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LiberalArkie

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38. I am 1 year from retiring, I am lucky I get to wear Levi 501's and white classic Reebok high-tops

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 01:26 PM

Jun 2012

shoes to work. I am glad Reebok still makes the classic shoes. And the Levi 501's still fit and wear like they did way back.

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Why buy new clothes? [View all] Taverner Jun 2012 OP

I just wear my old stuff. femmocrat Jun 2012 #1

I totally agree. The new stuff is awful!!! loudsue Jun 2012 #11

+1000, the new clothes are thin & ugly, even Ralph Lauren, North Face and Talbots wordpix Jun 2012 #13

Don't you just love xxqqqzme Jun 2012 #52

Thanks for Ranting for me! CHINA BLUE video, who makes the clothes we wear crunch60 Jun 2012 #39

The finishing is almost non-existent! CrispyQ Jun 2012 #54

Hobby Lobby has 99 cent pattern sales on a regular basis. Silver Swan Jun 2012 #63

Cool! Thanks! LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #65

Want good quality material and good patterns? dixiegrrrrl Jun 2012 #70

Thanks! I will check them out. CrispyQ Jun 2012 #99

It makes sense for awhile but eventually we would run out of clothes if no one made them LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #2

What do you mean? The unemployed have lots of free time! CrispyQ Jun 2012 #56

I hope we can change things for the better somehow. LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #64

To say no slave labor was employed when you buy used clothes is disingenuous. intheflow Jun 2012 #3

I buy most of mine used and sometimes redesign it. polly7 Jun 2012 #4

Because it's my money and I will choose to buy what I want. bigwillq Jun 2012 #5

Most of the made in the USA stuff is decades old now Warpy Jun 2012 #6

I buy the 'best' when it is new... Benjamin Parish Jun 2012 #7

Why wash them either? Upton Jun 2012 #8

Please let's not beat up on Taverner. He has a valid point here about overconsumption in general. LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #9

Okay, okay..I get your point. Upton Jun 2012 #14

Thank you! :) I've just been thinking lately we have to fight back harder LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #19

Used clothing sales put downward pressure on new clothing profits Qutzupalotl Jun 2012 #10

Yeah I've been going through my closet... jimlup Jun 2012 #12

I've been shopping thrift stores for damn near 40 years. Solly Mack Jun 2012 #15

People don't buy clothes for utilitarian purposes. randome Jun 2012 #16

But it's also a case of form following function. intheflow Jun 2012 #72

You're right, there is a utilitarian purpose. randome Jun 2012 #75

Not everyone does. HuckleB Jun 2012 #97

You sound like my family--only they say it in an accusing tone. MADem Jun 2012 #17

I like your style! Good for you for resisting social pressure! :) LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #21

I have a pair of Italian shoes I bought in 1966 (Nina) SoCalDem Jun 2012 #22

That was a lot of dough in 66! MADem Jun 2012 #25

My messenger bag that I carry every day was bought in 1984 abelenkpe Jun 2012 #30

I learned a few things about clothes from my mom lapislzi Jun 2012 #18

THAT is the truth. grasswire Jun 2012 #40

Not all of them. surrealAmerican Jun 2012 #74

Since I've retire, its mostly occsional underwear and socks FarCenter Jun 2012 #20

Same here. I retired 2-1/2 years ago. RebelOne Jun 2012 #24

I am 1 year from retiring, I am lucky I get to wear Levi 501's and white classic Reebok high-tops LiberalArkie Jun 2012 #38

Since retiring six months ago I have bought only The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2012 #53

Clothes made 15 -20 years ago abelenkpe Jun 2012 #23

Except for socks and underwear. But hopefully that's obvious. limpyhobbler Jun 2012 #26

I don't buy used socks and underwear either, but that's also because I don't have to do so. HuckleB Jun 2012 #98

Big f-ing K&R!! patrice Jun 2012 #27

I wholeheartedly agree. EOTE Jun 2012 #28

Generally agree except for socks, shoes, underwear 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #29

