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The lady at the Goodwill in Portland told me my $6 scarf looked like real cashmere, and now I can't stop thinking about it
She was the fitting room lady, maybe 70 years old, and she grabbed the tag and said "honey, this is 100% cashmere, someone's grandma is rolling in her grave right now." I paid $6 for it at the Goodwill on 82nd in Portland. My friend says buying secondhand cashmere is gross and she'd rather pay $150 at the mall for something new that feels worse. I say a rich lady's old scarf beats a brand new plastic one every time. Where do you all stand on this, would you wear a stranger's old cashmere or does the idea weird you out too much?
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mark73120d ago
Man, the fitting room lady at Goodwill is basically the final boss of thrift store opinions, so if she says cashmere then it's cashmere. But here's what I want to know: did you actually check the tag yourself, or are you just going off her word? Because half the fun of a find like that is going home and googling the brand and feeling like you robbed a bank. Also does it have that little pilling situation on the sleeves, or did some rich lady in the Pearl District barely wear it before she died?
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