/fa/ - Fashion

>>14718644
I used to but now the racks are so picked-over by people who sell on ebay that there's usually nothing good in thrift stores these days

>thrifting in 2019
I live in a student town, half my university are internet fashion victims who all thrift and buy basics at Uniqlo. There's nothing left after those locust have been there

>>14718652
This is true but you usually dont have to go far to find an unpicked country fuck store

>>14718644
Yes, exclusively.
To be honest, I'm mildly bitter about thrifting being popular now. When I was younger, I was teased mercilessly for all my clothes being second hand, but now I'll see those same people who teased me posting shitty YouTube thrift haul videos. I mean, I guess it's better for the environment and shit, but still. Seething.

I want to thrift but my local thrift stores are full of unwearable garbage like this

>>14718830
Where I live outside of city centres thrift stores are places where all the junk from old people's homes who passed away go to. Think of furtniture and kakis + brown suits and shirts like this >>14718839
The only cool thrift stores are in the city and this is within range of all the fashionistas.

>>14718651
Maybe in big cities but I live in Ohio outside of cleveland and find great shit constantly especially at thrift stores in rich suburbs.

$20 woman's Gucci jacket

>>14718644
The "thrift" stores around my city are overpriced, over picked, and resellers go through them once a day

One of the benefits of the living in the city are the thrift stores.

thrifting is fun but you have to be picky and it takes forever to find the good stuff. Consignment through non luxury places is the way to go if you want to look decent as a poorfag.

don't really know where to thrift here in my country. the only stores that i know of are just people selling 'vintage' clothes at marked-up prices lol and the zoomers eat em all up

>>14718839
same here, our thrift shops buy what german/dutch thrift shops couldn't sell

>>14718870
Why were you looking at women's clothes anon?

>>14718644
Constantly

>>14718644
absolutely, like 30% of my clothes come from City Thrift.

>>14718644
I live in a fat, not very white city in the south, so there are no clothes that look good *and* no clothes that fit. I used to in my college town though and it was sick

like 40% of my closet is thrifted. I save so much money, I buy shit and then return stuff I don't wear. It's a vicous cycle.

>>14719052
Gf wears labels I pick her out some vintage labels

Used to like telling women what to wear on /fa/ now I make outfits for the gf

Only in Japan.

Once you've thrifted there, everywhere else is pointless.

Got a USA made Gant rugger and a blue Lacoste polo for 6 bucks this morning. Both look new.

>>14719061
Oh, so she's your beard?

>>14718644
love thrifting, from toronto and the best finds are from the rich suburban neighbourhoods rather than downtown
recent favourite cop is my grey alpaca wool overcoat

>>14719078
true

>>14718652
People at my uni still wear 2016 tier streetwear

yes, can find well made pieces made with natural and quality materials for relatively cheap.
I usually look in men's sections for knitwear because women's clothing is incredibly poorly made.

>>14719983
>women's clothing is incredibly poorly made
fucking PREACH

>>14719748
Downtown is fucked. Especially out west

>>14719479
I'm straight, I just like taking choice away from women

>>14718651
I go to a Salvation Army in an upper middle class suburb of Chicago. Only Mexicans and people picking up their dogs from the daycare next door go there, so I've found some really good stuff

Most worthwhile "thrift" stores nowadays are pricier than your average Goodwill and such (aka "vintage"), but for like-new or so condition the price is pretty great, considering that they're investment pieces at retail prices.

I've found some amazing stuff for $20-40 that retails for literally 10x more. It's a nice feeling to have a few pieces like that.

For basics and generic stuff going to a generic thrift store is better if you have the patience to sift through all the garbage.

>>14719078
Japan actually had the most expensive "thrift" I've seen, it's a great selection but pricey af. Got a pair of Aldens and Red Wings that I'm happy about but for $80-100ish per pair

>>14720644
go back to twitter faggot

>>14719078
I've thrifted in Japan, it's overrated. 70% of their thrift shit has Micky mouse or Donald duck on it, they have a wierd obsession.

