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What did you do over the Raleigh tax free weekend?  I stopped in Revolver Consignment Store in the Glenwood South area of downtown Raleigh. Revolver is a neat women’s consignment clothing store. When I was growing up, they didn’t have designer-like clothing consignment places. Revolver carries new to slightly worn designer clothing. People make appointments to have pieces of clothing considered. I think I was told that people who bring in new clothing with tags that they accept get 50% of what they paid.  But many pieces of clothing aren’t approved, which is understandable. I imagine they only want stuff others want, in good condition, and the style of clothing they want…like designer clothing mostly.

I sifted through some of the racks and found quite a few pieces that I liked. I like cute and stylish stuff. So it made me happy to see a lot of that. I’m like most people shopping… I get frustrated when I don’t find something that I’m looking for.  This time I wasn’t looking for anything in particular.

And, Revolver has a lot of dressy tops, and casual tops.  Also, sweaters, dresses, skirts, and every type of clothing that most women have in their closets. They also have a shoe section. But I’m not one for shopping or buying the previously worn shoes, but that’s just me. Even though they did have some cute shoes.

Trina Turk Top

They have a few racks of jeans.  Mostly designer jeans. I saw 7 for Mankind, Joes, and other brand name designer jeans. I also saw a pair of Wrangler jeans. They had some very detailed pocketing which is really popular now and designer-esque.

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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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