Why I Thrift Vintage and You Should Too (While You Can)

2026-04-22 01:23

From blog Blue Collar Red Lipstick

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Why I Thrift Vintage and You Should Too (While You Can)

Thrift is circling the drain. I’ve been beating that dead horse drum for a few years now, and I see no signs of things changing for the better. For the worse, yet – incrementally, with every passing year. It is the chickens of fast fashion (and fast everything) coming home to roost. In droves. The thrift stores are as full of stuff as ever. It’s just the stuff there now isn’t the kind of stuff that used to be there 5-10 years ago. The OGs know. To newer thrift shoppers, it might seem like business as usual, especially because the quality of stuff in thrift stores isn’t all that different from what they might be used to from shopping retail. But the OGs? We ...

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