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Related: About this forumTYT: CRAZY - People Spending Big $ To Dress Like They Have No $
How much are people spending on clothes to look like they are poor or working class? The prices of shoes, dresses and even potato sacks will blow your mind. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur break it down on The Young Turks.
Read the Gawker article by Louis Peitzman: http://gawker.com/5904134/the-high-cost-of-looking-low-class
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TYT: CRAZY - People Spending Big $ To Dress Like They Have No $ (Original Post)
ihavenobias
Apr 2012
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DJ13
(23,671 posts)1. Yay, Im an unintended trend setter!
zbdent
(35,392 posts)2. aside from looking in my closet, I could probably spend $10 at a local thrift shop
and accomplish the same thing ... and have change left.
emilyg
(22,742 posts)4. Love thrift shops -
my best find - a king size quilt with tag still on $4
zbdent
(35,392 posts)5. Hey, I found a signed copy of Rudy Giuliani's book "Leadership" ...
on half-price Mondays, usual cost, 3 for $1.
Still feel I got ripped off.
unblock
(52,116 posts)3. a fool and his money are soon parted
and the world of fashion has taken the creation and explotation of fools to lofty heights.
Rhiannon12866
(204,705 posts)6. One of my professors in college
Once said that the better the college, the worse the students dress. I took it to mean he was saying we were at a very good school...
Quantess
(27,630 posts)7. Thanks for the laugh.