Word: thesweatshirt
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...They are evolving. They are notinstitutionalized," she says. "The Cruise isdefinitely a tradition and things like thesweatshirt sale are becoming traditions--inexistence for 10 to 12 years--but the Stumble andthe talent show--I wouldn't mind if they weredropped," Jellis says...
...Broadway, Cambridge's Garment District andDollar-a-Pound are manifestations of the recycledclothes trend. And the history of the organizationtypifies that of the new generation of usedclothing stores appearing across the country.Founded in the 1940's, the company produced"wiping clothes" (i.e. rags) to smokestackindustries, such as sugar manufacturing. Thesweatshirt your dad outgrew in 1958 may have endedup here; it would have undergone a simple processwhich included sorting bales of discarded clothingfrom various sources, cutting them into 18-inchsquares, and adding chemicals to improve thefabric's absorbency...
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