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Australia’s favourite past time of foraging through racks of 2nd-hand clothing is soon to be no longer, it has been confirmed by today’s kids.
Op-Shopping, be it in vintage stores of charity shops, is becoming less and less exciting – as the standard of deceased estates begins to dip.
Once viewed as an opportunity to find a wide collar disco shirt that might have belong to the BeeGees, today’s youth are reporting that all of the cool vintage items have either been snapped up or are hidden under thousands of XXXL Gazman and Politix business shirts.
While op-shops are still operating with the purpose of providing the community with access to a budget wardrobe, as well as their fundraising efforts, the treasured flair jeans and original Rolling Stone t-shirts have since been relocated to inner-city vintage stores with a 400% mark up on prices.
Local hipster, Dorothy Knight (22) says she grew up hearing stories of her mum finding designer dresses at St Vinnies, but now it’s just Lowes brand jeans and activewear from 2012.
“Occassionally I’ll find a cool pleather jacket or something like that”
“But really, I think all the old hippies got rid of their cool outfits in the 1990s”
“Now the op-shops are mostly made up of big and Tall men’s clothing that has been dumped in the charity bins by the jaded ex-wives who kicked them out”
However, Dorothy does admit clothing trends are cyclical, and the current op-shop stash of middle class corporate fashion from suburban Westfield outlets may in fact be cool one day.
“I spose I could make the turquoise Tarocash shirt work as a midriff” she says.
“General Admission at Flemington is a bit of a vibe”
MORE TO COME.
