One reason you might hesitate to thrift is the worry that you’re going to look dated. I mean, if everyone is donating their worn-out (or never-worn, sitting in the back of the closet for years) stuff, aren’t thrift stores just full of clothes that are out of style? Short answer: nope. And there are a […]
Thrifting is often great for finding basics – a striped tee, a blend-into-the-background pair of jeans, a coat for when it’s cold and you just need something. In other words, the pieces that fill a hole in your wardrobe without standing out by a mile. But sometimes, you find a star – an item that adds a […]
If you don’t count the odd trip to Kohl’s to help the Spouse buy pants, I haven’t been in a retail clothing store in probably…15 years.* I’ve gotten so used to thrift stores as my primary source of clothing that it doesn’t even occur to me to look in retail stores, let alone lust after […]
One of the best parts about shopping at the thrift store is finding things you’d love to try out – new styles or colors you want to play with but that may not be permanent closet additions. Like this houndstooth wool J. Crew sweater with bedazzled Peter Pan collar: A post shared by Leah (@thriftshopchic) […]
I admit it, that title is a bit dramatic. But since I’ve already used “A Tale of Two Blazers,” I went with it. Also, it’s not really a cage match as I right now I plan to keep both of my new finds (below)… but depending on which I reach for more, one may eventually […]
Last Friday it was a RePodcast, this Friday it’s a ReVideo – what is the world coming to?? Anna of The Anna Edit recently posted a video of winter additions to her capsule(ish) wardrobe. They’re all retail (shock!) but the reason I wanted to talk about it here is because of how well one of […]
I considered reselling in the early days of this blog when someone asked me whether I a biker jacket I had thriftstagrammed was for sale:
Last week I shared the conversation my friend Hannah and I had about whether thrifting contributes to gentrification. I mentioned in the intro to that post that it seemed disingenuous to write about whether my thrift habit negatively affects those with limited resources without including the voices of the people in question. Hannah grew up using […]
I’ve added tapered chinos in this color to my thrifting list: Not necessarily looking for Khakis by Gap, but I did love the fabric and fit…just a leetle too small For blue pants I normally stick to navy, since it’s subtle and neutral, but this brighter, lighter hue will go with everything in my warm weather wardrobe (including […]
Tuesday’s post on şalvar/Hammer pants/jupe-culotte (aka “harem pants”) got me thinking about the power held by the words we use to talk about the way we dress. Caroline at Un-Fancy blogged last week (in a post featuring a great thrifted sweater!) about how she’s been “hearing murmurs that skinny jeans are on their way out” but that she was in […]
