Some of my favourite clothes were found (literally) in the gutter.
We also have this weird (cool) thing here where garbage dumps have little shops attached to them, and they sell all sorts of crap that is brought to the dump that they think people might want.
On one particular visit to one of these "tip shops", i found a pair of insane psychedelic 70s designer sunglasses (Lanvin is the brand - apparently it's some kind of designer label that some of my friends were very jealous of), a sheet-music stand (always handy), a paisley scarf, a really nice leather jacket and a few other things.
All up, cost me $15 AUD, which was a steal. I could probably get hundreds for the vintage shades alone.
I love hunting through crazy second-hand stores, junk shops, deceased estates, dumpsters...and so on, because most of the other people that do that kind of thing are looking for - i dunno, lawnmower engines or old bottles or something.
I'm looking for trashy (stylin') rock'n'roll clothes and stuff.
The sort of things people's grandmothers throw out.
Man, velvet pants! I always wanted some velvet stovepipe jeans, and i randomly found some in a junk shop the first time i ever took mescaline. That was a good day indeed