Social media went wild yesterday over Nancy Pelosi leaving the White House and putting on her sunglasses. ("The future's so bright I gotta wear shades" sort of thing.) But her red-orange swing coat with the high collar was what got us here at ThriftStyle. It looks a lot like the great coat we featured on [...]
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: You can never predict where you will find a worthwhile, interesting thrift store. For example, the small Mississippi Delta town of Rolling Fork is surrounded by agriculture and a national forest. The nearest large city, Jackson, is about an hour and a half away. You wouldn’t [...]
. Thrift stores and Halloween are quite a pair. It’s a holiday that brings first-time thrifters across the threshold to find already-made costumes or clothes and accessories to create their own. Nearly all thrift stores jump on the Halloween bandwagon, but Goodwill rolls out a big publicity campaign for the holiday. [...]
You’ll rarely see such an unusual setting for a thrift store. In downtown Aspen, Colorado, a mountain town that’s been overtaken by wealthy commerce, you’ll find the bustling Aspen Thrift Store literally across the street from Dior and Gucci stores. For seven decades, volunteers at the Aspen Thrift Shop have turned donated clothing, shoes and [...]
When word of a particularly good resale store spreads way beyond its geographic location, it’s worth checking out. We had heard many thrifters exult over the snappily-named Frugalicious shop in Easton, MD. (Definition: “To be frugal and fabulous at the same time.”) These shoppers didn’t live nearby, but in Washington D.C., Boston and New York [...]
New Yorkers put their own spin on nearly every endeavor. Thrift stores are no exception. Let’s look at just one player in the city – Housing Works, with 13 thrift stores in Manhattan and Brooklyn, medical centers and its bookshop/cafe in Soho, all dedicated to supporting people living with HIV/AIDS. There are so many events [...]
Allison and Peggy wrote two pieces for The Washington Post about textile waste, and what two forward-looking clothing companies, Patagonia and Eileen Fisher, are doing to repair, re-use and recycle their clothing. Here are examples of Eileen Fisher's Renew products, made from previously worn garments from its fashion line. Read the articles here: https://wapo.st/2PYByhD and here: https://wapo.st/2NEbDdA [...]
