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Feline · 28-03-2005

Recently got a dress for £4.50 from the Scope shop.
A bit 1920's style in silver lace over black satin, fringed hem & very thin black
straps with silver on them.

juliekitty · 09-04-2005

i got a kick-*** long light brown tweed coat with large round buttons and a rounded collar last week... it's kinda chanel-esque FOR $2.50! love the salvation army!

purechris · 11-04-2005

after 3 Bloody Mary's at brunch a friend and I hit a "vintage" (not thrift) store around the corner from the restaurant.....$50 later

navy gauzey cotton western shirt with gold lurex plaid

light grey Members Only jacket...don't know, but I couldn't pass it up
50s era cocktail stirrers (yeah, like I needed any more)
random pins/buttons
Michael Jackson Thriller era stickers

razor blade necklace (not vintage)

I never spend that much money on vintage, but the shirt was the most expensive at $25 and I couldn't let somebody else buy it. They also had this amazing Revolutionary War style jacket that I tried to squeeze myself into (33 chest....so not gonna work)

stilista · 11-04-2005

^^^ Love shopping after a few drinks...makes things much more interesting!

Sounds like you found some great stuff! Michael Jackson stickers, 50's cocktail stirrers! The kind of things you think are perfectly legitimate buys after a bloody mary!

purechris · 11-04-2005

and much more dangerous.....funny things are easily justifiable.

My friend bought a triple strand chunky resin necklace in pale green that matched the dress she was wearing....it was more than it should have been.

oh, well....

stilista · 11-04-2005

Oh yes! I bought at least a dozen old dolls I found hysterically funny one day after some margeritas!

Woke up the next day and couldn't quite see the appeal

Arug · 12-04-2005

I found an amazing Christian Dior white leather bag from a fleamarket.

The lady didn't undestand the value, and sold it for 2 euros.. I can't stop using it!

sophiedior · 12-04-2005

i love markets, i went to one today and found this little indian store, and they had the prettiest hand-made shoes and jewellery, i picked up some stunning earrings.

plumage19 · 17-04-2005

I agree with you about Indian stores. Whenever I go to Little India I can't resist picking up something for my friends. I bought sequined slippers there BEFORE they became all the rage. And you can get loads of peacock feathers for practically nothing. I mage earring out of the "eyes" of the feathers for my sister once and everyone who saw them thought they were beautiful, so I ended up making so many of them. Try it, looks like a million bucks.

As for thrift stores I find you can get really good dealson vintage shearling. When i went with my friends once she got a brown shearling coat with a huge chic shawl collar for $40.

Caroline · 25-04-2005

i got a turquoise boucle (sp?) jacket--cropped--in newport last week!

Ella · 27-04-2005

I bought a cute summer dress and a belt to go with it, I'll post a picture when it's been fixed.

fashionbébé · 27-04-2005

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Originally Posted by SJPdeux

I have been watching these heartbreaking boots for about a week on ebay. I so want them. And what a bargain. But they are too big. TWO sizes too big. I hope someone with the right size feet snaps them up. I even went and measure my longest shoe just to see if i could create a mitigation in lieu!

Gawd, I am off to bed to mope...I might have to take my silver M.J slingbacks to bed to cuddle.

SJPdeux, I do that too: If I've decided I like something and it doesn't fit, I'll still go back and check...why, I don't know. And then I try to get one of my friends to get it. :p

waukon73 · 27-04-2005

I bought a pretty black dress! I'll post it tonight

Feline · 28-04-2005

Dress for £3.50 at the Scope shop.
Silver lace over black with fringed hem & thin black straps with silver on.
Have worn it a couple of times & got loads of comliments and people saying 'You bought it where?'

Browneyes · 21-05-2005

I went to a flea market where you could buy a big plastic bag for 2 GBP pounds and fill it up with anything from these enormous piles! Great

concept!! Amongst handpainted silk scarves, vintage leather belts and gloves, and a vintage woollen cape, i also came across a cotton scarf with the old Gucci flower print - i think they are making bags with this print now...? I'm not usually a fan of Gucci, but this scarf is really sweet!

And once my friend's mother gave me a Jean Patou Couture skirt + jacket walking suit for freeee

because i was the only one she knew who could fit into it. I love it, the quality is amazing! I really don't know which decade it's from though. Recently found out that Lagerfeld worked for this couture house in the beginning of his carrier.

