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losinskijd on Nov 23, 2021
5 out of 5 starsLove love love this personally made braided mat. I will cherish this for years to come. Thank you sooo much! Super quick ship, perfectly made.
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Christine on May 30, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI cannot say enough about how wonderful this seller is!!!! honest, kind and easy to work with concerning the order. I absolutely love love love this cap!!!
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Paige on Apr 12, 2021
5 out of 5 starsBright, vibrant, fun, and quirky!!! This ice bath tie dye is one of a kind and beautiful. The shirt is high quality and so is the dye! It’s fantastic!
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losinskijd on Mar 9, 2021
5 out of 5 starsSuper quick ship, beautifully hand made, gently packaged. Will most definately buy from again and again!
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Stephanie on Oct 16, 2020
5 out of 5 starsLove it! Such good quality and the colors are so vibrant!
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kaylie on Sep 12, 2020
5 out of 5 starsHopeless Thrifter is awesome and their products are as well! This beauty just came and the seller is so kind! I love it, thank you! 🖤
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About HopelessThrifter
I have loved fashion since I was a little kid and after a long obsession, I ended up majoring in fashion for college. I studied in New York and Milan and loved school! I've always been very into making clothes and in love with fabrics.
However, I became disenchanted with the mainstream fashion industry shortly after graduating, once I started to really pay attention to working conditions for the people making the clothes.
All people deserve windows, breaks, reasonable hours, a living wage and safe working conditions!
We took care of all that, here in the 'states after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire way back in 1911. But most of the clothing we wear is made overseas where the labor laws are way more lax. People work in terrible conditions. It's out of sight, out of mind, and most of us ignore it, because we love a good bargain. I tried pretty hard to ignore it myself!
For many years I felt guilty whenever I bought something new, until I finally decided that I couldn't in good conscience be giving my money to companies that mistreat their fellow human beings.
Since I've always loved the thrill of the hunt at thrift shops, I switched to thrifting nearly all of my clothing in the past few years. If i do buy a new piece of clothing, I make sure that it was ethically produced.
I have been traveling around North America for the past 2 years in a mint green converted school bus named Sally with my boyfriend, and collecting lovely thrifted things here and there.
Since I travel by bus, I end up discovering so many awesome clothes and accessories in all the nooks and crannies of North America. The in between towns and cities have a plethora of amazingness!
I decided I would share the wealth and combine my love of thrifting and making. Thus was born Hopeless Thrifter!
Some garments are amazing vintage pieces that stand on their own, and some are my own creations (reworked) by myself in my tiny school bus workshop.
I love all that is colorful, quirky, and fun and I'm definitely a sucker for cool prints and burnout velvet!
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Athena
Owner, Maker, Curator
Athena grew up in upstate New York. She studied Fashion Design in Brooklyn and Milan. She worked in fashion, then as a yoga instructor, and now travels all over with her love in a little mint green school bus, collecting and reworking as she goes.
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