Guy Shows What $20 Can Get You At Thrift Stores, And The Results Are So Stupid It's Hilarious

"My favorite outfit so far was probably the night gown and the lampshade mainly because of how ridiculous it looks," Hayden revealed to Bored Panda.

"A friend of mine and I were at the house when I first put it all on and we couldn’t stop laughing. It really looked great."

Hayden said that he loves thrift stores because there's always something great that you can find in them. "I’ve found old records, nice western shirts, and good books there. It’s a wonderful place to go. I think everyone else should try to do it and have fun! It’s a really good experience."

Some of Hayden’s outfits honestly look like something that could be worn on runways or be pasted on the covers of fashion magazines in the (very) far future. Others can only be described as ‘weird,’ but ‘hilariously bad’ could also work. As is Hayden’s intention, of course.

The Imgur community adored his budget outfits. Hayden’s post got 9k upvotes and 160k views in 14 hours. Meanwhile, he also has over 2.8k followers on Instagram and counting. 

But Hayden’s much more than a cheap thrift shop and flea market fashion connoisseur. He’s also a political aspirant. In fact, in the Spring of 2019, he tried to win a city council seat in his hometown of Amarillo (pop. 200k) in the Great State of Texas. Though he didn’t win (the entire council staved off the competition), he made a splash in the media with his ad campaign.

Even ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine did a piece on him, comparing his ads to what filmmaker David Lynch would come up with. “We’ve had some interesting reactions. Especially from older people, who are just absolutely confused,” Hayden told ‘Rolling Stone.’

Hayden decided to gun for the city council seat after watching ‘Spring Breakers’ with his wife and remembering Harmony Korine’s older “raw and gritty” movies. So he bought a suit and started his political ‘campaign’ which doubled as an art project. His first video was way more successful than he expected it to be.

“I was expecting maybe to get 100 likes just from my friends. But then throughout the day, the shares were going up and it was at 4,000 views, then 10,000 views, then 70,000,” he said. That’s when the news picked up his story. So he made another video and the rest is history.

“I wanted to do it but I was nervous. I talked to my wife and friends a lot. I eventually decided to do it and do it seriously.” And now, Hayden’s coming up with weird thrift store outfits.