I can still remember the first vintage purchase I ever made.

Maybe thats why it hurt so bad when it allquite literallystopped fitting.

People used to be smaller.

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(Does it go without saying that she was thin?)

But that sort of in-person community can be hard to find when youre a fat vintage shopper.

says Rachael Frank, the cofounder of Thick Thrift along with Aya Kajikawa and Mia Fernandez.

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Most people are plus-size, and the average person is around a size 18.

It just points to really interesting things about class and status.

People didnt see fat as being acceptable, so they didnt want us to look acceptable.

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Acceptability seems to be the last thing many Thick Thrift attendees are concerned about, sartorially speaking.

When I was in high school, there werent the options there are now.

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