So I’ve recently dis­cov­ered a new pas­time. It’s def­i­nitely not an unfa­mil­iar con­cept to those into clothes. One day after work a cou­ple weeks ago, I decided to ven­ture into a local Good­will store to go “thrift­ing”. After get­ting lost for a cou­ple hours, I emerged feel­ing invig­o­rated and vic­to­ri­ous! That could be because I was able to acquire an Eddie Bauer cable-knit sweater, a short-sleeve seer­sucker shirt by Neiman Mar­cus, a navy sport­coat with gold but­tons, an Yves Saint Lau­rent tie, a Brooks Broth­ers tie and a mil­i­tary jacket (that I even­tu­ally gave away) all for under $25. Then only two weeks later, I went to the same place for another “thrift­ing” excur­sion and suc­cess­fully came out with a camo jacket (Marines) and some “com­mando sole brogues” as one of my friends aptly named them. Then I looked around at my recent acqui­si­tions and real­ized I was already mak­ing “thrifty” pur­chases. I got a cou­ple pair of col­ored cor­duroys for under $10 apiece from Old Navy, Bass Catskill boots from Belk for $40 (50% off). For some­one who try­ing to estab­lish their own per­sonal style and remain cost-effective, it’s great to come across these sort of finds at these prices it’s safe I’m begin­ning to fall in love with this thing called thrifting.…

Eddie Bauer cable-knit, check.

Seer­sucker for the summertime…

Tra­di­tional navy blazer embla­zoned with gold buttons

A tie from the mak­ers of Brooks Brothers

YSL neck­wear

The Give­away Mil­i­tary style jacket

Found an olive trench! Unfor­tu­nately, it wasn’t my size…

Camo (Marines) jacket for under $5

Com­mando Sole Brogues for $4.99!!?

Maroon/Navy cor­duroy jeans from Old Navy, don’t mind if I do…

$25 to con­trast with maroon? Not too shabby at all.

I present to you, Bass Catskills. “Duck boots” to all those outsiders…