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| - Ah, State Street Goodwill, light of my life, fire of my loins. I almost always find something here, usually clothes but often shoes and belts as well. I never have any luck with bags, though. I love that there's a set price for each type of clothing, and it's uniformly lower than Vinnie's. This place is a complement to Vinnie's, not a rival, as it only has clothing/shoes/accessories. But I think it has a slight edge over Vinnie's as far as clothing goes. (Please note: I don't shop for clothing/shoes/etc aimed at men, so I can't comment on the selection of such items here.)
There are scads of nicer 'mall brands' here-- Banana Republic, J Crew, sometimes Anthropologie-- and every now and then a great vintage or designer find. I often see "comfort" shoe brands of the same sort as are sold at Cornblooms and Morgan's. (But weirdly, almost always in big sizes: who is the size 9-10 Madisonian shoe angel with so many surplus extra euro-comfort shoes??) Though there are exceptions, clothing condition is almost always reasonable to excellent. It's not racks and racks of faded, pilling Forever 21 tank tops. Personal favorite scores from this Goodwill include designer jeans (Paige, Acne, Adriano Goldschmied, Current&Elliott are a few recent discoveries), DVF print silk top, my long black J Crew wool coat, new-with-tags Smartwool scarves (twice!), various cashmere cardigans... and my and my mothers' glasses frames, each of which I found here for 99 cents. The store is extremely well-organized by clothing type, size w/in type, and color w/in that. The building is very clean for a thrift shop and there are 4 changing rooms, a reasonable number. I've never had any salesperson be rude here.
The only drawback is that I always see this cute dude that works there and I would not be surprised if he thinks I have a problem. Curly-haired guy, please don't judge! Making regular trawls through thrift stores is the only way to find all the good stuff!
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