New York City :

To Buy or Not to Buy

11.13.2008

Submitted by bdisylvester on Thu, 11/13/2008 - 1:01am.
The Bite:
imageIn the midst of an existential closet crisis? This is the answer: hip duds from the '40s to the '80s at Hamlet's Vintage's new shop on Bleecker. Contemplate life…er, style while combing racks of cheapie vintage tweed blazers, bangin' boots (we continue to reel in compliments with the riding b's we picked up), and wintry party dresses – all under a hundred bucks. Then if you need room for new stuff, sell your 90210-era getups to Beacon's Closet for cash back or store credit - BC'll donate the leftovers to charity. Buying or selling used keeps new clothes outta production and saves the 68 pounds of clothing each American tosses yearly from going into landfills. No question about it.
Wanna Try: 
Hamlet's Vintage, 162 Bleecker St. b/t Sullivan and Thompson Sts. (212-228-1561). Beacon's Closet, 88 N. 11th St., Wythe Ave. and Berry St., Brooklyn (718-486-0816).
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Cocktail Fact

Before playing the title role of 1991's Hamlet, Mel Gibson's only previous Shakespearean experience was playing Juliet in an all-male production of Romeo and Juliet in Australia.

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 NY Biters donate all of their unwanted clothes instead of throwing them away for a year, we'll keep the weight of 250 casts of Hamlet out of landfills.

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