Archive for February, 2009
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Thrift stores thriving in downturn Electric New Paper, Singapore BARGAINS: (Above) Jaclyn Chow and Maricar Chan looking for vintage clothing . (Below) 14-month-old Ryan playing with the toys on display.

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Thrift stores thriving in downturn - Electric New Paper
Tags: charities-during, current, down-on-cash, during-the-current, jaclyn, may-cut, paper, stores-thriving, the-current, the-toys
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Steals & Deals: Handbags and sneakers and purses, Oh My! National Post, Canada First up is Jessica Jensen handbags and kicks off Monday March 2nd. Save the Date: Vintage aficionados make their calendar for the annual Toronto Vintage Clothing & Textile Sale at the CNIB Centre on Bayview next Saturday, and so should you.

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Steals & Deals: Handbags and sneakers and purses, Oh My! - National Post
Tags: annual, clothing, deals, jessica-jensen, monday-march, national-post, oh-my, saturday, save-the-date, textile-sale, toronto-vintage, vintage
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Steals & Deals: Handbags and sneakers and purses, Oh My! National Post, Canada First up is Jessica Jensen handbags and kicks off Monday March 2nd. Save the Date: Vintage aficionados make their calendar for the annual Toronto Vintage Clothing & Textile Sale at the CNIB Centre on Bayview next Saturday, and so should you.

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Steals & Deals: Handbags and sneakers and purses, Oh My! - National Post
Tags: annual, calendar, cnib, jessica-jensen, monday-march, national-post, save-the-date, toronto, vintage
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Everything old is new again in Edmond NewsOK.com, OK BY JOHN A. WILLIAMS Her love of retro or vintage clothing from the 1960s and ’70s led her to open Retropolitan at 1489 E 15th St.

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Everything old is new again in Edmond - NewsOK.com
Tags: 1960s, 70s-led, central-oklahoma, degree, edmond, from-the-1960s, okby, university, village
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Vintage menswear twice as nice San Francisco Chronicle,  USA Schauplatz takes out the legwork of searching the racks for a proper piece of clothing free of moth holes and cigarette burns. "Shopping out of season can be really rewarding with vintage clothes ," Tony said.

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Vintage menswear twice as nice - San Francisco Chronicle
Tags: clothing-free, francisco, francisco-chronicle, legwork, menswear-twice, moth-holes, proper-piece, racks, really-rewarding, searching-the-racks, season-can, takes-out, the-legwork, twice-as-nicesan
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Common Teams With Microsoft for 'Softwear' Clothing Line The BoomBox, NY Rapper/actor Common is beefing up his resume and adding clothing designer to his list of accomplishments. The Chicago native has teamed up with Microsoft to design four vintage inspired t-shirts for their "Softwear" clothing line. ..

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Common Teams With Microsoft for 'Softwear' Clothing Line - The BoomBox
Tags: all-2-news-articles, chicago, clothing, clothing-line, common, common-teams, design-four, his-list, line-called, list, microsoft, news-articles, resume, vintage
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
1010 Wins Free Store Gives It Away BlackBook Magazine, NY The finds have included jewelry, vintage clothing , books, DVDs, video cameras, and cutlery. But nothing, ultimately, is for free; the store needs to pay rent and managed to secure a $9000 Grants for Arts in Public Spaces grant and additional funds from ... The Store Where Everything is FREE New York's CW11 / WPIX-TV all 15 news articles

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Free Store Gives It Away - BlackBook Magazine
Tags: 1010-wins, all-15-news-articles, grants, magazine, news-articles, pay-rent, public, public-spaces, store, store-gives, video-cameras
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Value Added; Shop designer clothes secondhand San Jose Mercury News,  USA First, here's a lesson on the three types of stores that sell not-new clothes and accessories. Vintage shops generally sell top-quality "pre-worn" clothing , as well as some items that have never been worn. At consignment and resale stores, ...

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Value Added; Shop designer clothes secondhand - San Jose Mercury News
Tags: designer-clothes, mercury, mercury-news, never-been, sell-not-new, sell-top-quality, shops-generally, some-items, the-three
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Thrift thrives at local resale clothing stores Monterey County Herald, CA Most other resale and consignment clothing stores in the area carry a little something for everyone, although a few do specialize, such as Plato's Closet in Monterey, which is geared to teen tastes, and Reincarnation Vintage Clothing in Pacific Grove, ...

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Thrift thrives at local resale clothing stores - Monterey County Herald
Tags: clothing, county, monterey, other-resale, pacific, pacific-grove, plato, reincarnation, resale, such-as-plato, the-area, thrives-at-local, vintage-clothing
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Portobello arrives in Lagos this weekend - Le Petit Marché Bella Naija, Nigeria But here’s the twist, there will be vintage clothing and accessories up for sale from newly launched vintage retailer ‘The Lagos Look‘. For vintage connoisseurs, its a chance to browse through a treasure trove of pieces while newbies can decide if they ...

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Portobello arrives in Lagos this weekend - Le Petit Marché - Bella Naija
Tags: from-newly, lagos, launched-vintage, naija, newbies-can, petit, petit-march, this-weekend, treasure-trove, twist, weekend
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