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Zingoleb:
I knew a guy who worked cleaning up crime scenes, especially murders. He would actually take clothes home a lot of times because no one else wanted them.

"See this belt? Dead guy's belt." etc., etc.

riccostar:
I live in a city where the downtown area is huge on vintage and thrift stores.  As a result of all these competing thrift stores the prices are super low and the service and organization are great.  I go down there all the time, usually for shoes and jackets. My favourite (only) suit came from one of these stores.

VonKleist:

--- Quote from: Zingoleb on 21 Nov 2012, 14:29 ---"See this belt? Dead guy's belt." etc., etc.

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Who doesn't want an excuse to walk around peoples houses and take their stuff?

As for hand-me-downs, I used to hate them as a kid as I got most my stuff from my older sisters or my cousins. Now if something is up for grabs I´m all in. Sadly I´m not allowed to wear my corduroy jacket anymore, except for work. I found it in a pile of my dad's working clothes and it was coated in pure nostalgia.

Sadly there´s only two halfway decent stores here. One is a chain of second-hand stores called Humana, but they are kind of pricey. The other one is kind of a social initiaive, I guess, because they also provide part-time jobs for underpriviledged people (as do a lot of these shops).
Then there are some second-hand shops that are imho just plain overpriced.
There is Oxfam too, but their store is tiny and not really good.

Leaves one really great store that´s a train-ride away but always worth the trip! Even if I only leave there with a stack of paperback novels to insulate my cave with.

LTK:
I walked into a thrift store in Amsterdam once. They didn't have any clothes that I wanted or needed. They did have some very nice jewellery made from flattened empty nespresso cups.

catflea:
I adore 2nd Hand clothes.  You can get some super bargains....

I paid £1.99 for an amazing faux sheepskin coat with a faux fur collar.... 

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