I feel really old writing this, but at Proletariat you are paying money for clothes that look like Goodwill passed them over. There are a lot of wrinkled, faded T-shirts and stained coats, plus pretty worn boots. I guess this is a look the kids today like (are they calling it "irony"?), but I thought you could also get it at the charity shop. Still, Proletariat gets points for making cash off other people's castoffs. There are sometimes some sweet women's things if you go at the right time, although I've never bought anything there - I keep looking for something with no egregious holes or stains. For the record, I'm 31, and I am totally into the Goodwill and Garment District, and I just don't get this place. Still, it's a critic's darling, so you decide.
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