I cannot wear clothes... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2012 #31

There's nothing wrong with that at all. polly7 Jun 2012 #35

I buy used clothing and give anything that has been hanging in my crunch60 Jun 2012 #46

Same here. JNelson6563 Jun 2012 #51

On the good note... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2012 #76

That's excellent. polly7 Jun 2012 #80

I only feel that way about shoes, socks and underwear. GoCubsGo Jun 2012 #55

This will sound weird coming from a guy... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2012 #77

No more weird than... GoCubsGo Jun 2012 #89

Gotta do what you gotta do Taverner Jun 2012 #90

The fabrics in even the better stores is EC Jun 2012 #32

Except for underwear, panty hose, and shoes, I buy all my clothing at thrift shops. 1monster Jun 2012 #33

I sell on Ebay & it is amazing what you can find at thrift shops. jillan Jun 2012 #37

Much of the clothing I get from Goodwill is new, sometimes with tags. GoCubsGo Jun 2012 #68

I'm going to disagree. My tags have said "Made in Bangladesh", "Made in Honduras", and Romulox Jun 2012 #34

I ordered new tank tops this summer - made in USA TBF Jun 2012 #42

For a time, my wife hand wove fabric from wool she similarly spun herself. Romulox Jun 2012 #44

Yeah, I do hear you - TBF Jun 2012 #57

There seemed to be a lot in the 50s and 60s Taverner Jun 2012 #91

it helps to have some newer and stylish stuff Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #36

Classic/timeless styles always look good. JNelson6563 Jun 2012 #49

I still some from the 70s and 80s Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2012 #41

So do I when I clean out my closet. All those fashions eventually come back into style. n/t RebelOne Jun 2012 #66

For fit, and in the case of shoes, comfort. bluedigger Jun 2012 #43

K&R SunSeeker Jun 2012 #45

Rarely shop new ... Liz Claiborne et al used is great ... however I noticed cr8tvlde Jun 2012 #47

Also many buy but never wear! JNelson6563 Jun 2012 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Jun 2012 #50

I have not bought new clothes cindyperry2010 Jun 2012 #58

Even if you decide to buy new clothes, it's important to at least think about it RufusTFirefly Jun 2012 #59

Advice korak Jun 2012 #60

do what makes you comfortable ecstatic Jun 2012 #61

+100 wickerwoman Jun 2012 #93

if you don't buy new clothes, you are pro-poverty and anti-woman BOG PERSON Jun 2012 #62

i do not buy new clothes because i am poor cindyperry2010 Jun 2012 #82

i've purchased one piece of new clothing in the last five years fizzgig Jun 2012 #67

have yall every shopped here? d_r Jun 2012 #69

I love thrift stores. You can get bags of stuff for the cost of one or two crappy items. alphafemale Jun 2012 #71

Dead people's shoes FreeJoe Jun 2012 #73

Because I wear Levis 501s, which people tend to wear to tatters. Codeine Jun 2012 #78

well, it depends on the age and size mzteris Jun 2012 #79

Think your favorite character from your favorite movie Taverner Jun 2012 #86

bed bugs CleanLucre Jun 2012 #81

But what if you get bed bugs in your ice cream? Taverner Jun 2012 #83

extra protein? CleanLucre Jun 2012 #87

Hot cars work, too, so I hear. GoCubsGo Jun 2012 #88

Because I've Lost a Size AnnieBW Jun 2012 #84

So the AAPL phanboi groupies will know you if your macbook is in for service. Zanzoobar Jun 2012 #85

The Goodwills up in Maine and NH regularly received returns to LL Bean aikoaiko Jun 2012 #92

I buy shoes, underwear and socks new LadyHawkAZ Jun 2012 #94

I usually have to buy new Broken_Hero Jun 2012 #95

I wear mine until it wears out. HuckleB Jun 2012 #96