I'm sure it was the way I was raised. I lived in hand-me-downs until I finally outgrew my cousins and my mom sewed. I think I was in jr high before I remember buying one entire outfit new from a store. As a kid my mother regularly shopped the thrifts too, and when we were very poor she would buy large size dresses and use the fabric in them to sew our clothing. For as long as I can remember I have regularly shopped at consignment shops, thrift shops and "vintage" clothing shops. I do buy new, but usually only after exhausting my usual haunts.
I was reading yahoo and msn news this morning and they both had articles on dressing green. Not dressing in green, but dressing in a way that has less impact on the planet. All these years I thought I was just being miserly with my money. Little did I know that I have been living a green lifestyle. They even made statements about how certain celebrities are big "vintage" or green dressers.
So ....... quick poll.
1) Do you ever buy recycled, consigned, thrift or other previously used clothing?
2) why?
Obviously I do. Cost factors into it. I'm a miser. Quality also factors into it. I tend to shop in areas that are populated with wealthy women. I can buy for a fraction a piece of clothing that was originally well beyond my means and most of the time it is barely worn (or not worn at all with the original tags still on). Last, and not least, the things I find in the vintage shops are definately one of a kind. No one will ever show up to a party in the same dress.
