Days without Tights

Today was the first day without tights for me this year. It was also the first day of eating icecream outside, going for a long walk, eating strawberry cake in the garden and doing all those things you would love to do on a pretty spring day. It was so lovely outside that after I finished up all of next week's auctions, I just had to get outside.

I chose to wear this 1950's dirndl dress I bought on the fleamarket last month, but hadn't had the opportunity to wear yet. I love it's rose print and I think it's really a perfect little spring dress.

Vintage 1950's dress: Fleamarket
Marimekko Bag: Fleamarket
Shoes: thrifted

Cherry Blossoms, I think

While running errands we made a stop at the cemetery. There was this pretty tree in full bloom. I was fascinated by how much life it inheres with bees and bumble-bees and a small titmouse (?) flying around its' blossoms. I think it was a cherry tree, but I'm not good at telling the difference between fruit trees when they don't carry fruits.

Dress: H&M
Jacket: thrifted H&M jacket from the 90's
Tights: can't remember
Shoes: thrifted
Slip: thrifted

Thrifted Goods

I went thrifting the other day and I still keep finding summery stuff. I came across these two sundresses which I actually bought for the shop, but I don't know if they would still sell, as people are starting to look out for fall items. Same thing with the sandals. Oh, and the blue wedges... I was looking for blue wedges for quite some time now, I finally found these vintage deadstock ones. I kept walking around in them for like 15 minutes and the glue came off and the straps got ripped. This is a strange thing that only happens with vintage shoes that haven't been worn before. So, below I am wearing one of the sundresses which I really wanted to wear with the wedges, but couldn't. Have to bring these to the shoemakers' and see if they're repairable.

This weekend I went swimming for the first time this year!

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.

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.