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July 27, 2012
"Why a SoHo banker on a weekend jaunt to Eataly is dressed the same as an African famine victim"
You may think that when you get tired of that glitter-glued blouse, a poorer person will benefit from looking stylish.You dutifully bring the garment over to the Salvation Army, feeling virtuous. Well, the Salvation Army intake center for Brooklyn and Queens takes in five tons of the stuff you don’t want to wear any more every day. Most of it doesn’t go to the secondhand store. It’s baled like yesterday’s paper and sold by the pound to salvage shops. These modern-day rag-and-bone dealers sort and sell last season’s dress to rag-makers, mattress-fillers, and the African wholesale market. -- Rag Drag by Nicole Gelinas - City Journal
Posted by gerardvanderleun at July 27, 2012 3:23 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.