On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Colette Chooey wrote:
> im in san francisco and ive seen japanese clothes buyers buy over $700
> worth of club clothes at used clothing stores all the time!!!! i wonder
> what they can get for a used pair of nylon jogging pants (US$11) and a
> babytee with speed racer on it (US$4) in japan?
>
> colette
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> At 10:36 AM 7/29/97 -0400, you wrote:
> >Elson Trinidad wrote:
> >
> >> I wanna know where UFO buys their clothes; they dress kinda sharp!
> >
> >I don't know what it's like out in the Wild West, but here in the big
> >middle (Pittsburgh & Cleveland) we see Japanese clothes brokers all the
> >time. Seriously, vintage clothing and rare groove records disappear into
> >the trunks of these Japanese buyers who scour this turf and send it
> >overseas. I'm a serious collector of 1950's and early '60's clothes and
> >have hit stores just as one of these cats are heading out. Visa platinum
> >buying power and a 300% mark-up waiting for them on the other side....
> >they are ruthless in the way they clean a place out.
> >
> >One of my favorite merchants told me over the weekend that the hot
> >numbers for men now are 1930's & '40's work wear. To be eligible for
> >consderation, all shoes have to be 6 1/2 - 9 (no exceptions).
> >
> >A bit of lifestyle ephemera for the list today.
> >
> >laterjme
> >
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