And there's something that I love even more than cheap shopping and buying bargains: free vintage.
Ok, Ok I know! Who wouldn't love it?? It's free stuff!
But I'm talking about the peculiar pleasure of opening your grandmother boxes and find little treasures, finding your mother's old student bag in a forgotten closet or rescuing a Prada bag or a Ferragamo scarf from the bottom of the cellar.
I also found some treasures in the past (for example an old black Prada bag of my grandmother that I love soooo much and I'll show you for sure later on) and today I found more, namely two pair of gloves, one silk little scarf and a leather bag (the one that my mother used carry her books to University).
Sorry for the pictures, it is dark and I could just use artificial lights but it is enough to have an idea!
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| Soft beige leather gloves (they make my hands look so thin and elegant!) and black-white-orangey brown silk scarf |
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| Leather bag and wool/leather gloves |
What do you think? Do you like them?
I think I'll surely search some more before I get back to Belgium, eheheh...
Al
Beautiful! I love the soft beige gloves & scarf.
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Thank you Kirstin Marie!!
ReplyDeleteI'm coming to check your blog right away ;-)
I love the satchel and your illustrations below. Thanks for sharing the photos and dro by me too when you have time.
ReplyDeleteCheers.
I understand why you love them so much, they really are nice. My mother doesn't let me buy second hand/vintage/thrifted clothes, she doesn't like the idea that some old person has worn/used it. I have convinced her to let me buy glasses, brooches, belts, bags (accessories.) I don't want to seem to greedy so I have to limit myself with that.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was something like 16 and 15 I was one of those "alternative" and a bit hippie girls that really liked their clothes to be extra shabby and I remember I was buying a lot of those used Peruvian knitwear and velvet jeans in the markets that honestly were very ugly but my mother let me do that, I think she knew it was just a period.
ReplyDeleteNow I almost only buy vintage accessories: it is enough to give a personal touch to an outfit, they sometimes look almost like new but still with that "lived" feeling (ahahah I think this is a bad translation from Italian) and they're usually loved by everyone (mothers, aunts and grannys included... but not only them :p)
Searching for good vintage dresses always get me kinda frustrated, mainly for the sizes :-(
Therefore, I think you're already lucky enough to have convinced her about the accessories ;)
I would really love to see some of them, do you have some pics on your blog... I am going to check :-)
Ellinor thank you very very much!!
ReplyDeleteI wore the satchel today and it looked so nice with my black coat and the Zara booties, they are almost the same color!
I'm passing by your blog ASAP!