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Arug backstage pass Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Finland Gender: femme Posts: 716	I found an amazing Christian Dior white leather bag from a fleamarket. The lady didn't undestand the value, and sold it for 2 euros.. I can't stop using it! __________________ If you learn to use a perfect afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned the meaning of life. Lin Yutang

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Caroline front row Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Conncecticut Gender: femme Posts: 358	i got a turquoise boucle (sp?) jacket--cropped--in newport last week! __________________ You seem so out of context Faceb

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waukon73 trendsetter Join Date: Mar 2005 Gender: femme Posts: 1,238	I bought a pretty black dress! I'll post it tonight __________________ That Said, Man Can Love An Angel, But He's Got To Take The Chance Always Coming Back Home To You - Atmosphere

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Browneyes backstage pass Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: a suitcase Gender: femme Posts: 709	I went to a flea market where you could buy a big plastic bag for 2 GBP pounds and fill it up with anything from these enormous piles! Great concept!! Amongst handpainted silk scarves, vintage leather belts and gloves, and a vintage woollen cape, i also came across a cotton scarf with the old Gucci flower print - i think they are making bags with this print now...? I'm not usually a fan of Gucci, but this scarf is really sweet! And once my friend's mother gave me a Jean Patou Couture skirt + jacket walking suit for freeee because i was the only one she knew who could fit into it. I love it, the quality is amazing! I really don't know which decade it's from though. Recently found out that Lagerfeld worked for this couture house in the beginning of his carrier. __________________ Didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.

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Feline rock-chic Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: York/Lincoln, UK Gender: femme Posts: 2,175	Recently got a dress for £4.50 from the Scope shop. A bit 1920's style in silver lace over black satin, fringed hem & very thin black straps with silver on them.

09-04-2005	197
juliekitty rising star Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: LA Gender: femme Posts: 109	i got a kick-*** long light brown tweed coat with large round buttons and a rounded collar last week... it's kinda chanel-esque FOR $2.50! love the salvation army!

11-04-2005	198
purechris no photos, no photos Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: homme Posts: 2,881	after 3 Bloody Mary's at brunch a friend and I hit a "vintage" (not thrift) store around the corner from the restaurant.....$50 later navy gauzey cotton western shirt with gold lurex plaid light grey Members Only jacket...don't know, but I couldn't pass it up 50s era cocktail stirrers (yeah, like I needed any more) random pins/buttons Michael Jackson Thriller era stickers razor blade necklace (not vintage) I never spend that much money on vintage, but the shirt was the most expensive at $25 and I couldn't let somebody else buy it. They also had this amazing Revolutionary War style jacket that I tried to squeeze myself into (33 chest....so not gonna work)

11-04-2005	199
stilista backstage pass Join Date: Dec 2004 Gender: femme Posts: 774	^^^ Love shopping after a few drinks...makes things much more interesting! Sounds like you found some great stuff! Michael Jackson stickers, 50's cocktail stirrers! The kind of things you think are perfectly legitimate buys after a bloody mary!

11-04-2005	200
purechris no photos, no photos Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: homme Posts: 2,881	and much more dangerous.....funny things are easily justifiable. My friend bought a triple strand chunky resin necklace in pale green that matched the dress she was wearing....it was more than it should have been. oh, well....

11-04-2005	201
stilista backstage pass Join Date: Dec 2004 Gender: femme Posts: 774	Oh yes! I bought at least a dozen old dolls I found hysterically funny one day after some margeritas! Woke up the next day and couldn't quite see the appeal

12-04-2005	203
sophiedior rising star Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: melbourne, australia Gender: femme Posts: 147	i love markets, i went to one today and found this little indian store, and they had the prettiest hand-made shoes and jewellery, i picked up some stunning earrings.

17-04-2005	204
plumage19 rising star Join Date: Mar 2005 Gender: homme Posts: 63	I agree with you about Indian stores. Whenever I go to Little India I can't resist picking up something for my friends. I bought sequined slippers there BEFORE they became all the rage. And you can get loads of peacock feathers for practically nothing. I mage earring out of the "eyes" of the feathers for my sister once and everyone who saw them thought they were beautiful, so I ended up making so many of them. Try it, looks like a million bucks. As for thrift stores I find you can get really good dealson vintage shearling. When i went with my friends once she got a brown shearling coat with a huge chic shawl collar for $40.

27-04-2005	206
Ella trendsetter Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: London Gender: femme Posts: 1,116	I bought a cute summer dress and a belt to go with it, I'll post a picture when it's been fixed.

28-04-2005	209
Feline rock-chic Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: York/Lincoln, UK Gender: femme Posts: 2,175	Dress for £3.50 at the Scope shop. Silver lace over black with fringed hem & thin black straps with silver on. Have worn it a couple of times & got loads of comliments and people saying 'You bought it where?'