> BTW, thrift stores can thrive mainly thanks to the
> much derided consumerism of the Amerikan yuppies who
> dread the idea of being seen in the last season's
> clothes. I think yuppie females are consummed by such
> silly passions to a far greater degree than yuppie
> males, hence the diffciulty of finding good quality
> men's clothes in thrift stores.
It probably helps that men's fashion, at least if you're older than 25, hasn't substantially changed in 80 years.
-- Andy