Comments on: Hullabaloo at the Thrift Store

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:07:06 +0000

I think there is something about the word ‘vintage’ that conjures up a different world. A world where interesting people go about their lives dressed in wonderful fabrics and well tailored clothes that have been’ previously cherished’. Whatever words we use to describe this fun activity it means less landfill and less money going into the pockets of large businesses who all want us to look the same.

By: Sarah Perry

Sarah Perry — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:33:44 +0000

I just want to say, thankyou so much for writing such a lovely piece about us, I am the wife of Myles Oakley (the owner of The East End Thrift store). The work he and his team put into the events is quite outstanding, it is great to read such a positive things, I will make sure it is the first thing he sees when he gets home.

By: daphne Sayed

daphne Sayed — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:10:56 +0000

!t is wonderful to see these photos and to see young people in the clothes of my youth. I’m 69. I too love putting things together but I am also conscious that at my age it has to be carefully done or else one can look very silly. I go to Brighton every week and see plenty of evidence of this.I’ve just discovered this site and I really love it. thankyou for you efforts. Daphne

By: Candice

Candice — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:01:18 +0000

I hoope Poppy bought the hat — it’s fabulous. This looks like great fun!!

Candice

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:58:31 +0000

Lovely to see so many having fun with thrift shop clothes. At age 62 I have been wearing attic and thrift shop clothing since I was old enough to dress myself. Most recently I had my grandfather’s Harris tweed overcoat from the 1930s remade into a shorter walking coat for myself. I love feeling the link to my long-dead grandfather (who was a textile designer in New England’s long-defunct woolen industry) and even to the craftsmen who spun, dyed and wove the fabric. An extra bonus was working with a charming Italian tailor now retired to Maine. Clothing with meaning!

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:58:23 +0000

Lovely warm words as always, and great photos. I wonder why it was decided to adopt the US name of thrift shop, although I do like the way it has become a verb… going thrifting… I rather like that. In the old days here in the UK they just used to be called secondhand or junk shops. I miss the times when I was a teenager living in rural Buckinghamshire and you could go to three or four different village jumble sales every Saturday… each one stuffed with *real* treasures – Victorian lace nighties, 1950s frocks, Clarice Cliff china – and nothing more than 50p.