We're getting ready for our annual Coats & Coffee event (in November) and we're reaching out to you for donations. Coats & Coffee is an event which aims to get coats and other winter clothing to low-income folks in our area. We set up a shopping-like environment for hundreds of community members, who are able to select winter gear for themselves at no cost. This year the event will be modified due to Covid-19, with extra safety precautions in place for guests and volunteers. We expect to see just as many attendees, however-- perhaps more, as this year has been especially hard on everyone. 
 
If you have items you would like to donate to the event, please bring them in to Dirt Chic (67 Main Street, Burlington) anytime through Saturday, November 14th. We are looking for winter coats, boots, hats, and gloves for men, women, and children. We are especially in need of extra large sizes. As a token of our appreciation, we'll be giving out Dirt Chic coupons to anyone who donates! 
 
Thank you for your support! 
 
Be warm and well, 
 
~The Crew at Dirt Chic 

Since we missed our annual week-long June half price sale, we have decided to hold one in July!

For the first week of July (7/1-7/7), all items older than one month will be 50% OFF!
During this particular sale, we *will be* accepting consignments.

Please be aware of our consignment procedures:

• No consignments on Mondays and Tuesdays.
• Please wait one month between consigning visits.
• There are two ways to consign with us:
  

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1.APPOINTMENT: We will look through your items during your appointment and return any items we cannot accept for sale (up to 15 adult items and/or 25 children's items). You can make an appointment here, but feel free to call us if you're having any trouble.

2. DROP OFF & DONATE DISCARDS: You may drop off up to 15 items during our consigning hours without an appointment. We will look through your items at a later time and donate any items we cannot put out for sale.

Consigning Hours:
Wed - Sat: 11-5
&
Sun: 1-4

Dear Dirt Chic Customers and Consignors,
We wanted to reach out during this challenging time to both offer and ask for support. We know many of you are juggling a variety of challenges as you try and make the best decisions for yourselves, your families, and your communities. We, too, are facing many tough decisions and judgment calls.

We have decided to remain open for the time being. We have hand sanitizer available at the front counter and a public restroom at the back of the store for hand-washing. We are cutting back on staffing to reduce the number of bodies at the store and allow employees extra opportunities to stay home. And we will be limiting consignments; we will continue to honor appointments, but we are suspending the walk-in option for the moment. We know this will be an inconvenience for consignors who are hoping to unload their extra clothes, but given the warnings about minimizing social contact – as well as our reduced staffing – we need to make this temporary change.

We will be increasing our online activity, to allow customers to see some of the inventory from afar. We’re happy to ring through sales over the phone and hold onto the purchased items until you’re able to come in and grab them. We can also run them out to your car if that’s your preference. Feel free to call or e-mail us if there are specific items you’d like us to find for you. We can always send you pictures so you can shop remotely. And stay tuned to our Instagram and Facebook pages to see what’s “in store!” With schools and some businesses closing, we know many of you will be operating out of your homes, perhaps with extra challenges. We’re here to offer up some retail therapy! Just let us know how we can help.

As a local business, we will try to weather this pandemic as best we can, knowing we will take a hit financially and in many ways we can’t yet predict. Please consider this as you move forward with your own plans – we hope to continue doing business with you in any way we can and emerge from this in one piece! Thank you so much for your continued support and patronage.

Sincerely,
The Crew at Dirt Chic

For the first two weeks of March (3/1-3/14), all items older than one month will be 50% OFF!

We will not be accepting consignments during the sale.

We will resume our regular consigning hours on Sunday, 3/15.

Please be aware of our consignment procedures:

• No consignments on Mondays and Tuesdays.
• Please wait one month between consigning visits.
• There are three ways to consign with us:

1. APPOINTMENT:  We will look through your items during your appointment and return any items we cannot accept for sale (up to 15 adult items and/or 25 children's items).  You can make an appointment here, but feel free to call us if you're having any trouble.
 
