$88 buys three outfits and new shoes from Goodwill
By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL - Associated Press - 03/09/08
Try three.
On a trip to a Goodwill store here with $100, I came away with three outfits, a pair of shoes and $12 in change.
One outfit, although a little wintery, represented spring’s color-blocking trend. Another outfit hit both the safari trend and that natural-neutral look, while the last was a multipurpose black dress that still had its original $148 tag on it — right next to the new one for $25.
The shoes varied in condition from worn to brand new and this particular Goodwill had some luxury labels, including Ferragamo and Cole Haan. Shoppers, however, should inspect things carefully — there was a blue leather bag with an emblem on the front from Italian manufacturer Tod’s, but an inside label said ‘‘Made in China.’’
There were more pairs of Abercrombie & Fitch jeans than I could count, as well as pairs with J. Crew, Tommy Hilfiger and Gap labels. A pair of premium 7 For All Mankind Jeans was there for $24, but I thought that might blow my budget. The content of the shopping bags:
—Cropped, safari-style jacket from Gap, $14.99
—Textured thin-stripe capri pants in cream and gray, $9.99
—Slim-fitting, button-down white shirt by Ralph Lauren Polo Golf, $7.99
—Black jersey wrap dress with patch pockets and epaulet detail from Max Studio, $24.99
—Abercrombe & Fitch button-fly jeans, $9.99
—Mostly black color-block turtleneck with cream and red, $9.99
—Metallic Calvin Klein white-label loafers in a faux-croc material, $18 (the soles look like they’ve never hit the floor).
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