tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post3187280128643300273..comments2024-03-15T04:27:26.708-07:00Comments on An Affordable Wardrobe: A Sob StoryJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212956969066796818noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-18658264292946918952008-11-20T19:46:00.000-08:002008-11-20T19:46:00.000-08:00"I have a weird hope that the economy will tank so..."I have a weird hope that the economy will tank so far down that in the end we wind up with an old fashioned localized service culture in which most people are allowed to participate, not just a few."<BR/><BR/>Amen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-75165432657610326942008-11-20T10:19:00.000-08:002008-11-20T10:19:00.000-08:00"...the rise of the barbarians notwithstanding, th..."...the rise of the barbarians notwithstanding, there are enough of us out there to perpetuate civilization for a bit longer."<BR/><BR/>That's what it all comes down to in the end: an attempt to perpetuate one dimension of civilization a bit longer.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Seth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-3010636421785152712008-11-18T22:30:00.000-08:002008-11-18T22:30:00.000-08:00I don't feel bad about this at all, it's just that...I don't feel bad about this at all, it's just that one of these days, it would be nice to be treated like a real 'customer'.<BR/><BR/>I have a weird hope that the economy will tank so far down that in the end we wind up with an old fashioned localized service culture in which most people are allowed to participate, not just a few...but maybe I'm just a pinko.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11582043853388196139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-68462256825383779382008-11-18T15:40:00.000-08:002008-11-18T15:40:00.000-08:00Don't feel bad...I am 51 years old, and I like you...Don't feel bad...I am 51 years old, and I like you have only bought from these shops second-hand....It's not the end of the world.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10713492538330186073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-8912278882631626982008-11-18T10:54:00.000-08:002008-11-18T10:54:00.000-08:00I sympathize. Working at a vintage store while in ...I sympathize. Working at a vintage store while in college, I acquired my first real clothes from the owner who would run across a proper tweed suit or a BB shirt in her inventory and give me the items saying, "We'll never get what it's worth, and you're the only person I know who will really appreciate it, so just take it." At the time, I would walk through someplace like BB and sigh, knowing that it was all out of reach.<BR/><BR/>A couple of years ago I took some risks and have found myself situated a bit more comfortably, though by no means "comfortably." I also made the (accidentally) brilliant decision to move to a city with a J.Press. I walk through regularly, and have been lucky enough to pick up a few odds and ends. I'm certainly not one of the fellows who walks out with a trunk of new clothes, but I do find it satisfying to pick something up, even if it's only one item at a time.<BR/><BR/>Still, I recently had a conversation with one of the gents at the shop in which he assured me that style is coming back. I don't know that I really believed him, though his commission from me is not worthy of a lie. But I can say that discovering this world of "trad" blogs in the past couple of months has at least given me the comfort of knowing that I'm not the only young fogey out there (though I probably don't really qualify as that young anymore).<BR/><BR/>Belabored point being, that, the rise of the barbarians notwithstanding, there are enough of us out there to perpetuate civilization for a bit longer. Don't give up hope quite yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com