Graffiti and Silk by Mobile Hope

Graffiti & Silk modern concept thrift at 860 East Main Street in Purcellville has thrown open its doors to the thrifty, the curious, and the creative. Proceeds fund Mobile Hope’s programs to empower homeless and at-risk youth and build food security. Living up to the name, Graffiti & Silk celebrates juxtapositions and brings together disparate perspectives, ideas and talents. Mobile Hope’s modern concept thrift pushes boundaries through art and fashion and technologies, mixing wood and metal, video and social media, paint and materials, found objects and vintage items. Thrift flipper? Vintage Hunter? Fashionista? Community donations of clothes and shoes and jewelry fill every nook and cranny, rack, spare shelf and vintage suitcase. (We will continue to provide clothing and household goods free to the youth and families we serve through “Listen for the Honk”.) Visible mending drives our robust sustainability program. Reflective of our work with at-risk and homeless youth…ripped jeans, torn jackets and worn sweaters will be stitched and patched into couture creations at the hands of volunteers and creatives. Check out our Mood room, a shifting collection of patterns - polka dots, stripes, military, leather - whatever our Mood, it’s reflected here. Our celebration of the perfectly imperfect will produce what-are-those-folks-doing-now moments. Come just to hang out, grab a cup of coffee, connect, and relax in our overstuffed chairs. Listen to one of our kids talk about Mobile Hope’s impact or strum the guitar. Or, sit down at our public typewriter and submit an anonymous poem or short story - or just freewrite! Graffiti & Silk is a learning lab of Trading Up, Mobile Hope’s trade school launched in 2022 in partnership with Google. The program focuses on helping at-risk youth identify interests, pursue passions, and acquire skills to achieve self-sufficiency. Mobile Hope clients will learn aspects of retail from merchandising to software to customer service and work alongside visiting professors, in-house artists, and textile artisans.