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How subversive artists made thrift shopping cool

  • Written by Jennifer Le Zotte, Assistant Professor of Material Culture and History, University of North Carolina Wilmington
imageCustomers shop during at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Out of the Closet thrift store in Columbus, Ohio.Jay LaPrete/AP

National Thrift Shop Day (August 17) exists alongside other quirky holidays like Play Your Ukulele Day (February 2) and Rice Crispy Treat Day (September 18). Though intended as a lighthearted celebration of an acceptable...

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