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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm quite surprised by how many people on the forum by used clothing and routinely shop at thrift stores! I grew up in a solidly middle-class (most definitely not even close to wealthy) home and have never been inside a thrift store. In such a wealthy area as DC I would have expected most people not even to be aware of "used" options. These shopping practices (what the heck is Value Village?) would never have occurred to me![/quote]

[b]Also, don't trends change?[/b] What was cool three or four years ago certainly won't be cool next year. How does used clothes/ thrift store shopping account for that? I can't imagine being caught dead in a pair of used Skidz in 1995, even they they were super cool in 1993! [/quote]

Depends on how important trends are to the buyer.  Certain items do not go out of style from year to year, at least from my POV:

Levis jeans
Basic khakis
Brooks Brothers and Nordstrom navy blazers for boys
Dress shirts for boys
Ties
Pajamas 
Basic rain jackets (REI, LLBean)
Ski jackets/parkas (Columbia, REI, LLBean)

Maybe the fact that I have boys and not girls makes a difference.[/quote]

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