2. SMALL BATCH WALK-IN:  We will accept walk-ins for consignments of 5 or fewer items.  

3. DROP OFF & DONATE DISCARDS:  You may drop off up to 15 adult and/or 25 children's items during our consigning hours without an appointment.  We will look through your items at a later date and donate any items we cannot put out for sale.
Consigning Hours:
Wed - Sat: 11-5
&
Sun: 1-4

For the first week of December (12/1-12/7), all items older than one month will be 50% OFF!

We will not be accepting consignments during the sale.

We will resume our regular consigning hours on Sunday, 12/8.

Please be aware of our consignment procedures:

• No consignments on Mondays and Tuesdays.
• Please wait one month between consigning visits.
• There are three ways to consign with us:

1. APPOINTMENT:  We will look through your items during your appointment and return any items we cannot accept for sale (up to 15 adult items and/or 25 children's items).  You can make an appointment here, but feel free to call us if you're having any trouble.
 
2. SMALL BATCH WALK-IN:  We will accept walk-ins for consignments of 5 or fewer items.  

3. DROP OFF & DONATE DISCARDS:  You may drop off up to 15 adult and/or 25 children's items during our consigning hours without an appointment.  We will look through your items at a later date and donate any items we cannot put out for sale.
Consigning Hours:
Wed - Sat: 11-5
&
Sun: 1-4

For the first two weeks of September (9/1 - 9/14), all items older than one month will be 50% OFF!

We will not be accepting consignments during the sale. 

We will resume our regular consigning hours on Sunday, 9/15.
Please be aware that our new consignment procedures are still in effect:

• No consignments on Mondays and Tuesdays.
• Please wait one month between consigning visits.
• There are three ways to consign with us:

1. APPOINTMENT:  We will look through your items during your appointment and return any items we cannot accept for sale or that exceed our item limits (15 adult items and/or 25 children's items).  You can make an appointment here, but feel free to call us if you're having any trouble. 
 
2. SMALL BATCH WALK-IN:  We will accept walk-ins for consignments of 5 or fewer items.  

3. DROP OFF & DONATE DISCARDS:  You may drop off up to 15 adult and/or 25 children's items during our consigning hours without an appointment.  We will look through your items at a later date and donate any items we cannot put out for sale.
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Consigning Hours:
Wed - Sat: 11-5
&
Sun: 1-4

Dear Consignors,
The change of season is underway (albeit painfully slow!), which means many of you are cleaning out your closets. We're loving the great clothes you're bringing in, but once again we're getting overwhelmed. Maybe it's because there are more than 5,000 of you and only 5 of us! The appointment system has definitely helped (A LOT), but we're finding that our Drop & Donate option is where we're falling behind. Often, we're receiving large consignments, which require a lot of extra time for us to sort through. Therefore, we're amending that consignment option a little:

Please, if you're consigning items without an appointment, make sure you do not bring in more than 15 items at a time. Everything else about consigning with us will stay the same, but we do need to control the size of the batches we're taking. We've included a list below of tips to help you pick the best items for consignment.

Here's a reminder of the three ways to consign with us:
1. By Appointment: Schedule an appointment online or over the phone. Bring your bag to us during the scheduled time slot and we will look through it on the spot. We will keep up to 15 adult items and/or 25 kids' items and give the rest back to you.
2. Drop & Donate Discards: Drop off a bag of 15 items or fewer during our consigning hours. We will look through it at a later time and keep what we can (and put those items on your account) and donate the rest to local charities. We have some great relationships with area social services organizations, so you can trust that your items will find a good home.
3. Small Batch Walk-In: Come in during our consigning hours with 5 items or fewer. We will look through your items on the spot, keep what we can, and give the rest back to you.

All consignments must happen Wed - Sat 11 - 5, or Sun 1 - 4.
All consignments must be at least one month apart.

Keep an eye on our website and Facebook page - there are some weeks when we don't accept consignments at all, and we may update our policies in the future.

Thank you!
Dirt Chic

P.S.  Don't forget to come shop our 1/2 Price Sale during the first week of June!  We do not accept consignments during these sales.

Photo by Julia Luckett Photography