Goodwill Hunting

[jamespowers]

HEY -- THEY ARE SPECTATORS, sensu stricto.
Just oddly colored and rather bulbous.

Oh no! A Man with a clown shoe fetish as well.
Where is my circus music link when I need it?

 

[thunderw21]

Do those AE's a favor and put some shoe trees in them. Don't wear them every day so they can dry out and breathe and keep trees in them. They'll last a lifetime with proper care.

Done and done.

 

[Orgetorix]

Oh no! A Man with a clown shoe fetish as well.
Where is my circus music link when I need it?

Hey, at least he doesn't starch his shoes.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Not even his silk ones.

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[rubyredlocks]

I found an original 1950s Alfred Shaheen with shoulder sash for $6 mint condition.

 

[jamespowers]

Hey, at least he doesn't starch his shoes.

Are you saying you starch your shoes?!

 

[jamespowers]

Not even his silk ones.

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Are you trying to say that he wears silk ballerina shoes?! :eusa_doh:

 

[Dr Doran]

Dis is some funny stuff.

 

[Indy Magnoli]

Just picked up these Johnston & Murphy saddle shoes at Goodwill during my vacation. Paid $15.

Kind regards,
Indy

 

[ShortClara]

I found an original 1950s Alfred Shaheen with shoulder sash for $6 mint condition.

Very nice!! I bet it's gorgeous!

Now is a wonderful time in the thrifts as they put out their Halloween stuff - mucho vintage gets put into the costume racks because they don't know what it is!

 

[katylouise]

Houston is Mecca for thrift shopping if you know where to go. Most of the high-school, college crowd stick to Value Village (which is ok with me since their idea of "vintage" is double-knit poly....) so there are some real gems tucked away in the areas with less shopping traffic.

My mother's been dragging me to Houston thrift stores since I was in diapers - our local Salvation Army growing up was staffed by a group of lovely Hispanic ladies who would take me behind the counter and play with me while Mom shopped around. They saved all the best baby clothes for me - my babydoll (1940s vintage, natch!) was the best dressed on the block! My mother and I still weep over all of the vintage we just didn't snatch up back then - there are several dresses and a certain WAC uniform jacket that STILL give me nightmares.

My best find lately was this dress which I already posted over in The Powder Room -

Beautiful flame color & beading! For $5!

 

[texasgirl]

That's just lovely- you should wear that to the wedding you mentioned- with his dress blues, that'd look great!

 

[katylouise]

That's just lovely- you should wear that to the wedding you mentioned- with his dress blues, that'd look great!

Oh I so would except that I'm afraid it's a little too formal for the wedding - it really is a pretty casual event (even if my "date" is wearing his dress uniform...lol). It's my best friends wedding and her dress is really really simple and I just don't want to look like I'm trying to upstage her. If the dress wasn't SO SO gorgeous I'd wear it, haha. I think it's the beading & the lace, it just makes it feel ten times fancier.

 

[Dr Doran]

It's my best friends wedding and her dress is really really simple and I just don't want to look like I'm trying to upstage her.

That is very good of you. I have seen unfortunate events like that.

 

[carter]

That is very good of you. I have seen unfortunate events like that.

I hope it didn't have anything to do with starched silk ballerina shoes.

 

[Riley Dee]

Thrifting where the wind comes sweeping...

Okay, so this is what I loooove about thrifting in Oklahoma City: there are between 15-20 thrift stores in a 10 mile radius and the general clientele of Oklahoma City thrift stores don’t typically look for the same things as a vintage clothing type shopper. Therefore there is generally a decent supply of vintage, vintage looking, and high end clothing at the thrift stores here in town. I usually thrift a couple times a week as I did today and I had a pretty decent shopping day. Here are my buys:

Uptown thrift
$7.98 Allen Edmonds Nassau Wingtips
$4.98 Banana Republic half button 2 pocket work shirt
$1.98 Ray Ban replicas
$1.25 TAX
$16.19

Bargain Thrift
$1.99 Wool Windowpane Newsie
$1.49 Old Navy Plaid Shirt
$7.48 Brioni Sport Coat
$0.92 TAX
$11.88

Community Thrift
$.99 x 4 Jos. A. Bank bowties
$.99 Harold Powell bowtie
$.99 Michael Lamont bowtie
$.99 x 3 Assorted Pocket squares
$.70 TAX
$9.14

Grand Total $37.21

 

[AlanC]

Wow, Riley Dee--that's kickin' it! I love that Brioni (of course). If it's a 40/41R I'll give you double your money.

What kind of leather are those AEs made of? Are those sharkskin?

Yesterday I picked up a blue and yellow check Etro shirt (for me) and a pair of Allen Edmonds loafers (that I'm flipping).

 

[Hugh Beaumont]

We didn't have a Goodwill in Hawaii while I was growing up, but we did have a Salvation Army and a Savers.

I have found many old bowling and gab shirts at these places and my goldmine was finding three mint gabardine Ricky jackets, size large for $5.00 each. These were rock and roll all the way. I had two of them appraised at $200.00 each and one was appraised at $500.00.

But things did dry up in the late 90's. For some reason, 50's shirts made a comeback (I think it was partly do to Kramer on Seinfeld).

Recently I found a pair of perfect wool officer pinks at Goodwill to help complete my Indiana Jones costume for Halloween. They were definitely from the 30's or 40's. I got them for $2.00..

 

[carter]

Riley D, That was a very good day. I may have to make the drive to OKCity sometime and see what there is to see.

 

[thunderw21]

Today at Goodwill I picked up a modern 6x3 DB suit jacket with somewhat high armholes and an excellent fit with a nipped waist. Fits great.

The other day I got a newer Stetson cowboy hat for $5. Cowboy conversion anyone?