Hello Thrifty Friends!


Here on our blog, we love showing thrift fashions. I am always inspired by what Thrift Town customers find at our stores, put together and love to wear and show off. Percentage-wise, I generally see a way higher amount of women styling and loving their thrifty fashions than men. Part of that is women just tend to be more into fashion than men. But because it is less prevalent, it’s that much more exciting to me to see a guy who loves fashion, and thrifting.

Meet : Johnny Cowan. He is a husband, dad, musician and a thrift lover. He’s a native of Sacramento California, and grew up shopping at Thrift Town, along with his whole family. Now living in Utah, he still has access to Thrift Town Stores, and continues his love of thrift. Here’s some tips for all the guys out there about fashion and secondhand from Johnny:

“As a manly man one can not be ashamed of the fact that they are clothes shopping; especially at a thrift store.

Finding sweet jeans at back-alley prices is just smart and we all want to look smart and cool. Thrifting is an art. As you enter the store be determined to find your perfect fit. Don’t settle for “I kinda like it,” or “It’s so reasonably priced that it doesn’t matter if I wear it very often.” I have personally fallen for this trap numerous times. It’s not worth it (even if it was only fifty cents) because than you just end up with a ton of garments you only wear once even though you try it on every couple of days thinking, hoping…dreaming that somehow the orangeishbrown sweater vest you rescued last week suddenly became bodacious over night. Buy pieces you LOVE and can mix in to your current wardrobe. But no matter what you get…

Remember that YOU make what you wear awesome -
It’s NOT the clothes that make YOU awesome.

Shop with confidence knowing that even if you decide to wear this crazy star clad western jockey shirt that you found half way off the hanger in the back of the store (true story), YOU made that shirt look darn good, cause you wore it as an extension of your stellar personality. Soon you will discover that your friends are envious of your new found boldness and will never question your authority as a style mogul or your status as part of the male gender of our beloved species. And if they do, it’s only cause they wish they had the guts to wear what you just did.

Try something new. Put yourself out there, and rock it like you own it.” -Johnny Cowan

 

I love that Johnny is able to have a ton of confidence in whatever he’s wearing. But you don’t have to have out-there style to be confident in secondhand. Whatever your personal style, you can find it at Thrift Town! We love seeing and celebrating your style - feel free to send us pictures of your Thrift Town styles any time. Have a wonderful week! - Kari

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WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Are you a thrift loving guy? What do you look for when shopping?

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