Originally Posted by pieces
No, I don't repurpose anything. I figure their are other people that need the clothing at the thrift shop. Why buy it to cut up when other need the clothing to wear.
read my earlier post about this.
when I buy the clothes, they have already been there 6 months where the prices are reduced each month. By the time I buy them, at $.23, it is pretty much a good guess that nobody wanted them.
This is OK..nobody wears WOOL anything so that is fair game.
Cotton shirts require more attention than anyone wants to give it, so it is fair game. Silk is also hard to care for, usually requires dry cleaning, the needy folks are NOT going to pay for dry cleaning.
The suits I buy are out of style, so those who would wear a suit are not buying an 80's hot pink with big shoulder pad suit!
Trust me, The money I pay goes to helping those in need. I also donate all of our used clothing and household, so that helps the needy, and I am using the clothes I buy to make something new so that I am helping it stay out of the landfill one more year anyway!
Thinking that those of us who re-purpose these articles is cheating someone out of a pair of gloria vanderbilt skinny jeans, is like saying buying fabric only when it is on sale is HELPING the LQS stay in business!