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I grew up going to thrift stores with my grandmother and her sister. I would go out with them for the day and we would have lunch, go to thrift stores, shopping, etc My great aunt made her living by selling collectibles and antiques at flea markets and in her own stores. My grandmother no longer helps her sister thrift, now that she is gone, but she still loves going to go thrift stores and buying random junk and killing time.

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I found this 1970’s housedress a few months back while thrifting at a new (for me) thrift store near my (new) house. At first I didn’t know what it was because it was wrapped up in cellophane and folded around a piece of cardboard. 1970s’s primary color floral print house dress with tags still attached and original packaging. I, also, got inspired while doing this photo shoot, to make a little video to really show this amazing dress.

This is my New York story; I like to think of it as My Love Affair with New York. I new I wasn’t leaving New York forever. I was lucky that I had the savings and familial support to make the decision to leave my full time job, go back to school, and move to New York. July 2012, I left New York to build a new unknown life.