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August ends tomorrow, so I think it’s pretty safe to say that I’m done thrifting for the month. (But now that I think about it, I could conceivably hit up one last place Wednesday after work…tempting….) Although I’m still feeling pretty satiated as regards my summer wardrobe, I have picked up a few new things since my last […]
Happy Birthday to the blog! Last month marked a whole year of blogging on Thriftshop Chic, and I was having too much fun writing posts to notice that the actual date had ticked by. A good sign, methinks. A word of thanks to my spouse, Chris, who encouraged me to start writing this and provided […]
Please note! I am not pregnant! (But let’s count how many “Congratulations!!” comments I get anyway after posting this on Facebook.) Recently good friends had a baby shower for their soon-to-be-born little human. Several months back, in anticipation of this new little person, I picked up an excellent red onesie with the words “Born to Rock” […]
Did y’all see last weekend’s scathing portrait of Amazon’s workplace culture in the New York Times? It’s a fascinating and stomach-turning read detailing crying at one’s desk as a regular occurrence, marathon conference calls on Easter Sunday and Thanksgiving Day, confidential hotlines where you can “evaluate” your coworkers without them ever getting to face their accuser, […]
So you know how “distressed” jeans are a thing? Very much in vogue amongst style bloggers. As my friend Sheena likes to say, this might be controversial, but…ripped jeans ain’t my cup of tea. Let me rephrase: intentionally ripped jeans ain’t my cup of tea. I have a pair of Gap jeans I bought 8 years […]
This weekend I made a pilgrimage to Millie’s, the place where it all started. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves:
We covered strategy–your overarching approach to The Thrift–in Thrifting Done Right, Part 1. Now it’s time for tactics–how you actually operate in store. If this is sounding like a military operation or a major league playbook, please excuse my enthusiasm. And remember, I’m not here to be a thrift dictator, so take the principles you […]
Thrift store shopping can be overwhelming for the uninitiated–aisles upon aisles of clothes, a mishmash of styles and colors that looks like a muppet threw up everywhere, and the siren call of cheap, cheap prices that can make you think “It’s only $3…I can buy 10 shirts here for the same amount I’d spend on […]
I’d say 95% of my wardrobe comes from thrift stores. The other 5%? Christmas gifts from my mom and mother-in-law, the occasional fair trade or Made-in-USA (where labor practices can be monitored) item, and things you just don’t really want to buy in a thrift store (your mileage may vary):
