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The first thrift store I remember going to as a child was called Amvets.

There was technically nothing sacred about a place like Amvets, or my hometown, really — which in my day was overrun by lifted trucks and affectionately nicknamed Tweaker City.

Apart from Amvets, the closest I ever got to that sensation was walking out of a dark dance floor after hours spent there, curly hair stained with the smell of Capris and an invisible film of sweat caked onto my skin.

Both Amvets and the rave felt like coming home — which was far from Kim Kardashian’s jump-scare-y minimalist mansion and more like the layers, textures and jewel tones of Anaïs Nin’s Silver Lake sanctum.

Several veterans groups separately filed a brief supporting the order: The Vietnam Veterans of America California State Council and four VVA chapters, the Amvets Department of California and the Military Order of the Purple Heart.