Thrift store chic refers to a style of dressing where clothes are cheap and/or used. Clothes are often bought from
thrift stores such as the
Salvation Army,
Goodwill, or
Value Village. Originally popular among the
hippies of the late 1960s, this fashion movement resurfaced during the late 1980s and 1990s with the growing popularity of such music and style influences including the grunge band
Nirvana. Thrift store chic can be considered as an anti-fashion statement because it does not follow
fashion trends and does not attempt to look expensive or new.