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Best Selection: Boomerangs (716 Centre St.,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Jamaica Plain). Sure,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], thrift stores are inexpensive, but same with H When shopping secondhand, the real perk isn't prices, but the uniqueness of the items. You can find deals at mass-market retailers, however,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], you can't find ladybug-print pants, a lace wedding dress, an array of sombreros in different shapes and sizes, children's cowboy boots, or perhaps a denim jacket with a beaded mermaid on the back. Boomerangs is probably the only place in which you actually may find everything at the same time -- after which buy a couch or some earrings, too. But no matter what you choose to buy, whether it's a copper tea kettle or golf shoes, the proceeds navigate to the AIDS Action Committee,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], so there is no need to feel guilty about a shopping spree because you're giving to charity (even if you are perhaps needlessly expanding your wardrobe)! When the Jamaica Plain store is too from your way, there's also branches in West Roxbury and Central Square.
Best Bargains: Urban Renewals (122 Brighton Ave., Allston). Warehouse-like both in size and atmosphere, this thrift store is Spartan when it comes to interior planning but packed with massive levels of merchandise. Urban Renewals offers men's, women's,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and children's clothing, as well as books, shoes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], housewares, and also the occasional oddity (just like a 99-cent Un flag). In the clothing section, everything is neatly sorted by color and style,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with individual pieces rarely costing over $5. Like a university student, I am not exactly overwhelmed by countless opportunities to purchase an Armani gown or perhaps a Chanel blazer. Realistically, I do not have that many chances to even take a look at fashion that high-end, unless I are actually in STA. Even lightly used, that blazer's still not quite during my price range -- while I recognize that $600 is really a phenomenal price for Chanel, it's also quite a great price for, you know, rent -- but just a cursory glance around the store will reveal classy clothes at unbelievable markdowns ($129 for a men's Burberry trenchcoat, anyone?). This store is a great spot for shoppers who aren't quite comfortable with full-blown thrifting, since you can often find pieces from mall stores like J. Crew and Banana Republic still bearing their original tags. The most recent Newbury Street location tends to cater to a younger crowd,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but there's two more stores just a couple blocks away, in addition to additional branches in Coolidge Corner and Harvard Square as well as on Charles Street.
Best Accessories: (238 Elm St., Davis Square). Buffalo Exchange could be Second Time Around's younger,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], edgier sibling -- the one with brightly dyed hair and multiple piercings,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who eschewed the household's posh Back Bay brownstone to move into a happening Somerville neighborhood. The choice here is much trendier and much more affordable, often originating from stores like American Apparel and Urban Outfitters. Things are on-trend and from the current season, making this shop the perfect place to snag cheap accessories to boost your standard outfits. For females, there's from long beaded necklaces to multiple pairs of Wayfarer-style sunglasses, while guys will find an array of suspenders and bow ties. There's a newer location on Harvard Avenue in Allston, too, with very similar feel.
Best Test of Dedication: Garment District (200 Broadway, Cambridge). With Boston Costume downstairs as well as an extensive vintage selection upstairs, Garment District is perhaps most well-known as the ideal one-stop look for Halloween festivities. Just pick up your self-adhesive goatee or giant eggplant suit from the costume section, complete the look with an old military jacket or platform boots as you see fit, and you are prepared to go out the doorway and straight to an event. When you're not pressed to find a last-minute costume, though, Garment District's real rewards are often present in their by-the-pound department. But you'd better bring your patience (and perhaps your mountain-climbing gear) because every morning, store employees open up an 850-pound bale of clothing for shoppers to sift through. You will find nearly as many techniques for digging with the heap because there are items of clothing inside it: You can hop from pile to pile, sitting on whatever feels probably the most like floor (a backpack, perhaps? Or a wool coat?). You can sit down in the centre and inspect whatever is at arm's reach. You can tunnel downward. Whatever method you select, you're bound to find something worthwhile should you stick to it long enough. When you've collected your bounty,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it's weighed in the register and rung up at a price of $1.50 per pound ($1 on Fridays). At those rates,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], one shirt typically averages about 40 cents, be it a like-new Gap sweater or perhaps a t-shirt bearing a rhinestone mixtape and the slogan "Fresh 2 Death" (hypothetically, obviously; it isn't like I've ever purchased this).
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What's your preferred Boston-area thrift store?
Photos by Lucie Wicker, courtesy of Boomerangs (top); thanks to Second Time Around (middle); and courtesy of Garment District (bottom)
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