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And we both went through an Ann Taylor period before discovering Dolce & Gabbana at consignment shops.
There was barely enough money to rent a small, shabby theater and buy costumes at consignment shops.
Nocturnalist has five in our closet, bought at consignment shops at prices a reporter can afford, or furtively from garment district stores with "wholesale only" signs in the window.
But the trapezoidal purple Furla purse (a gift) and square-toed Robert Clergerie pumps (Morgan Stanley, circa 1990) joined the tidy stacks of cardigans, patterned skirts, and undersized pants for the waiting hipsters at consignment stores.
For the children's clothes, she does a lot of her shopping at consignment stores because she objects to "the way most girls' stuff looks like it was designed for 20-year-olds and the boys' clothes all have some cartoon character on them".
So what's a girl with a barely worn pair of Balenciaga combat booties (bought at a madcap Barney's Warehouse sale) to do? Convert to cash at consignment.
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Sometimes the wait can be long, but often the amount of money that is paid for clothes at a consignment shop is higher than what would be paid at a second-hand store.
At that time, my mother had a part-time job at a consignment shop.
Vintage — $15 at a consignment store in Sun Valley!" he said.
Leni Grossman Bridget Burke enjoyed the sign she spotted recently at a consignment shop on East 49th Street.
Business is brisk at traditional consignment shops, where people bring used or unwanted items.
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