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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10527402, member: 2844"]Pity the video is not about antiques.</p><p><br /></p><p>Buying second hand clothing has been going on overhere for a very long time. And yes, there is always a new generation that goes out 'hunting' for nice and affordable stuff. I was part of a young generation of second hand buyers in the 70s.</p><p>I bought a lot of second hand clothing since then (except for underwear<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />), it always made sense to me for so many reasons. I started young, and still see young people buying second hand clothes or visiting clothing exchanges. The same with most of my friends, musicians and artists who rarely have money for new stuff. Besides, second hand is often much more 'artsy'.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The second hand clothing trade is many centuries old. Most people in past centuries simply couldn't afford newly made clothing, so they wore second-third-fourth hand, depending on how much they could spend. You can see that on old paintings. Rich folk wore bright, fresh colours, poor folk wore faded browns and greys, washed a thousand times and still wearable.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am glad the younger folk in the US are sensible enough to continue the age-old tradition.</p><p><br /></p><p>That too.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10527402, member: 2844"]Pity the video is not about antiques. Buying second hand clothing has been going on overhere for a very long time. And yes, there is always a new generation that goes out 'hunting' for nice and affordable stuff. I was part of a young generation of second hand buyers in the 70s. I bought a lot of second hand clothing since then (except for underwear:nailbiting:), it always made sense to me for so many reasons. I started young, and still see young people buying second hand clothes or visiting clothing exchanges. The same with most of my friends, musicians and artists who rarely have money for new stuff. Besides, second hand is often much more 'artsy'.;) The second hand clothing trade is many centuries old. Most people in past centuries simply couldn't afford newly made clothing, so they wore second-third-fourth hand, depending on how much they could spend. You can see that on old paintings. Rich folk wore bright, fresh colours, poor folk wore faded browns and greys, washed a thousand times and still wearable. I am glad the younger folk in the US are sensible enough to continue the age-old tradition. That too.;)[/QUOTE]
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