BY-NC-SA Now that we going back to school, we are trying to find the stores with the best values. I don’t think people care about brands as much anymore as long as they can find something to cover up with. I have been to a lot a stores lately, especially at the mall, and they all are advertising so-called “specials.” But how much are you really saving?
Even the LA times reported recently that teen apparel sales are down at mall stores like Abercrombie and Fitch and American Eagle. Since the economy is down, and I'm going to be starting college in the fall, I wanted to ask youth in my city where they were planning on doing their back-to-school shopping.
David, 18, says that he can usually find a decent deal at the mall stores:
Robert, also 18, finds the malls are OK, but prefers thrift stores, where he can get a bag of clothes for a song:
Mayra, who graduates from high school this December, prefers to repurpose items she finds. For her, it's all about doing more with less:
I'm not too much into any of those, so I asked around for an alternative. My mom goes to a place downtown known in Spanish as "Los callejones," or Santee Alley. So I did a little comparison shopping of my own and perhaps got a bit brainwashed by all the sale signs in the process. Take a look at this slideshow of what I found:
In this year all the same
Yeah, many people are there
School
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