Happy Earth Day everyone! What better way to take care of our planet than reuse?! And today I will be sharing one of my 100% thrifted outfits!
I hope you all had a great weekend wherever you are! I shared with my Facebook followers that I have some very exciting news for you! And I will share the first one today! I was invited to the Opening of the new Savers here in the Twin Cities, and I couldn’t be more excited! I get to go in the store 2 days before it actually opens to the public, snap some pictures for you and of course thrift shop! Now I will be shopping for another special even, that I am going to keep SECRET for just a few more days, but it’s even more exciting and I can barely hold it
Christ is risen! I hope you all are having a great day celebrating with your families and loved ones! Sam and I recently got back from a church service, and I thought I’d share my outfit with you!
Suede Boots – Mexx – bought in Russia
Skirt – thrifted, refashioned, with a vintage slip underneath – Goodwill Outlet, Steeple People
Top – The Limited – freecycled in NYC
Coat – Bitten by SJ Parker, from Steve & Barry’s (for those who remember that store!) NYC
It’s been less than a day since I finished refashioning my vintage coat, and I already had to wear it! I kept finding excuses to leave the house, and go for a walk, or to the local thrift store (which Sam and I went to and I can’t can’t wait to show you my finds, one of which has already been transformed into something AMAZING!)
I also couldn’t miss out on the opportunity to wear my $1.50 vintage Christian Dior skirt!
My boots are Mexx (bought them ages ago in Russia! I wonder whether that brand still exists?!)
The scarf was thrifted as well, cost me only $3, and came from a small store I used to basically “live in” when I was an Au Pair on the UWS in Manhattan!
And the bag is COACH, thrifted, of course!
It’s going to be an awesome week on my blog, with a sewing project, thrift haul and some refashions coming up!
I tried my best to combine something thrifted, something vintage, something blue (oh wait, that’s a totally different story ), and something modern in my Thanksgiving outfit. But a lot of it ended being something borrowed as well! So taking all of the above factors into consideration, it was almost like a wedding! Or was it? So without further adieu, I would like to present my Thanksgiving Outfit tale!
Once upon a time there lived a girl, who was absolutely fascinated by anything thrifted, vintage, or, even better, the combination of thrifted and vintage. And every time she put together an outfit, it was a special day, a celebration of sorts.
The morning of Thanksgiving our thrifter had a task, which appeared to be more challenging than it really is. How many of you have ever adjusted skirt waistband? How many of you have ever adjusted an elastic in the skirt’s waistband? Maybe due to the lack of sleep, or to the overwhelming memories of living on the Upper West side after watching Macy’s Day Parade, or to simple lack of attention (that, let’s be honest a lot of us suffer from) she had to redo the waist elastic 3 whole times! But it was totally worth it, because the skirt was $1.50 Goodwill find. Important lesson learned: When working with a wide elastic make sure it’s aligned properly before sewing it together!
The skirt was quite see-through, but a thrifted $2 vintage slip came to the rescue! The picture of which will not be included, because this is an appropriate, PG fairy tale !
The top that she wore that day came from far far away, all the way from overseas, from a country called Russia, because that’s where our thrifter was from. And it used to belong to her Grandmother. Unfortunately Grandma was now gone, but the memory of her lived forever in that vintage a little bit altered top! Lesson learned: Spend time with your loved ones and carry on memories of them not in your clothes, but in your heart!
Completed by a Mossimo top from a clarance rack at Target, $1 necklace from Steeple People, and the latest refashioned tote our thrifter threw on her modest black heels and walked to the car carriage, cherry pie in hand! Good thing it was 50F that day, or was it?
After a couple glasses of champagne, and traditional Thanksgiving lunch/dinner with a twist of cayenne pepper, the family decided to step outside for a nice walk, to let the food settle and make room for dessert, only to find out that the wind has picked up and the temperature dropped to 30F!
The weather’s cruel prank didn’t stop the family from their intended promenade. All it took was some extra clothes from parent’s closet.
The thrifter’s fairy god mother mother in law spared the warmest angora coat and a beautiful beret, as well as a pair of stockings to keep the thrifter’s legs from freezing off.
And out they went into the cold! To take pictures and have lots of fun:
… for about 20 minutes or so, because it was indeed intolerable!
Lesson learned: No matter how cold it is, family time is important!
I hope you enjoyed my silly thrifter’s tale. Thrifting isn’t really that hard, but creativity is a must, especially when it comes to putting outfits together. And the final important lesson of the post is – Don’t overdo vintage/thrifted outfit. Take it slow and build up your confidence as you go along!
Have a great Wednesday everyone, we all need a little fairy tale in our lives every once in a while! I hope something magical happens to you today!
Hey everyone, I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! I know I did And thanks to everyone who was a part of it! You all rock! I wanted to share an outfit and my two new pairs of sandals today. I know it’s not a lot, but the outfit is practically all thrifted and the shoes were buy one get one 50% off at Target! By the way the coupon is still there, and by there, I mean http://coupons.target.com/#lnk=GlobalPromise|&intc=263580|null
Just click on the apparel and accessories on the left and it’ll pop up! I just think that getting 2 pairs of shoes for $25 is pretty amazing, even if I am going to wear them only for a season!
Now on to the outfit! I am wearing a thrifted Calvin Klein dress, and a thrifted Gap jean jacket, the shoes came off a clearance rack at Marshall’s and were only $15! Too bad I totally ruined one of them on Saturday night when we went out to the W hotel :/
And here are the shoes! My friend Kara was wearing the same pair as the one on the left when she came over on Friday, and I loved them so much, I had to get my own! And the other pair was something I picked up just so that I could get the coupon to work!
