I personally have my own ''story'' with these shops and stores. I discovered them about a year ago, on a summer trip to England, but I only looked weirdly at their windows thinking things like: ''Oh my God, I would NEVER wear something pre-owned''.

Silly me. I knew this kind of stores where very appreciated in all Europe and also USA, but maybe in Spain we have more ''prejudices'' about these kind of things, and looks like people doesn't understand if you wear something that has belonged to someone else. Maybe it's because when we think about ''second hand'' or ''thrift stores'' the image of a dirty, dark and old place, with lots of clothes and stuff pilled up on the floor comes to our mind. I think now I can understand why we don't have many of these stores here.

Anyway. When these last year I went to Boston for my summer trip, I went into one of these stores. Just curiosity and nothing more interesting to do on a July morning, with almost 40ºC outside. So, I went there, and what I found surprised me: lots of stuff, clothes, shoes, bags, jewelry, perfectly organised by colours, sizes and so on, with very well-known names on some of their tags, most of them with good quality, and with prices extremely low. I went crazy, and I realized, that even all that stuff had previously belonged to someone else, now many of that clothes were looking for a new life, and that they were even better than in a department store.

So, I've been looking like a ''little squirrel'' for these kind of stores here in Spain. I found one in my city, Valencia, and it has nice things (I've just bought an awesome leather jacket for about 17$) but you have to look very, very hard.

Don't you believe in me yet? So, look at the things I've bought in thrift and second hand stores: