I’ve read a few posts lately from people looking for inexpensive wool clothing and thought I would share my finds from the last year. I frequent many of the area thrift stores because of my addiction to junk but never used to look at the clothes. I thought that these stores only carried clothes that had been worn out by someone before they were donated.
A couple years ago I decided to start looking through the clothes to see if I could find something good enough to wear to the woods. I was surprised at what I found. It’s not hard to find decent quality stuff and you can frequently find “like new” stuff.
I thought I would post a few pictures of the wool that I’ve bought from various thrift stores over the past year to show those of you who are skeptical like I was. I’m pretty picky about what I buy and I’ve passed up a lot of stuff that had small holes or looked worn. All of the stuff pictured is in “like new” shape and could have easily come from a department store.
Everything pictured below was bought for less than $10 each and many items were under $5.
Coats – the Filson was actually bought two years ago for $9 and looked like it had never been worn, the Woolrich I found last week for $6:
Vests:
Shirts – the two Pendeltons in the front were $8 each and look brand new:
Pants – the bottom two are heavy weight German military, the middle two are mid-weight Eddie Bauer and Gap cargo, and the top par is light weight US Military:
If you are cheap like me and have a real hard time paying $300 for a coat or $100 for a shirt stop by a couple of thrift stores and check it out, you might be surprised.
Brian