Best place to find docs though, don't know why they dump so many in thrift stores

>>14719748
I swear the going to rich neighborhoods don't work anymore because these rich kids are starting to thrift. Also its rampant with other people who are there for the same reason as you are.

>>14721443
if you think thrifting in japan is overrated you've clearly only been to harajuku.

there are countless select shops / thrift stores i visited that specialize in various niches from 90s yohji, issey, cdg to vintage outerwear like patagonia, tnf etc, or contemporary japanese normcore brands like comoli, auralee, yaeca, my beautiful landlet, bukht, universal products, eg, or is-ness

next time in tokyo hit up Yutenji, Nakameguro, Koenji, or Shimokitazawa (hit or miss mostly tho)

>>14721454
getting there for sure, thats why u gotta hit em up regularly. I noticed out of places near and around toronto, Burlington consistently has the best selections at value villages and salvation army

the way i look at it, the "best" shit at a store like J Crew or Urban Outfitters or H&M, the items they want you to INSTANTLY gravitate towards, are a total waste of time. you've wasted the time driving there, parking, walking in, and you don't try on anything. you've just wasted probably an hour, probably 1.5 hrs.

with thrifting, you're getting a wide variety of the shit that tons of stores had on their front displays 20-30 years ago. the quality is higher because fast fashion hasn't completely taken over yet. you've got to spend an hour going through everything, but when you find something special, it's usually really special: something that someone has kept in their closet for 30 years and didn't want to throw out but maybe wore 10, 20 times. i mean, think of the level of dedication there, in that shirt you've just found with the super vintage label. way, way beyond whatever current trends are moving clothes into the box stores. also, you don't have to look at the black/mullatto models they use in the online storefronts. you can shop alongside fellow incels and legit mentally handicapped folx. and some of the chicks who wear vintage and run depop/etsy shops OOOFFFFF smoking

yeah only because I'm broke

>>14721461
>tfw live in Toronto.
I really want to see thrifts outside of toronto because it feels like i'm drowning in a sea of art girls, streetwear kids, vintage heads and everyone else everytime I hit certain thrifts. Black Market in Queen Street is ok I guess considering price.

I used to thrift a bunch between like 2013-2016 mainly getting vintage Polo, Tommy, Levi's etc. and 90's sportswear. Now it's so played out I'm kind of over it, if you go in the afternoon its usually already picked clean, and I just hate the pretentious "omg whole outfit was thrifted!" attitude when those same people were mocking it a few years ago. and it's kind of gross desu none of it's washed and you don't know where its been.

I live in a middle class suburb in NJ near Camden (semi-close to Philadelphia but we don't really get anyone coming through from there). Nothing ever gets donated there thats actually worth buying. Just a bunch of shitty plaid button ups, shitty blazers in weird sizes, and costume stuff.

Either that or the Grailed resale hounds swipe all the good shit when I'm not looking, but most people around here just dress like normies so I haven't got a clue where they'd be coming from.

>>14721288
This. There's a few good (((vintage))) stores in Philly. I find that places that brand themselves as vintage instead of thrift tend to hit that sweet spot between price and selection of clothing.

I buy the weird stuff.

Going to germany soon, can a germanbro talk about thrifting there?

>>14724116
its shit unless you go to the (majorly) big cities

>>14723712
sup nigga

>>14724125
What of Munich specifically?

>>14720747
Mundelein eh?

>>14724144
rich big city, might have some but im not gonna promise you you will find anything good

>>14724179
can you name some stores? Im visiting Stuttgart, München, Köln, Berlin, Düsseldorf

>>14724275
i havent been in those cities for years lad i live in the north, i cant hep you more than google could

>>14723712
i really like this look if youre on some stoner party

>>14723712
based

>>14724116
Was in Berlin just now
Most secondhand stores are pricey or have nothing to offer for men
Huuuge amount of Levi's/Lee's, Doc Martens, Vans and dress shoes but that's pretty common throughout most of the stores
There's a few haute couture secondhand stores that are neat but with prices to match

>>14723712
vaguely reminds me of that blonde dude from bleach

copped this sweater last night and a relatively cute scarf. been thrifting for years, kinda wanna go back today to grab a couple sets of pillows i saw. has this moroccan theme going on.

