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Katie, shopping at the LC-GW is unlike any other store, in that clothes are not sorted, but are all lumped together into great heaps of every manner, and are unceremoniously dumped onto big tables. You have to sort through a lot of cr*p to find something useable. The per/pound pricing works in the favor of those buying filmy, lightweight items - not so much where heavier textiles go, such as denim or winter coats. I would say that my favorite score there is on books. Some years ago, I paid pennies for a lovely, first edition of Hans Christian Andersen's stories, that were illustrated by Honor Appleton. Another find was a late 19th century poster (with original frame!) that advertised against the evils of educating women. It was believed that they'd be seduced by card-sharps, liquor, cigarettes, casual sex, the sufferagette movement, and Lord-knows-what-Else. My eldest daughter loves that poster, and says it has inspired her to never stop learning. 🙂