Showing posts with label tips for thrifting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tips for thrifting. Show all posts

Thursday, 31 December 2015

A new day has come...



ENG: Hello guys! This may be the last post in 2015. and I decided this year I'm not going to do the "Best of", or "Fashion Recap" posts, at least not today...if you'd like to see some of my favourite outfits this year, I may do this post someday during the next week...
Often I hear how fashion posts shouldn't be too wordy, and that most people skip through the text anyway...Hearing this always makes me feel a tad bit sad...I like to be wordy! I like to express myself with words, rather than just with clothes! This is my blog, my space, and honestly, I don't want to follow the "rules" and make it a commercial blog! I want to keep it as a reflection of the way I am. 
I started my blog in 2010. with a genuine passion, and because it's still "mine", I feel the same passion about blogging today, almost 6 years later!
I like to think that people who really like my blog, like to read what I have to say here!
I'm against superficiality in this society, against consumism, and I love giving new life and a new value to old things.
When I was in Rijeka, I visited Vintage Getaway store, and picked out this gorgeous, vintage sweater. It's a wool, mohair sweater, very cozy and warm, and the quality is superior, as it comes from a different times, when things were made to last!
This outfit reminds me a lot of my high school days, in the mid-late '90.-ies! This was pretty much how I used to dress :-) And, this coastal walk of Opatija- Ika, is one of the places where I was growing up. A new day has come, but I'm still my old self, a genuine dreamer...

HR: Pozdrav ljudi! Ovo ce vjerojatno biti zadnji post u 2015., a odlucila sam da na danasnji dan necu raditi "The Best of", ili "Fashion Recap" postove...Ukoliko biste zeljeli vidjeti sazetak mojih najboljih outfita iz 2015., takav post mogu vam pripremiti jedan dan iduceg tjedna!
Cesto mi se desi da cujem kako modni postovi ne bi trebali imati previse teksta, jer ljudi koji posjecuju takve blogove uglavnom preskoce tekst! To me uvijek ucini malo tuznom, jer ja volim biti rijecita! Volim se izrazavati kroz pisanje, a ne samo kroz oblacenje! Ovo je moj blog, moj prostor i iskreno, ne zelim pratiti neka "pravila" i "standarde" kako bi on postao komercijalan! Zelim ga zadrzati ovakvim kakav je: Odraz mene i moje osobnosti. Zelim vam kroz njega predociti moj svijet i moje iskrene emocije i razmisljanja. Blog sam otvorila 2010. god. sa jednom velikom strasti i zeljom, a bas zbog toga sto je kroz sve ove godine ostao "moj", i dan danas, skoro 6 godina kasnije, pisem ovaj tekst sa jednakim poletom kao i prvi dan.
Zelim misliti da ljudi koji zaista vole moj blog, rado citaju i moje tekstove i da su zainteresirani za ono sto imam za reci!
Ja sam protiv povrsnosti mode, protiv konzumizma i volim davati jedan "novi zivot" starim stvarima.
Kada sam bila u Rijeci, posjetila sam "Vintage Getaway" ducan i izabrala sam si iz njihove bogate ponude jednu prekrasnu vintage vunenu majicu.
Majica je moher i vrlo topla i udobna, a kvaliteta je superiorna jer dolazi iz nekih drugih vremena, kada su se stvari radile kako bi trajale.
Ovaj outfit podsjeca me na moje srednjoskolske dane, polovice, do kasnih devedesetih. Ovo je bio moj stil, vise-manje tako sam se nekako oblacila. A ovo lungo mare Opatija- Ika, je gdje sam odrastala. Novi dan je stigao, a ja sam jos uvijek ona stara svoja, iskrena sanjalica...


Pogledajte video u kojem sam posjetila Vintage Getaway ducan, klik ovdje!




My new/vintage sweater in my vintage room
Moja nova/vintage majica u mojoj vintage sobi :-)

























SWEATER: Vintage Getaway, Robna Kuca RI, 4 kat. (for on-line orders visit their facebook page)
DENIM SHIRT: Stradivarius
JEGGINGS: Zara
SOCKS: Lidl
SHOES: No name brand, bought in Italy
BAG: Zara
COAT: New Yorker
SUNGLASSES: Nau!
NECKLACE: Zaful


Monday, 16 December 2013

Come thrifting with me in Italy & meet my friends! (& Thrift Store Haul!)

Hello guys!

Most of you already know, I just love thrifting! I'm kind of addicted to it actually, it's always very exciting as you never know what "treasure" you may find...

I discovered the pleasures of thrifting when I was living in the UK; for a while I actually worked at Pdsa charity shop in West Ealing, London, and that was such an unforgettable experience that has really opened my mind towards thrifting and second hand stores!

I still have some of the things I bought at Pdsa store, such as my boyfriend fit Replay jeans, Fendi bag and other super cool items (branded and not!).
Most of those things were actually brand new when I bought them, and I paid just a fraction of the price for them! How amazing is that??

Anyway, I'm super glad that I found this cool charity shop here in Italy, close to where I live, so I even got my friends addicted to it! haha

In one of my recent visits to my favourite thrift store, I took my photo camera with me, and vlogged this little adventure ;)

I also presented my two dear friends, Raffa and Stefanka, and we even managed to film a quick OOTD segment for you guys!

So I hope you're going to enjoy watching this vlog:






By the time we finished thrifting, it was super dark outside, so we couldn't film our haul immediately that day, but I did get to show you everything that I bought, in another video, that I named:

Thrift Store Haul: Winter Fashion & Easy Thrifting Guide!






A few useful tips for easy thrifting:


1. Dress in layers, and preferably wear leggings. Many thrift stores won't have fitting rooms, so it's easier to see if the clothing item actually fits you, by trying it on, on top of your leggings, or a basic T-shirt/cami.

2. Wear a cross body/messenger bag because it'll make browsing through the clothes much easier for you.

3. Wear your hair in a loose ponytail, or a simple braid (especially in winter time)...updos and voluminous buns are a no-no, if you think of trying on hats and beanies (lessoned learned! ha!)

4. Don't dress up for thrifting, wear a simple style clothes. Some charity stores aren't the safest places (once I had my umbrella stollen at a thrift store! ugh!!)
Also, some places offer bargains and very cheep clothes, but they might raise the price of the items when you ask for it, if they see you're all fancy & dressed up...because they may think you're wealthy and can afford paying a little extra! (apparences can many time fool people!)


I have to say I was super happy with the things I found this time!
It was a very, very successful thrifting spree!
I think, with this thrift store haul, I'm now all set for the Winter season :) Yes, it was that good!
I also found a lot of brand new items, overall, I returned home with 2 gigantic bags full of clothes!
So make sure to check out my haul video, because I showed you all the items I got & I also tried them on, so you can see how they look like on! :)


Before I go, I'd like to ask you a question:
Do you like thrifting?
What was your best purchase ever from a thrift store?


We can continue to chat about thrifting on my facebook or twitter! :)


Kiss from Italy,

xo, S.



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