestyle, tastes as well as ideologies that I have as a shopping enthusiast. I came across a great little documentary from a group of 'style connoisseurs' so-to-speak that delves into the notion of this kind of shopping and I wondered what KTT's thoughts were on this.
Check the video below and posts your thoughts if any.
http://vimeo.com/11341190
P.S. - Anyone know how to embed videos or know if it is even possible yet?
There has always been this negative stigma and ideology that came to the notion of thrift shopping. Sadly what people fail to realize is that although many of us may have champagne tastes we've got beer drinking pockets. As you can tell those two things just don't add up and at some point something has got to give. Are you really going to spend 500$ to get a Wings & Horn Jacket or find an alternative? I'm thinking most would find an alternative. Which is why I have to ask.
I'm not sure how y'all may feel about this but to me thrift shopping is something that really defines my lifestyle, tastes as well as ideologies that I have as a shopping enthusiast. I came across a great little documentary from a group of 'style connoisseurs' so-to-speak that delves into the notion of this kind of shopping and I wondered what KTT's thoughts were on this.
Check the video below and posts your thoughts if any.
http://vimeo.com/11341190
P.S. - Anyone know how to embed videos or know if it is even possible yet?