About Fleamarketing

I'm not good at bargaining, which I think is essential when going to a fleamarket. There are just days when I'm too shy to beat down the seller, although it is obvious that he or she would set the price a bit higher than what they would finally sell their item for. At least that is what I would do. I don't like it when sellers tell you a ridiculously high price just to sell it for half of it or less. Sometimes I'm just not in the mood for bargaining. Sometimes I am, and beating down the prices and get things for 1 Euro or something leave me feeling very satisfied and happy. I don't know, why it's not always this way. I got these boots this weekend for 3 Euro, which I think is a very good price, although I didn't bargain.

Milan

Today while browsing through the pictures from Milan Fashion Week on style.com, I liked Marni the most. I loved the mixture of colours and patterns and the knee socks. I especially liked tha blue and white dotted dress on the first picture, which makes me realize I have to look for a blue dotted vintage dress on Ebay or on the fleamarkets coming this weekend.

The Trashy Diva

There have been some complaints lately about someone copying the dress of an independent designer, fully justified complaints by the way. The good thing about it was though, that they called my attention to The Trashy Diva in the first place. Otherwise I would have never known about it. And not only is this specific dress beautiful, I found lots of other wonderful dresses made of beautiful patterned fabrics. Pictured above are my three favourites. I will definetely go back there some time soon. 

pictures by The Trashy Diva webpage

Luck of Rain

I went thrifting today and I already had spent a few hours in the thrift store and found lots of things, when suddenly a huge thunderstorm emerged and forced me to stay a little longer. I guess I was lucky, because I haven't been looking at the sunglasses until then and look what I found: a pair of vintage authentic 1970's sunglasses from Balenciaga and also a pair of Chloe sunglasses, which might also be from the 1970's or maybe 1980's.

Top down: Balenciaga sunglasses, vintage 1970's noname sunglasses, vintage Polaroid sunglasses, vintage Chloe sunglasses. I think all of these probably may have belonged to the same person, because the rest of the sunglasses they had there were all crap. I might sell these on Ebay eventually and only keep one of them for myself.

New shoes and a Swimsuit

These are my latest purchases. Both shoes are from Ebay. The brown sandals were sold as true vintage 1970's sandals, but I guess they're not. They could be from Zara or something, but I like them anyways.

The swimsuit is thrifted and from the 1970's. It is actually a kids swimsuit but luckily I do fit into it. I got it for 1.50 €. I haven't worn swimsuits in ages, but I think with this one I could start again.

Threadless Summer Sale

Threadless is having a huge sale again, so you can grab a T-Shirt for only 10$. I wanted to buy this kitty shirt for some time now, unfortunately they had only 8 left this morning and I didn't have my credit card with me to order straight away. So these are sold out now in my size, I will have to try out the smaller size though and hope that it fits. I'm also looking for a white T-Shirt with a nice smaller print, so I'm going to order the one with the panda bear as well.

all pictures by threadless.com

Saturday's Flea Market

I love these Saturdays when there is this big flea market to go to, which is only once in a month. There are smaller ones to be found once in a week, but on the big one you can find really good stuff at reasonable prices. I found some beautiful Gabor suede boots from the 1970's for only 5 €. But I did let go a silk dress from the 1950's and a 40's dress, which I sort of regret right now. I also found a couple of shoes from the 70's and 80's which don't fit me, so I will sell them on Ebay.

Todays thrift finds

Today I went thrifting and I found this funny scarf from the 60ies with little clocks on it among a few other things, like a Missoni shirt, that is too big for me. So it will either go to my mothers' closet or to Ebay. I also found a pink skirt and some pink sandals, but nothing really heartthrobing. Later on I realised, that it may have been this girl on Streetpeeper Oslo who may have inspired me to look in the scarf section in the first place:

pictures by me and streetpeeper

Ebay

Since I love thrifting so much I always come across beautiful things that are unfortunately not in my size, but too beautiful to leave behind, I am thinking about opening up a little Ebay shop for quite a while now. Since I have almost zero html skills, turbolister will have to do for the time being. I already sold a few bags and shoes from the 70ies and 80ies and I will put up some more shoes and a Marc Jacobs dress (I love it so much, but it's in a size 10) during the next days. You can find them here.

The floral dress

I'm a bad blogger, I guess. I only get done two posts in a month and in April there wasn't even one. I need to improve, I think. Right now I'm in love with this dress from Primark. Where I live, we don't have Primark which is on the one hand pretty good, because you probably won't meet anybody in the same dress on the street, on the other hand you have to buy them on Ebay and pay eventually a lot more than they cost in the shops. I wonder for how much they retail, 10 £?



I think I might buy this dress in black though. I've been on the lookout for a dress like this for quite a while now, and haven't been able to find something vintage for a reasonable price. I just wish I hadn't thrown away all my 90's floral dresses.



pictures via the facehunter and Ebay

Strapless

I want a strapless dress for spring to wear over a striped or uni T-shirt, which is something I have seen on a variety of fashion blogs lately. I want a dress that has a fitted bodice and maybe a full skirt, not one that is actually a skirt worn as a dress. Lots of vintage sellers on Ebay sell skirts as dresses, maybe because skirts wouldn't sell so well, but I want a real dress, like the ones pictured above. I'm not sure at the moment if I want it to be floral or uni though.

pictures above by Dolly Rocker's Detroit Vintage, Meat Market

Spring Wishlist

I have to remind myself of what I want for spring, so here goes the list:

• Vintage Gunne Sax Dress
• Vintage prairie dress
• Vintage floral and ethnic print dresses
• Some red sandals and some brown ones
• Vintage yellow peep toe shoes
• Vintage skater skirt
• American Apparel pencil skirt and full jersey skirt
• Cute coloured socks to wear in sandals with dresses
• Vintage navy or black blazer
• Black ballet flats to go with everything
  

I just noticed that i really like neutrals these days, so I will be probably looking out for colours like brown, cream and white, but also some pastels and yellow and a bit of red to brighten things up.

pictures by: Raspberry Beret Vintage and Southpawvintage

Strawberry Fields

Isn't that a cute dress? If only... If only I would fit into it. If you happen to have a 31" bust you can find it here among other fabulous things this Ebay seller has to offer. It's only at 9,99$ yet and still has 3 days left.

picture by lovelovelovela

I heart seahorses

I'm really into maritime accessories lately. I'm still waiting for someone to give me that Alex & Chloe octopus necklace, I've been talking about. But I also like other fish like seahorses for instance. While browsing the internet to search for a seahorse necklace, which isn't too tacky, I came across this cute little necklace from Etsy seller Pollyannacowgirl. She also sells other funny things like the totally adorable Tea with lemon necklace and the Hermit crab necklace and some cute rings. They also come at reasonable prices, I definetely must get some of these when my status of being broke is over.

These Prada Tights

I'm obsessed with these Prada tights for spring, although I never wear tights in spring or summer, because I always associate them with wintery items. But they might be a good idea for rainy days in March or April, even May. Actually I do own tights like these in red. I bought them a few years ago, I can't remember where. I just don't know, what to combine with them, to make them look more springlike. I love the way Prada combines them here with the checkered dress and the silk print dress and with these gold and red sandals. I guess I will be looking for dresses like that for my spring wardrobe.

all pictures by style.com

New Dress

 

I got this dress in the mail today.I ordered it at V for Vintage. I love it, although I think about shortening it a little bit. Since it is so high-necked and has a very full skirt it appears a bit like a little girl's dress. Or maybe I will have to combine it with very high heels in order to feel less girly in it.

Pictures by V for Vintage