Clothing by GHTS
Greenwich Hospital Thrift Store being profiled by Good Morning America (half the crew of which seems to live in town. I’ve always appreciated great clothing but I’m far too cheap to actually pay, you know, – retail for it. The Thrift Store solved that problem for me back when I had to wear fancy clothes by offering $2,500 suits for maybe $25, silk/wool blazers for the same price, etc.
When closets are emptied in the Back Country it appears that the lady of the house, after grabbing armloads of designer dresses she’s worn but once, then goes through her husband’s closet to fill out the load. At least I assume that’s what happens because how else does a top-quality suit (and when I mentioned $2,500 suits I was using 1999ish prices) end up here for the great unwashed to grab?
We’re talking Greenwich here, not Waterbury. Brioni, not a sweaty pair of Carharts shucked from the corpse of a dead dozer operator by his grieving widow (although those are offered too, in the “Cos Cob” department in the rear). Great deal.
I shop at the Goodwill store in Boca Raton every Saturday and find men’s clothes with the labels still attached. Seems the poor old guys died before they ever got a chance to wear the duds, and the widow donated them. Such a deal!
At least a couple of local churches have thrift shops, too:
First Congregational Church in Stamford – open Thursdays from 10 – 3, at the church, 1 Walton Place between Prospect and Bedford Streets.
First Congregational Church of Old Greenwich runs the Rummage Room, 191 Sound Beach Avenue in Old Greenwich, and it’s open daily.
god i love the cos cob stuff. i couldn’t say exactly why, but i do love it.
The Thrift Shop used to be a great place, but no more. As you might imagine, the best stuff donated never even makes it out to the floor.
Let’s just say that a volunteer gig at the Thrift Shop comes with great benefits.
I have a beautiful collection of spiffy silk ties at <5$ each from there.
Miss it now I've moved away.
InfoDiva, what I do is take photos of the items I donate there, and itemize them, neatly typed on a piece of paper. I include color size and details about the items. So I have a copy of the list and photo, and the Thrift Shop has a copy. I make the guy at the donation door sign that typed list, so if I ever come back and ask about the item I gave them, they can tell me when and if they put it out on the floor.
@reader,
How often do you come back to the thrift store to check on the items you have donated? You sound like you are a lot of fun to be with!
reader — what happens if your items aren’t “put on the floor”. Do you go all Clint or Bruce on them? Hope so, ’cause they were askin’ for it.
I’d like to be a volunteer and be wearing the donated clother when reader came a looking’.
I’ve never actually gone back to ask them. The sentence said “If I ever come back and ask them…” with emphasis on the “if”. I think the paper trail is enough.
@ reader,
do you donate your grannie panties?