Where I live the thrift stores have been crap for a long time. I suspect they are full of walmart leftovers. The only thing I have found there recently are dress up clothes and that is not what I want. I am looking for casual clothing. Clothing made with good solid materials that dont disintegrate. At this point I am looking for a bolt of good fabric and a seamstress to sew me some simple pants and skirts.
I am finding that modern clothing is designed mostly for large people which I am not. A lot of the thrift store clothes smell like fragrance and I cannot tolerate it. Clothing was once made to fit and to flatter. Today it is made to hide the extra weight people carry with no thought to fit or to flatter. I miss the elegance of clothing from the old days. I dont want shirts that expand at the waistline. I dont want anymore skirts bought online that will disintegrate after 4 washings. And then there is socks. Where does one find socks that dont strangle the ankles? I am very thin and have bought larger sizes so that doesnt happen and they all seem to get very tight at the ankles. I am talking wool and cotton socks. There are none that I can find that fit me. What do people with big legs or ankles do? I am very thin and tallish. I have skinny legs and ankles.
Underwear has been an ongoing search this year. I have bought them 3 or 4 times and washed them and they are now in the give away pile. They dont fit or they are some kind of new weird fabric that irritates the skin! Even when they say they are cotton it is obvious they are more than!
There might be expensive options that would work but I cannot find them either.
I do have a tub of old clothing that I wont get rid of because when all else fails there will be some interesting old pieces in there that will cover me when nothing else works.
