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How do you show your identity to the world?
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Lets go one step further with recycled clothing...
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Does everything happen for a reason?
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It's great to shop at thrift stores if you live in an affluent area where used clothing started our upscale. How about low SES shoppers?
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Designer Jessi Arrington packed nothing for TED but 7 pairs of undies, buying the rest of her clothes in thrift stores around LA. It's a meditation on conscious consumption -- wrapped in a rainbow of color and creativity.
Jessi Arrington is a color-loving designer based in Brooklyn. Full bio »
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