Labels: Bag, Charity Shop Finds, Dress, Floral, haul, Meadham Kirchoff, Vintage
Before all of the pretty (yet horrible) snow thats covered the UK this weekend, I managed to get my first proper charity shop haul done. It wasn't intentional, I was on the bus home and spotted this beauty from the bus, & luckily got off at the right time! It's by a brand I've never heard of (and can't properly read either), but it's from New York. It has a strong black leather strap with an adjustable buckle, and some amazing pocket space on the inside! And it cost me just £1. Yep. And look at the very, very similar ones above! I'm not entirely certain but i'm 99% sure this is vintage, and great quality vintage at that.
The perfect size bag for college, enough to fit a good book or two in! I also managed to pick up this beauty:
Now, I'm not a massive fan of using photos of myself on my blog, but the photos just didn't do the dress justice on a hanger. Also, I apologise for the awful lighting, I had to edit the photos lots to get them to remotely look okay, which has resulted in the dress looking blue, and me with a slight alien-like glow... It's not, it's black velvet, and I'm not an alien. It has a gorgeous, gold polka-dot silk bottom and bust trim, with matching buttons. Really comfy too, with the zip back and elasticated waist. The halter neck is detachable, but I thought it looked better up. It was really lovely actually, the woman who was on the tills & runs the shop explained that the lady who brought it in (that same day), explained that it was hers a good 30 or 40 years ago. I love it when amazing little finds have a nice story behind them. The dress, vintage, £3.Got lots of other bargains to update you all with - car boots & primark goodies! x
Labels: Alexander McQueen, Gold, haul, Jewellery, Sales, Skull, Topshop
Got some amazing bargains from Topshop today! I have most of Friday off, so finally went and got my hair cut, and my eyebrows threaded, I'll post a picture of what they look like soon! Definitely recommend it though. I've been lusting after a lot of things on the Topshop final cut sale online, but couldn't justify buying any of it. I usually just shop in the regular Topshop, but I walked past Debhanams today and completely forgot there was a Topshop concession in there! The sale was a-mazing. 10x better than what was online, and 1000x better than what's in the regular shop. I think most people forget about it.. and all the die-hard Topshoppers just shop in the normal shop... £75.50 of jewellery for £10.50. Not bad, I guess ;)
It REALLY makes you wonder why anyone pays full price for anything, doesn't it? I know I'm never buying any jewellery from Topshop again full price. Plus, if you take your student card (sixth form/college bus passes work too!) you get an extra 10% off sale items aswell as regular priced items too! Hurrah! All rather McQueen inspired. Even better.Hope your all well and not too cold (it was -5 today, jeez) x
Labels: A/W 2011, haul, Primark, River Island, Sales
Mid-season sales are my favourite. Not that I need anymore shoes (at all), I just couldn't resist any of these. Chances are that I'll wear them is very slim... but they do look very beautiful on my shoerack. 
I can't decide which are my favourites! I loved the 50s style peep-toe wedges so much I bought them in two colours.. and at £3! SERIOUSLY, £3. Nearly had a heart attack in the middle of Primark. And I was only on my hour lunch break at work, and came back with two huge Primark bags (bought some bags, some tights, and a few other things that I don't really need). Lucky me! The other pairs which are from River Island, I bought on Friday. Massive crazy sale on there, and online too. I love those boots, but I'm still a little unsure of them. I might take them back and just save up for a really gorgeous pair, I've got my eye on a few in Topshop. I've wanted a pair of subtle creepers for a while, but I've been a bit cautious to buy them, unsure what I'd wear them with! I saw this pair half price in River Island, and loved them. They're so comfy, and add a few extra inches to me without the pain. And in mustard, win win situation. They had them in a few other colours too, so grab them whilst they're in stock!What do you think of these boots? I've got a 28 days return on them... So I've got plenty of deciding time...
November 2009