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ihavenobias

(13,532 posts)
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 12:16 PM Apr 2012

TYT: 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 OP
Yay, Im an unintended trend setter! DJ13 Apr 2012 #1
aside from looking in my closet, I could probably spend $10 at a local thrift shop zbdent Apr 2012 #2
Love thrift shops - emilyg Apr 2012 #4
Hey, I found a signed copy of Rudy Giuliani's book "Leadership" ... zbdent Apr 2012 #5
a fool and his money are soon parted unblock Apr 2012 #3
One of my professors in college Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 #6
Thanks for the laugh. Quantess Apr 2012 #7

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
2. aside from looking in my closet, I could probably spend $10 at a local thrift shop
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 12:43 PM
Apr 2012

and accomplish the same thing ... and have change left.

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
5. Hey, I found a signed copy of Rudy Giuliani's book "Leadership" ...
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 08:39 PM
Apr 2012

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
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 12:48 PM
Apr 2012

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
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 09:58 PM
Apr 2012

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...

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