I recently received this info from a Steve & Barry’s rep: The local store (800 Brevard Rd., Asheville) is holding a big end-of-year sale. Press for the event says, “continuing throughout the holiday season, EVERYTHING in our ENTIRE store is $8.98 and under!” This includes BITTEN, dear, Starbury and EleVen lines as well as general men’s, women’s, and kid’s clothing lines; including all winter items such as pea coats, down jackets, sweaters, trench coats, jeans, and more.
Not to rain on anyone’s inexpensive shopping parade, but...I’m wary of where their clothes are made. It’s easy to sell shirts for less than $10 when they’re made by under-aged, underpaid workers in foreign countries.
goodwill beats everywhere in asheville for affordable shopping..
you sometimes have to wait for good deals and to find what you want.
when you do have a ‘lucky’ day..it is a good feeling, plus you are helping raise cash for a good cause.
i do not shop anywhere else.
on lexington there is nothing I would wear..and it is too over priced.
i cannot afford 80.- for a dress or 20.- for a natural fibers tank top.
that’s just silly to me.
plus I don’t want to look like everyone else. :)
Goodwill is about the most unique places to shop.
Not everyone who shops there comes out with mismatched odds and ends that have no style.
There are suits, suit coats, shoes, jeans, skirts..dresses.. usually anywhere from the ‘50’s to now.
yes, at goodwill you have options...you are not tied into a look or set of standard goods that the stores downtown give you.
at goodwill you can find clothes from every era just about...and they are cheap!
you can find a t-shirt at Hip Replacements for 20.- or go to goodwill and find a similar counterpart for 1.- or 2.-
you can go to Honey Pot and find handmade clothing but you pay way too much or go to Goodwill and find an item to add to that looks similar or better.
The best bet is to make your own clothes from odds and ends you find.
I haven’t shopped in any clothing store downtown (except for madame butterfly) for at least 2 yrs. Quit honestly I find the stores to be over priced, full cliche trends and not very friendly.
Honey Pot can be a good bet sometimes..I got a beautiful,high end black dress suit for a wedding there for 50.00..still had the orginal"I’ve bought cars for less than that” tags on it.
Salvation Army sells out of their back room to the upscale second hand shops, and employees get first dibs,so the really good stuff rarely hits the floor.Goodwill is great..they don’t let employees shop at the store they work at,so everything gets out on the floor and the public gets a shot.They also donate profits above the costs of running their stores back to charity,offer employees full coverage health insurance for a very low price,and offer jobs to disadvantged people in the community.It’s always nice to get a bargin AND help people at the same time.
i had the realization about salvation army about 10 years ago. i bought a solid wood armoire right off the truck (it hadn’t been brought in yet) for $40 (legitmately from an SA employee) and before it could be loaded into my truck, another employee came and tried to tell me that it was a “mistake” that it had been sold. he apparently had wanted it for himself (i heard from another employee there) and tried to get me to take my money back, but i refused (and still have the armoire) ... he got really bent out of shape about it and tried to make me feel like i was stealing. i never shopped there again ...
i’m not sure if it is closed (i haven’t been in years) but it was located right next to the civic center parking garage, on rankin ... just next door to the corner antique mall that i think is gone as well ...
Lumina, I kind of figured that.There was big,weird family that worked in that store(think"The Hills Have Eyes”,but very religious).Sounds like you ran into Ed,who was the big one for selling out of the back room to dealers,and pocketing the money.Whole operation in Asheville should be ashamed to call itself a charity.
