If you needed convincing that thrifting is widespread, imagine our surprise at finding four thrift stores in the market town of Cootehill in County Cavan, Ireland, population 1,853. Three of them, the Palliative Care Charity Shop (run by the Irish Hospice Foundation), Vincent’s (run by St. Vincent de Paul) and New2U Charity Shop (run by [...]
Thrift stores often aren’t located in prime real estate areas. To keep costs down, you may be searching strip malls and back streets for resale shops. But if you’re visiting historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, you’ll find the Gettysburg Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop planted directly on Lincoln Square, at the city’s main traffic circle. In front is a [...]
Thrift stores typically are located where rents are low. In San Diego, this means there are several charity-run shops in the areas where their homeless clients live – a service to those needing inexpensive clothing. And the stores welcome shoppers with more resources, because they need customers to keep their charitable mission alive. This is [...]
Letting down a hem on a thrifted item isn’t always a success, because many fabrics show the old crease line, no matter what. On a pre-worn item, there may be slight fabric fading that only shows up when you undo the fabric that was formerly hidden in the hem. Letting it out means the new [...]
In Liverpool, we took a broader definition of thrift and had an eye-opening trip to Greatie. That’s the name locals give to the Great Homer Street Market, a so-called “wholesale” clothing market that sells direct to the public on Saturdays from about 100 indoor and outdoor stalls. There’s a lot more here than clothes. From [...]
If you needed convincing that thrifting is widespread, imagine our surprise at finding four thrift stores in the market town of Cootehill in County Cavan, Ireland, population 1,853. Three of them -- the Palliative Care Charity Shop (run by the Irish Hospice Foundation), Vincent’s (run by St. Vincent’s de Paul) and New2U Charity [...]
Certain vintage stores elevate themselves beyond mere inventories and become museums of our past. This is absolutely the case with Sweet Lorain in Cleveland, Ohio, which is a veritable department store of clothes and collectibles from every era of American life sweeping back a century. With 10,000 square feet of racks, shelves and furniture groupings, [...]
