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Thrift shop

May 27, 2013

I’m gonna pop some tags
Only got twenty dollars in my pocket
I – I – I’m hunting, looking for a come-up
This is fucking awesome

Macklemore – Thrift Shop

 This silly song should be the thrift/charity / op Shopping anthem. You don’t believe me? Check out some more of the lyrics:

They be like, “Oh, that Gucci – that’s hella tight.” I’m like, “Yo – that’s fifty dollars for a T-shirt.” Limited edition, let’s do some simple addition Fifty dollars for a T-shirt – that’s just some ignorant bitch (shit) I call that getting swindled and pimped (shit) I call that getting tricked by a business That shirt’s hella dough And having the same one as six other people in this club is a hella don’t.

Poetry, right? haha. Anyway, I wish I could go to good thrift stores / charity shops more often.  One of my latest finds is, I think, from the 70’s and cost me £1 from Age UK. They’ve been doing a pound shop recently and they rarely put up anything retro but this one must have escaped the no old clothes policy they seem to have.

Expensive car, cheap clothes.

Deets- Dress – probably 70’s, thrifted at AgeUK, Carnaby Boots – Irregular Choice, via Ebay, Bag – Ahcahcum Muchacha, Coat – Zara (swap with Lili), Cardigan – Zara (sale),  Big Ass Beads – Thrifted from British Heart Foundation, Wooden Bangles – thrifted from several charity shops. If you look at the nails you’ll see that I’ve done them in several colours, in the outfit’s colour scheme 😀

I is classy, posing in ASDA.

Have you made any special finds recently?

 

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Boy London

April 6, 2013

Who remembers Acid House and all the paraphernalia that came along with it? The baggy clothes, the smiley face tees and the Boy London clothes? I know I do!

For those who don’t, there’s a fantastic documentary about that Summer of 1989 that’s well worth watching at at the end of the page. I found the Boy London sweatshirt at the men’s section in a charity shop on my scavenging trip to Stamford. when I saw it all the memories of watching music videos at the time and the style in them came flooding back. So I brought it home and obviously it contaminated my whole outfit the day I wore it to work:

 

Photos taken by Frankie, on our lunch break. Details: Cat Bag – H&M, Parka – from an outlet in Manchester, Hat – H&M, via Ebay, Stripy turtleneck – Zara, Skirt – from some goth shop in Lisbon, Sweatshirt – Boy London, thrifted, Platform Trainers – Office, via Ebay.