jeans photo from google images
Thursday, 9 August 2012
My Fashion on a Shoestring *~*
I have always loved sourcing secondhand clothes, even when I was a little girl I used to count the days until our guides and brownie pack hosted the quarterly Jumble sale, so I could bag some bargain. I would quite often alter the dresses and tops to fit me, add triangles of material to my jeans to make flares (a 70s fashion)
A flavour of the 1970s look...
So I now have to confess I still do wear and collect, Secondhand (vintage... it sounds better) clothes,. I love twiddling through the hangers in the C S hoping to find something pretty and feminine, it suits my budget and I get an ever changing wardrobe.
I do obviously love the chance to buy 'new' clothes, but quite often I never find what I am looking for and get despondent, so this is a post of some of the clothes I have found....
Linen Jacket £2.00... Monsoon summer dress £3.50...
A pretty Monsoon summer skirt £3.00 ...
A linen print dress £5.00....
A ditsy print blouse £2.50...
A feminine Whistles top/dress £4.00 ...
A rosy cotton dress £3.50...
Found a cardi to match £2.50...
A pretty Maxi dress £5.50...cardi to match £2.00...
Red rose top £3.00...
Two pretty floral dresses £4.00...
Knitted waistcoat...
Velvet smock coat £4.00...
Lastly a Per Una Skirt £3.00....I am such a secondhand rose but that's me!!
jeans photo from google images
jeans photo from google images
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Hi Thea, what a LOVELY post!! and what truly beautiful clothes you have found - i love them all!especially the velvet coat!! I'm exactly the same as you, I still love a good jumble sale best of all, just as I did as a child, and this year came back with a huge bag of clothes of the local Scout jumble - £1.50 for the WHOLE bag - i think i had around 12 items in there! I've had some nice clothes from the CS recently too xx
ReplyDeletePlease please stop it, this is torture!! I'm so coming down to your charity shops, you get the most amazing bargains. Here where I live the C Shops treat themselves like boutiques with prices to match. There are a couple I go to where I know the prices will be good or my kinda good but I get so annoyed when they charge more for things than you can buy them new! Well that's my rant over :) Well done you! x
ReplyDeleteDear Thea: Some very beautiful things. You are building quite a wardrobe. You failed to mention your two pairs of shoes, but they are quite gorgeous. I love those green ones and have never seen any like them. Your little shops are very nice to carry so many beautiful things at such good prices..Happy Thursday..Judy
ReplyDeleteWhat absolutely beautiful finds Thea - I especially love the viola print dress, the velvet coat and the ditsy print blouse. I've had some lovely things from a lady at my local carboot sale. She usually charges £1 or £2 per item and they are all beautifully laundered and pressed.I'm less successful at the charity shops, which are mostly like those that Suzy describes.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rustic Vintage Country - the CS around here charge ridiculous prices. When we go to Devon on the other hand the CS are far more realistic and bargains can be found.
ReplyDeleteI love your entire collection.
June
I am so impressed with your CS bargains what wonderful buys! You must have some very good charity shops or you an expert in finding such good clothes. I love looking in CS too but may only find out 2 or 3 pieces a season of your quality!
ReplyDeleteSarah x
Oh lovely finds there Mrs,wish I could find some in our CS.I only ever come away with books or a bag can never find clothes as pretty as yours.Love Jill xx
ReplyDeleteBrilliant finds Thea! I think I should come shopping with you from now on!! I really do think though that its the luck of the draw.I have had some good buys but some that werent so good when I got them home. You made me laugh when you mentionned the triangles in the flares!! That s something I used to do! Really enjoyed this post.
ReplyDeleteI am amazed at all your beautiful dresses, what great finds. You really have the knack.
ReplyDeleteI have mentioned before, we dont have charity shops here. It makes me want to get on a plane and go buy buy buy.. I have never worn anything from a charity shop.. but your buys are in such good condition..they look new.. love the cardigan to match.
I also like the way you have co ordinated your colours . great photos.
I love that bed.. that is surely an antique bed.
Great post Thea.
happy weekend
val
Hello, Lovely Thea,
ReplyDeleteI have fallen in love with your velvet Smock coat, honestly I LoVe it!!
The Rosy red ,pretty dress is very Cath Kidson.... ..
You have done amazingly well here Thea, with these wonderful bargains...
My fashion time was the early eighties, I remember begging my Mum to wear her faux leather coat to wear with my Fred Perry top..(mod era) haha..
I used to love looking for second hand clothes too, now we would call them 'Vintage Clothes'....
Have a lovelly weekend and thanking you also for sweet vists to me!
Love Maria x
Gosh you've found some fabulous stuff! Thanks for sharing :D
ReplyDeleteHi Thea, it's me again. Just wanted to thank you for your sweet comments to me about the front porch. We do really enjoy it, especially in the evenings when the day has cooled down a bit. We are having a real heat wave in California..Happy Weekend..Judy
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