The official thrift/discount store bragging thread

[grendel]

My chit chat was in the other post. This one's the brag. You know I'm wordy, so there's a story
I went through the pants today at GW. Even though "I don't do navy pants" I stopped short at these, and then saw this tag.

I wasn't sure what it was, but it looked familiar, I could tell it was born as part of a suit, and I knew I wanted to know more.
I went through all the jackets. This particular thrift is terrible for separating suit. [this is NOT the GW with only 3 ft of suits and jackets!] Whole rack - nothing.
I wasn't willing to give up, so I decided to spend the minutes and go to the women's blazers section (that is a dark and scary place).
After a while, I was met with a fabric that looked right

Ah yes, its Zegna, fits perfectly except for adjusting the sleeves and the pants length. Already at the tailor's.

Wow! A solid navy suit! I still haven't found one of those for me.

Good memory. I was in Ibiza 00- 01. (I think). Im 34. Just shocked that the crowd here is in the early 20s. I mean, I was in the hustle in my early twenties, but that was before the internet age.

Have you seen "Girls" on HBO? My favorite line was the OB/GYN saying "They couldn't pay me enough to be 24 again". So true.

 

[Digmenow]



Wholly crap!!
Unbelievable.

 

[eazye]

It's reassuring to see so many young people take such an interest in dressing nicely. It makes me think that we are finally putting the 90's behind us and all the cargo shorts and ill fitting clothing that came with that decade. I myself was guilty of many a sartorial disaster back then.

 

[FaceOfBoh]

^^^
Amen eazye! Guilty as charged (including some crimes against fashion in the early 80s - I'm 42) so I'm working hard to instill in my kids some sense of decorum in dress.

I seem to be succeeding. Although some kid in grade 3 told my daughter her father was really weird because he was wearing red pants. [NO comments please ]

Can someone do me a Frenchy gif with a small child instead of a cart?


I also thinking this healthy market for flips is another indicator that there's a market for good clothing. Even the mania for Boss and Calvin Klein means people want to wear something other than cargo pants and t-shirts.

 

[concealed]

< 25
started selling on ebay in 2004...

 

[ATLjon]

29.

That seems to be in the middle of the pack, correct?

 

[capnwes]

32

Been doing this since before ebay existed.
I always thrifted with my grandmother (who worked for SA...at the church, not the thrift store) since I was about 8 years old. I used to go to GW and SA and buy something good, then take it to the pawn shop a block away and sell it for double.

 

[jcb9]

28.

 

[ilikethelights]

I enjoy when little things like this pop up so I get a little better picture of everyone else here. I'm 32.

 

[catside]



Clarks boots I might pay a few extra bucks for, though, if they're relatively new. Because that's what us 25-year-olds wear, amiright?

I was thrifting in my Clarks boots before you were born! Not the Chinese made crap I have to wear now. I knew you guys were young but I misjudged how young, which explains a lot. Let me also tell you that some of you matured beyond your years. Stop that right now!
Happy hunting, I should take my leave towards AAAC I guess where I may actually be young.

 

[Digmenow]



so this morning went to my local goodwill and saw this nice vintage aluminum chair,its no Herman Miller but i liked it nonetheless and have some extra leather i could lay on it.
BUT...i had a latte in my hand so i was just too lazy to roll it out with one hand.i knew i was gonna stop by again later in the evening on way home and if it was meant to be it would still be waiting for me.



so i get back around 7,lay out the eight bucks for the chair ...

Spoiler: frenchy kills time waiting for teh buyerz to show up.

 

[Randy]

Not that far along, but doing the double nickel. Certainly helps explain a lot of the questions here some times.

Hey, wait, the space shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986.

 

[FaceOfBoh]

Big shout out out out
To jkidd for an excellent deal. Madras pants arrived in the mail just in time for more heat and humidity.
Thanks man!

 

[Typhoid Jones]

The wife and I just got back to Boston after a two week vacation and I'm still working my way through thousands of posts.

A 33-year-old's vacation Thrift Fit:

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• Shirt: BDG Henley T (Thrifted).
• Belt: No Name navy blue and red striped canvas surcingle belt with solid brass buckle. Made in USA. (Thrifted).
• Pants: PRL flat front seersucker pants with tapered legs (Thrifted).
• Shoes: Rogues Gallery two-toned blue & white boat shoes. "Handmade in Washington County, Maine." (Traded for them BNWOT from a buy / sell / trade consignment store near our place.)

• The ridiculous ticket / passport neck pouch for tourists is actually a cheap Dietetic Convention passholder that I appropriated from my mother and wear when I travel with my wife to bother her sense of style.

I'm still shocked at some of the great things that you guys have turned up: Crocodile cigar holders, great furniture (including asbestos-laden desks that I wouldn't risk flipping), guitars, and the usual mountain of quality castoff clothes.

 

[Brianpore]

Can someone do me a Frenchy gif with a small child instead of a cart?

I can email you the gif if you want to edit it. Not really sure how your going to make it look like a small child though...