Hidden Downtown Raleigh Consignment Store U Gotta See

Raleigh has several consignment stores but one downtown is filled with low priced designer clothing. You may not be able to see the “Get Dressed” sign but you’ll see this mannequin posing outside on West Street (the one in the yellow dress…the other one is me). Sometimes you can see the train go by above across the street. It’s a neat part of downtown Raleigh.

But unlike a boutique, Get Dressed is a very large warehouse with more than just a few articles of clothing. Normally I’m not a fan to look at previously worn clothing, but some of the stuff there is really cute and designer branded. And a lot of vintage stuff – you know what’s out is in.

I felt very nostalgic as they were playing 80’s music (probably on a record player…are u old enough to remember those?). As I walked past the dolled up mannequin at the entrance, I turned left to the open entrance and saw a couch and lots of vintage clothing…

And they were playing Talking Heads “Psycho Killer”. I had a quick flashback of Annie Potts from the record store scene from “Pretty in Pink” movie… and her outrageous dramatic clothing. If you can ignore the lyrics, title, and video that are super morose, ironically the music is upbeat and catchy. It puts me in a bob-my-head-around good mood… like that new Pink song, “Please Don’t Leave Me”…da da da da! …

I like to look at one of a kind stuff. That can be harder to find at the mall where clothing is very mainstream. Here you see a lot of different types of clothes for men and women in mint condition. You also see vintage (maybe antique?) furniture and toys. As long as it’s not like old used spooky stuff like a Raggedy Ann or clown from someone’s Hope Chest from 30 years back, I’ll consider it. Btw, I don’t like clowns (you couldn’t pay me to stay at the Circus Circus hotel in Vegas .

At this Get Dressed consignment store, you see a ‘sale’ sign like this but prices are already slashed. Like this Michael Stars top. It was only $17.  And saving money especially in this economy, is en vogue.

Michael Stars Clothing

And most the clothing is actually sorta cool and hip. It’s definitely not like hand me downs passed on from when you were a kid. Did they have designer clothes back then?

After walking around a bit (it’s a big store), I was getting really hot even though there were some fans running. I’m not sure if their AC was working so I don’t recommend going on a super hot day like I did. Maybe they could put a tiki bar there and serve cold refreshments…ooh…what a concept!

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