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The Well-Heeled Find a Surprisingly Good Fit at Goodwill
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Most gowns went for $8.98.
Husbands who often sweat such fundraisers were delighted.
"Honey! This gown is $25!" one woman said to her husband, who stopped tapping his BlackBerry to actually listen.
"Really? Only $25," he said. "That's terrific."
Lobbyist Ellen Teller strode across the room wearing an exuberant Kelly green kimono she had just bought for $25.
"I'm going to have to start shopping at Goodwill. Look at this!" Teller said. "Chinese New Year. Party. My house. I'm going to have to throw a party to go along with this dress."
Tom Kennedy, the general manager of the Carlyle Club in Alexandria, said he was worried when his wife began obsessing about the copper sequined pants that strutted down the runway. Then he saw the price.
"They were $6!" he said. "Can you believe that?"
Enough $6 pants and $9 dresses were sold to raise about $160,000 for Goodwill. At night's end, valets pulled up to the embassy in BMWs and Mercedes Benzes. They hopped out to open doors for women who tossed their white plastic bags with the blue Goodwill logo onto the leather seats.
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