My back-to-school clothes were bought new... from the bargain racks at Value Village or K-Mart.
But it still doesn't really indicate anything, even with that caveat.
When I was an infant, and my parents were lower-class, my new clothes frequently came from department store. But I was the first grandchild on both sides, and I don't think my parents had to buy any of my clothes for the first 2-3 years!
The rest of my childhood, the family income wandered all over the middle-class map, and my new clothes generally came from K-Mart. Even when I hit high school, Mom didn't see any reason to pay a lot for something I could outgrow in a year.
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But it still doesn't really indicate anything, even with that caveat.
When I was an infant, and my parents were lower-class, my new clothes frequently came from department store. But I was the first grandchild on both sides, and I don't think my parents had to buy any of my clothes for the first 2-3 years!
The rest of my childhood, the family income wandered all over the middle-class map, and my new clothes generally came from K-Mart. Even when I hit high school, Mom didn't see any reason to pay a lot for something I could outgrow in a year.