Second hand skirts

I was in Chelsea Michigan recently. There was a wonderful clothes store that had been in business since the 1950's. It smelled wonderfully like Bay City's Mill End. Creaky floors, dark wood shelves and display tables. The clothes they sold were very trendy and I liked them. Well made, but still foreign made, which of course, most likely means, sweatshop made. I did find a skirt/top made in Canada, but even made in the U.S. A. doesn't guarantee workers are well paid. The outfit was dark brown and looked like thin leather. The blouse had a ruffly low cut bodice and the skirt was tight at the top and flared out at the it's knee length. It was 120.$ marked down to 90.$ Too much for me on an impulse shopping trip. So I wandered down the street and found a second hand store on the second floor of the second to the last shop. I took off my 'big city wool reefer', hung it on a rack and got down to business. If it's second hand, I will buy it regardless of where it's made. I figure their money has been made and the product is as good as dead. So the money I spend on it, will all go to the shop keeper.
I went through a huge amount of shirts and took a rayon set of sleeveless shell with the matching sweater over it. It's knitted out of thin ribbons. Very loose. All the stuff I bought was beige.
Then I hit the skirt racks. It's my desire to wear more skirts and LESS pants. I just don't know what to do about shoes. I'm so self-conscious, I hardly wear accessories at all. I worry they won't match or be wrong is some way. There is less anxiety getting dressed if I just put two pieces on and go. I don't have very many clothes and seldom buy them for this reason. But I hate my clothes. I want to wear more exotic fabrics and styles. I want them to flatter my figure, not hide it. I don't want to dress like a grandma.
So I ended up with two tea length beige skirts. One straight cut linen and one polyester in two flowy layers.
Well, I just washed them. Everything looks great, except the top layer shrunk on the two layer skirt. Now I have yet ANOTHER sewing project. GREAT!!(she throws up her hands sarcastically).
But I also have some new clothes. Good for me.