Shopping the recycled way
A typical American family will spend between $220-$240 on back-to-school clothes this fall, according to the National Retail Federation. That’s not a lot, when a must-have for your middle-schooler is a closet full of designer denim and your 9-year-old insists on whatever pricey item is all the rage in your town. Your budget won’t go far in the mall like that! What’s a parent to do?
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Each of these women weigh 154 pounds. Yet the size that fits them best is anywhere from a 10 to an 18.
And an arbitrary one, as well. A size 10 from one manufacturer is a size 8 in another, and what was a few years ago a size 8, is now called a 4 to flatter those fashionistas who are fixated on the smallest possible number.
That’s why you’ll have better luck shopping for something that looks great on you if you shop in a consignment, resale or thrift shop, which will have a wider range of designers/ manufacturers than any new-merchandise store could afford to offer the public.
And that’s also why the most common advice, shopkeeper to shopper, is “Now be sure to check the sizes on either side so you don’t miss anything!”
No one in the world will ever peek inside your clothing and gasp at the number printed there!
How to Consign 