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Years later, while living in Portland, Oregon, [Jean Forden] became a thrift-store convert, motivated by neither financial necessity nor any newfound eco-mindedness. Initially, Forden says, it was all about the simple joy of chancing on "a cheap dress from Talbot's" or a pair of $75 shoes for two dollars. "It's the thrill of having something in mind, and then finding it," she explains.
"It's all about the satisfaction of getting and giving, the thrill of getting and giving," Forden says, "and knowing that you're going to get my shirt, and maybe I'll even see you on die street wearing it and say, 'That was my favorite shirt!'"See the full content of this document
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Jean Forden didn't grow up poor and never once visited a thrift store as a child. Hers was an aff...
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