New Zealand MPs share their love of thrifting

'A thrill of subtle subversion': New Zealand MPs share their love of thrifting Aotearoa MPs are notorious for their love of ‘op-shopping’, and have offered advice to their US counterparts on the joy of buying second-hand Eleanor Ainge Roy in Queenstown Used clothing and other household goods for sale at Wastebusters, a popular thrift / op shop in Wanaka, New Zealand. Photograph: Hugh Mitton/Alamy Stock Photo  

After the US election, congresswoman Cori Bush kicked off a conversation on Twitter about the high cost of acquiring a professional work wardrobe for Washington, saying she was heading to a secondhand shop to stock up.

“The reality of being a regular person going to Congress is that it’s really expensive to get the business clothes I need for the Hill. So I’m going thrift shopping tomorrow,” she wrote.

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