>>14718644
hell yes.
i got a dashiki at Goodwill today!

>>14724694

>>14718839
that looks really cute anon!

>>14725407

>>14719052
>>14719479
lmao this is pathetic

>>14723712
based

>>14724152
Elk Grove Village desu

muh ethical capitalism

i go once in a while just to check it out. i never find any decent clothes but im just kind of casually browsing.
i got some neat coffee cups mugs though.

>>14721479
nice blogpost, queer

>>14718644
All of the time! Mostly the couple of Goodwills near me (including one where you buy shit by weight), sometimes Buffalo Exchange, or Value Village. Crossroads is marked up garbage.

ofc i do and i make nice profit on those retards from grailed ^^

>>14718644
Been collecting and reselling for the past 10 years, with the last 4 getting really crazy in terms of sales, knowledge, connections, etc.

Right now the game stepped up so much that you need to be either making a living out of it or a rich kid with a ton of free time. You might find something from time to time, but you'll never have a world class wardrobe of stuff. Kind of similar to what happened with retrovidya. If you weren't there in 2002 you came already too late

>>14728092
salty dog

>>14718870

>>14728094
Sorry if it reads like that. That's the objective reality in my city. Personally I don't care, I'm on top of the game here, so I get lonely enough to post on korean papercraft forums anonymously

>>14718868
Village thrifts on Sundays are lit

>>14723712
>old enough to get the filename

>>14723712
bless your heart

>>14728708
Explain please

Does anyone have experience/advice to thrift in York (England)?

>>14718644
I almost exclusively thrift or buy second hand on Grailed. I just do it for the sustainability (of the environment and my money). I live in New York so there's never any trouble finding a thrift store. Some of the more "curated" shops are more expensive, which is stupid and I tend to avoid these. Thrifting can be hard work and a lot of the time you find nothing. But when you find something really great, it makes it worth it.

>>14723712
aight.

>>14728708
not seeing it on le best of 4chan funny yt comp 2017
ok.

>>14728708
I'm 27 and I started posting when I was underageb&. How sad is that.

>>14729074
Mate it's no skill required over here. Walk into a charity shop and see what's happening. Whole upper part of this outfit is all out of charity shops.
Smaller places are better though, like the city centre one here is wank and they jack up the prices, but the one right down the road is in an ethnic area so I own Salwar Kameez sets that make me look like a cult leader. The best ones I've been too are always in small towns. Found an emerald green cord jacket in Downham Market that fits like it was made for me. No branding and a care label in German, but no fake pockets. it's great quality.

A lot of my favorite pieces are thrifted just from regular thrift stores, but my best stuff is from the more expensive places that buy/sell, and from secondhand designer resale. But when my stuff is nicer I can sell it back when I want to get rid of it, so the extra cost is worth it

>>14723712
based

>>14729102
Care to share some of the better places to thrift in NYC? I'm particularly interested stuff like pleated pants, blazers, and anything wool. Understandable if you don't want to share, since most who thrift have the "I'm not telling you so I get all the good stuff" mentality. Personally I haven't had much luck with thrift stores in NYC, most of the men's clothes are crusty T-shirts or button-up shirts in awful patterns, anything interesting is usually in some ridiculous size. Most of my stuff is from online, Ebay has a ton of stuff if you know what to look for (or know what idiots will incorrectly list it as), but poshmark can have some good deals because it seems like only middle aged women use it and they often sell men's stuff for less than it's worth.

>>14718644
It’s foolish not to

Anyone noticed those Ebay and Poshmark women that wear mens shirts with like a shitton of cleavage to sell them better?