Second hand
Second hand
Author(s): Petruţa BurceaSubject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Muzeul Ţăranului Român, Editura Martor
Keywords: second hand shops; (post)communism; transition; trade; vintage; look;
Summary/Abstract: Back in 1994, during my hippie days, I would turn the city up-side-down looking for a pair of flaring blue jeans. My sis came over and said that she had found the item at the Eroilor subway station, in a second-hand clothes shop next to a pastry stand, and she also mentioned that clothes were really cheap there. When my mom saw me she almost went nuts. Fancy her daughter wearing somebody else’s clothes which on top of everything were also shabby! Yeah, but there weren’t any young people my age looking like me …
Journal: Martor. Revue d’Anthropologie du Musée du Paysan Roumain
- Issue Year: 2005
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 158-158
- Page Count: 1
- Language: English