Thrift stores and the Gilded Age shopper -- Dressing Dada and the rise of flea markets -- Garage sales and suburban subversiveness -- The invention of vintage clothing -- Elective poverty and postwar politics -- Genderfuck and the boyfriend look -- Connoisseurs of trash in a world full of it --...

Part 1: Introduction of the Chinese Fashion Market -- Part 1.1: overview of the Chinese Fashion Market -- Part 1.2: Re-evaluating the Market Potential: a perspective of domestic fashion brands -- Part 1.3: Too big to lose: a perspective of global fashion brands in the Chinese market -- Part 2:...

This paper uses German household data on apparel purchases to show that, conditional on income, households differ with respect to their shopping outlets and the prices they pay. We estimate that high-price retailers are not affected by changes in import prices. By contrast, the pass-through for...