Australian cartoonist Dick Carroll's fashion comics, which have been serialized in the webzine Put This On (putthison.com) since 2017, have been published for the first time as a book at the suggestion of Workroom Press.
The 149 episodes were bundled together under the new title "New York Thrifter."
The English word 'thrift' means 'to search for used items'.

"New York Thrifter" captures Dick Carroll's knowledge and experience surrounding vintage fashion, accumulated as a lifelong clothing nerd and late-blooming New Yorker.
“I’ve been drawing cartoons my whole life.
I was a clothes bug when I was a teenager.
On my days off, I browse vintage shops looking for mid-century menswear.
And I also sit in bars drawing these cartoons.” (Prologue) In an interview with the British clothing brand Heimat, Dick Carroll says this about the ‘medium’ of clothing.
“Clothes are a rich form of expression, but they are also something that people don’t take very seriously.
“It’s just like a cartoon!”

From coats to underwear, hats to shoes, quarantine loungewear to wedding attire… pretty much every vintage fashion you could think of that could be worn on our bodies appears in New York Thrifter.
Even just looking at the table of contents or watching one or two episodes will give you a sense of its vastness and tenacity.
“A cotton suit! It’s always wrinkled, so it’s great for traveling.” (“Dick’s Packing List, Part 1”) Of course, there’s also a lot of talk about styling.
A representative example is the 'Ivy Style Exploration', which spans six episodes and features Australian, American, British, Japanese, and French styles.
Dick Carroll is incredibly interested in brands, the shape of clothes, and even the material of the fabric.
“It’s time to shed the Shetland and the tweed.
And I have to take out the frescoes and madras.” (「Welcoming Spring」)

Dick Carroll weaves all this together with intuitive and witty drawings.
With just a few strokes of his pen and a splash of vibrant paint, Dick Carroll demonstrates his mastery as an illustrator, capturing the diverse materials and shapes of countless garments.
In addition, while focusing on everyday comics, he also displays his outstanding skills as a storyteller by freely utilizing various comic directing techniques such as observational work, silent comics, classification, and comparative analysis.

Graphic designer Hyunseon Yoo, who translated "New York Thrifter," not only faithfully translates Dick Carroll's vivid words into Korean, but also adds a significant amount of footnotes to convey to Korean readers "the various terms that subdivide various items by form."
Thanks to this, the book can also be used as “a kind of visual fashion dictionary” (Translator’s Note: Stripes and Pockets).
Furthermore, 『New York Thrifter』 is a powerful work that shows how much sensuality can be expressed when a love for something meets long-term and high-quality craftsmanship, even if it is not limited to silk fashion.

Wedding season is approaching in the Northern Hemisphere.
Everyone has a friend or relative who is picky about dress codes.
As a seasoned wedding attendee, let me give you some tips.

--- p.42, from "Dick's Wedding Dress Code Guide"

Winter has come.
That means it's time to get out your warm hat.
When people ask me how I wear my hat, I always answer like this.
Changeable weather is the best excuse to wear a hat.

--- p.58, from "Dick's Hat Trick Part 1"

If you're looking for an old coat, make sure the label says "Burberrys" and not "Burberry."
The brand name changed in the late 90s.

--- p.99, from “Trench Coat Obsession Part 1”

Before quarantine, I tried on Levi's 505s at Eltrain Vintage on Grand Street.
I wasn't sure where the pants came from, so I looked around a few other stores instead of buying them.
But I couldn't get those pants out of my head.

--- p.114, from “The End of February”

I want to say that my heart hurts, but it really doesn't.
While my first visit to the store at 346 Madison Avenue in New York City felt revolutionary, I now think of Brooks Brothers as more like an American diner.
It's usable, but it's ordinary and you can see it everywhere.

--- p.126, from “The Bankrupt Brooks Brothers”

I've always loved hats.
I even worked in a hat store.
When I worked as a sales clerk, whenever I asked customers their sizes, they all said their heads were really big.
Most of it wasn't true.
I think people confuse ego with head size.
But I really have a big head.

--- p.146, from “The Giant Head”

I was going to Green Point to see a friend a few weeks ago and it was colder than I expected.
So I stopped by Stella Dallas and bought this M-1951 parka.
So pretty! The cool 1960s sunglasses complete the look.

--- p.166, from “Fishtail Parka M-1951”

I like to keep a record of what I pack when I travel.
It's a good way to gauge what my trip will be like.

--- p.210, from “3 Nights 4 Days”

In the 2010s, desert boots were the go-to shoe for people who "learned everything they know about menswear from Tumblr but had no money."

--- p.224, from “Another Boots”

It's fall in New York! That means it's raining a lot and not as cold as you might think.
It's still a little warm, but I'm enjoying wearing corduroy.
I've had a few corduroys for a long time and they've aged really nicely.

--- p.238, from “Almost Winter”

I'm a bit of a watch lover/disliker.
The watch market, where rich collectors gather, is really disgusting.
But I like looking at my wrist to check the time.
These are some of my favorite inexpensive watches.

--- p.258, from "--- p. Inexpensive watches among others"

Power donut and beard combination.
This is how it should be done, but why do all the cowardly young men shave their heads as soon as their hair starts to thin?

--- p.289, from "On the Street with Dick"

I don't like the 'plain' and 'classic' white and beige sneakers that appear in men's wardrobes every now and then.
I like products with color better.
Of course, CVO and Vans Authentic are usually not something you can just pass up.

--- p.300, from "Sneakers"

The "Fashion Dictionary," published by the Korean Dictionary Research Institute, contains over 150 entries related to "stripe." Yet, despite this, "Buddha stripes" and "Breton stripes" are missing. Stripes are diverse.
But we have been lumping together hundreds of different stripes into a single, blurry word.

--- p.302, from “Translator’s Note: Stripes and Pockets”