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July 26, 2010, at 2:49 pm
 Today’s shopping lesson starts with a zen-tastic mantra, courtesy of the gurus at Om Yoga Center. What the eff do sun salutations have to do with thrift? So glad you asked. Yoga increases one’s capacity for patience. Patience tips the secondhand shopping scales in or out . . . → GO ON… Mantras and Thrift Finds
April 19, 2010, at 3:25 pm
An excuse to clean out your closet, get free clothes in exchange for your castoffs, and schmooze with your fellow fiscally-savvy fashionistas? SIGN ME UP.
Thrift Collective is hosting a clothes swap @ the uber-hip Gallery Bar this Saturday evening, from 6:00 – 8:30p.m. Tix are $15 . . . → GO ON… Thrift Collective Clothes Swap Alert
April 13, 2010, at 2:49 pm
 All-You-Can-Stuff-Bag-Sales obvs aren’t for the faint of heart. The prospect of netting 10 – 20 material goodies for a total cost of $15 is grand in theory, but culling piles of secondhand fugliness for donated gems is a trying task, even for seasoned thrifters a la . . . → GO ON… Bag Sale Style
March 16, 2010, at 11:12 am
 Unique, timeless and CHEAP. Loves it!
For scarves, gloves, hats, bags, wallets, necklaces, earrings, and mystery kitsch (i.e. two-dollar brown bags filled with unknown somethings, stapled shut – it’s like giving yourself a gift!) hit Outcasts Resurrectible Goods in Hell’s Kitchen. Truly a gem of a store.
Outcasts . . . → GO ON… Outcasts Resurrectible Goods
February 18, 2010, at 8:26 pm
 Mmkay, so, where basic tees and tops are concerned, the quality and trend-factor of Alternative Apparel‘s obvs on par with American Apparel. The problemo? Some of the styles cost upwards of $50 a pop. NOT COOL.
Yes, they go on sale and yes, Buffalo Exchange usually has . . . → GO ON… Alternative Apparel, Wholesale Price
February 14, 2010, at 5:02 pm
 I jacked this belt from an old Bogner Snow Suit of mi madre’s.
Attics are stellar resources for unconventional accessories.
(DSquared blazer, $16.00 @ . . . → GO ON… Bogner Ski Belt, DSquared Blazer
January 20, 2010, at 3:44 pm
 Had a solid browse last week at Goodwill Gramercy.
Warm, versatile and most importantly, cropped. Eighties!
The pics don’t lie: That’s a tags-on-new $52.00 Splendid U-Neck Puff Sleeve Tee right there. (Originally $51.00 online – the Anthropologie tag attached to the one pictured makes it cost a dollar . . . → GO ON… Latest Buzz Via Goodwill Gramercy
January 8, 2010, at 3:03 pm
 Yesterday, reader KD imparted the following wisdom:
Don’t get me wrong; this is a great find and I love your blog. But I thought Beacon’s Closet was supposed to be a thrift store. I realize that its in NYC and quite organized, but thrift is NOT a . . . → GO ON… Suburban Secondhand
November 16, 2009, at 2:48 pm
 I hit one of the Thrifty Fashionista‘s stellar Vintage Pop-Up Sales last week, which will henceforth be announced here as they happen. The Thrifty Fashionista and I obvs bonded over our collective love of thrift and our similar notions of what constitutes cheap; I was impressed . . . → GO ON… Clothes by the Pound at Queens Goodwill Outlet Center
October 20, 2009, at 4:23 pm
April 77 Denim is one of those reasonably priced alternatives to $200 designer jeans. The line’s super cute, and retails for around $95 a pop.
Reasonably priced is good; cheap is better. Cheap like these April 77s pictured below, which I found on the 23rd Street
Goodwill’s FIVE . . . → GO ON… What Five Dollar Denim Looks Like
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