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My collection ive found while thrifting over the years

I just bought doc martens shoes and I’m not entirely sure how to wash thrifted shoes especially this one as I never bought second hand shoes before. Please give me any tips!!🙏

Hi, everyone! I get almost all of my clothes secondhand because sustainability is really important to me and I love finding unique vintage pieces for very little money.

The only downside is that many thrifted clothes come with very strong fragrance and detergent smells that are incredibly stubborn to remove.
I have a fragrance allergy, so even a faint lingering scent can trigger a reaction for me.

I’ve tried several methods to get the smells out, but I haven’t had much success. I’ve soaked clothes in white vinegar for 24 hours (which honestly seemed to make the smell linger more), tried washing with baking soda, and tried Scent-A-Way hunter’s detergent, but that unfortunately didn’t make much of a difference either.

The only thing that has helped somewhat is leaving clothes outside on my balcony for a week or more — and even then, the scent often isn’t completely gone. I’ve heard about putting clothes in a garbage bag with baking soda, shaking it around, and leaving it overnight, but I’m not sure if that actually works.

Has anyone had success removing stubborn thrift store fragrance smells? Are there any methods, products, or techniques that have worked for you?

I’d really appreciate any suggestions because it’s frustrating to have to wait weeks before I can safely wear my thrifted clothes. By the way, all the clothes I get are 100% cotton and mostly vintage, if that’s helpful to know.

Front & back of a hand-painted welcome sign I found while thrifting. No idea who Carol is, but she did an amazing job! Signed and dated ‘84, which makes it 14 years older than me, and it’s still holding up beautifully.

Paid just $2 for it, and I think it fits my little country home perfectly!

Thanks, Carol - you made something that found a second home 40+ years later😊

Im a man, and if i were to buy womans clothes (for reasons) from a thrift shop would it arise any questions? Or would it be fine.

Edit: thank you all, should be fine :)

this is just some interesting stuff i saw at the mall. my bf got me the loretta lynn vhs and the knock off my little pony it reminded me of the mlp (gen 1) pony’s i had when i was younger. i got myself hello kitty necklace and ear rings but it broke as soon i opened it :( i saw the most perfect vintage baby phat purse but sadly it was falling apart and i didn’t have much money so i passed. i saw a barbie with my birth year as well.

Found at the goodwill bins, Hand painted by an amateur/hobbiest and I love it so much ❤️

I am so sorry if this is not the right place for this (redirecting would be extremely helpful if so!) but I recently got a sturdy green fabric belt. Metal hardware. It smells like an old person’s house, I’m not really sure how to describe it. But it was an incredibly strong smell and even made my room smell bad. So I threw together a load of laundry and tossed it in the washing machine. Couple hours later my father comes in asking if I’ve been working with chemicals, saying that the downstairs neighbour was complaining about a weird mothball-like smell.

So I head downstairs and open the washing machine and EVERYTHING in there smells NASTY. it all picked up the smell from the belt as well as taking on a kind of burnt chemical stench. The smell didn’t decrease at all, everything else just picked it up and shared it.

The belt is currently hanging on the clothesline, not sure if my father put the rest of the load back on in the washer, and we have all our fans in the house trying to pump the smell out. Everything smells like it now because of the fan that’s moving it out of the laundry room, I feel so bad for my downstairs neighbour :(

I have no clue what this is. Any advice on how to proceed with the belt, the rest of the load of laundry, and likely the washing machine too would be GREATLY appreciated, or just any possible explanation.
I don’t mean it in the prohibited way of “what brand is this? What is its dollar value?” I mean “why is this thing I brought home making my everything smell INCREDIBLY musty and manky”
Please help or redirect me to help I am desperate!!!!! Looking this up is not giving me any info.

I have been looking at these whiting and davies bags for *years* online, literally every day I just take a look at them on marketplace/ebay, I think they're so pretty. But understandably expensive and out of my price range. I rarely check the purses but decided to browse this weekend and found this one for $3! It does have a tiny bit of damage at the bend area, but I believe all of the chains are there and they just need to be rejoined. So cool =) I am going to use the heck out of it.

I also found some cool kitchen stuff: a crazy daisy ish patterned pan, mushroom container, arcoroc cow container (my second one and my new favorite fridge thing), a vintage kid's dress I found on a doll, some handmade polish dolls, a couple of brass candlesticks. Not pictured, a ms maisel ish robe and a lap harp (my teen is collecting and learning as many instruments as possible)

Fun weekend =)

Sometimes I go several times a week, and not even buying anything most of the time I go.

Is it weird to go in regularly just to browse? I enjoy just popping into a thrift store for a quick 10-15 minutes to see if my go-to aisles have anything good, but sometimes I feel weird when I see the same employees like I'm the only one that does this haha

Just moved from the Midwest to Oregon with literally nothing so I’m very happy to have scored :)

I pride myself on a 90% thrifted wardrobe. These are all of my thrifted shoes. I have probably paid ~$100 for all of these. Mostly found at goodwill bins, but also at goodwills or my local shops! Some are a half size or size too big, but depending on the shoe that’s more comfortable anyway. I prefer a roomier fit :)

Found this in a small town thrift store. I wish I could go back and buy it.

Picked this gem up for $110 (priced at $160)
Absolutely nothing wrong with it. It only needed a cleaning. 😁

I work in a nonprofit thrift store and I’m always coming across unique clothing & accessories & this just happened to be one of those 😆 I think it’s from the 70’s/80’s…my mind went to, I wonder where this has been & who wore it & how many clubs it’s been worn in 😅 I loved it so much, I had to put it on the male mannequin to display it and I wish I had gotten a pic of it cause I combined it with tall red stripe socks, a patriotic tote bag pack and a red visor.

Saw this trend on TikTok and thought why not. I’m so happy with how it came out. I did not glue the base because I wanted to put rechargeable lights or battery pack inside the base to light it up. Iincluded my inspiration pics too.

Edit: I used E6000 industrial glue and was told at local hardware store bowls can taken apart with googone if I change my mind later - so I guess it’s semipermanent 🤷🏽‍♀️

I’m sure I got this for a $1 or so 🤭 those small town estate sales are the best!