I have clothes where I am third known owner and got them for free. If I am looking for something specific, I always start with the thrift shops. I needed a formal once with specification to color. The dry cleaning bill was twice what I paid for the dress. And then I sold the dress to someone else for $10.
I am the youngest of five with two older Brothers. Pretty much all my clothes were hand me downs.
We were not wealthy but not poor either. It just made sense not to throw away perfectly good clothes.
Now that I think about it, after I got to old for them, Mother often gave mine to a Cousin whose family actually was a bit on the low income side.
This young lady’s mother (who was present the whole time and signed the release) told me she found this high dollar gown at a yard sale for $10 or so. Supposedly it went $300 or $400 new.
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