Does Clothing Organization Matter To You?

[Good Buddy]

I was recently asked a question by a reporter and it made me think of a good topic for discussion.
When I thrift I only look at clothes if they''re broken down by size. Many thrift stores just put all the men''s shirts on one rack, all the shirts, no matter the style or size. I never look when they''re like that. I also never look at clothes if they''re only organized by color, which my look nice, but organizing by size is more shopper friendly.
What''s your opinion?

[tvgirl4fun]

It''s been rare that I''ve seen clothes sorted by size.  When I look for dresses for examble, I go down the racks looking for color, materia and length that interests me at the time.  If they organize it too much like a regular store I think it takes something out of thrifting.  I will admit it makes it a little easier when looking for shoes though.  J

And I wasn''t able to click an answer for the poll.

[ChrisMiss]

I have a physical limitation and I can''t stand as long as I used to.  I enjoy shopping at the thrift stores that have the clothing sorted by sizes.  Some stores have sorted by color which doesn''t matter to me as much as size.  If the clothes aren''t sorted it takes a lot of time to sort through the clothing, sometimes I just won''t bother looking if the clothes aren''t sorted.  I have to make a decision knowing that I won''t be able to physically stand around looking as long as it would take to go through all the clothes.  I''d rather spend my energy going to a thrift store that does sort by size.

[alexandra]

A good store IMO, sorts first by gender, then by category, then by style.  It is not always easy for me, because I am color blind.  But... I see different shads of some colors.  So, if I am not sure if something is really red or not, I have the clothes around it for reference.  That sounds weird, but when you have a problem to compensate for, little things help!  I do often have a problem determining some tag colors -- and feel really stupid asking other shoppers what color tags I am carrying!

I find clothes labelled in Mens that are really female plus sizes.  I see men''s stuff that are mistakenly thought to be women''s.  There are certain items I buy although I know they are men''s (the best Madras shorts are made for men!).  I shop the entire store, but I always have a plan of attack -- a well organized store makes it much easier to implement your plan... so those are the stores I tend to go back to again and again.  It does help to be aware of clothing labels, so you know wether an item is tagged correctly.  For instance a 22W in the mens dept, is really a plus-size woman''s item (which means your hubby might not want to wear it!).  If a jacke is made by Gant, chances are it''s a menswear item.  Etc. etc.

One of my favorite stores just had a management change.  They cleared out a lot of old stuff.  Now, there is more room to actually move the hangers on the racks. It makes a huge difference.  I don''t like it when stores don''t move out the old stuff, and when they don''t organize their stock.

Thriftily,
Alexandra
www.livingwithoutmoney.blogspot.com

[Chester]

By size at least! I like a good rummage sale, but I never dig through piles of clothes.
Forget that!
You gotta organize people!

[Emmapeel]

You gotta organize people!

Yes, yes, yes...don''t be lazy..Do a complete job or don''t do it at all.

[Good Buddy]

Yes, yes, yes...don''''t be lazy..Do a complete job or don''''t do it at all.

Ouch! Many of these shops are struggling to keep the doors open with Octogenarians running things. There''s only so much 9 people in there 80''s can do in a day.

I saw five 10 year old young ladies organizing some books at the Bibles for Missions Thrift Center in Longwood FL on Friday. It made me feel good to see a furture generation of thrift shop volunteers busying themselves at a very hard task. The area they were working had at least 5000 books.

[Emmapeel]

It''s just frustrating to know there''s got to be some great stuff in the shirts over in that corner. Or trying to look through the mound of pants that may or may not me even seperated by gender.
Didn''t mean to sound mean.