Welcome to Thrifty Threads, AKA Most Stylish Compact-y outfit, where readers model their favorite secondhand clothes.
A compact-y outfit is used or recycled, from Goodwill, a thrift store, a consignment shop, a yard sale, a clothing swap, ebay, freecycle, Craigslist, or anywhere else you find used clothing.
Today’s model is Mitchell, and you know I am over the moon with excitement because he is the first young man to appear on Thrifty Threads. Mitchell’s grandma Hilda sent in this photo, and when I asked if she was sure he wouldn’t mind if I posted it, she said he put this outfit on for the picture just so she could send it to me. He already knew about Thrifty Threads because his grandma and grandpa had both been featured. Click here to see Hilda’s appearance, and here for her husband Larry’s.
Mitchell’s Hollister T-shirt and Gap shorts are the height of fashion, so no one would ever know they were secondhand. And since the cost for both pieces was less than $10, his first thrift store outing was a big success. Hilda says he was so excited to get such a good deal and to tell her about his find. Mitchell went shopping with his mom and his sister at a consignment store called Plato’s Closet in Spokane, Washington, about two hours from where they live in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Mitchell is 12 years old and he’s starting 7th grade at Sandpoint Middle School. He loves school, playing soccer, riding his dirt bike, fishing, hunting, jet skiing, swimming, rock climbing with his dad, math, thinking games, playing a lot, and being a brother to his sister Courtney. He also loves to read “thick books,” and some of his favorites are The Harry Potter series, The Last Olympian series, and The Rangers Apprentice series.
Mitchell, thanks so much for being on Thrifty Threads. Those are great scores! I hope you like being a model. And thanks Hilda, for sending in that terrific photo. Okay readers, keep sending in those photos. Put on your favorite secondhand find, snap a photo, and send it to me at barton.angela@gmail.com.
Do you shop secondhand? Let’s give Mitchell a big hand for being the first young male model on Thrifty Threads by leaving a note in the Comments section.
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