Op Shop Finds

 

 

Spent all day Monday op shopping in Bendigo and had a couple of great finds. My favourite is this vintage Conan the Barbarian tee which has an awesome print and was $10 from a junk shop. Then I bought a long floral skirt for $2 that I'll shorten and add funky buttons to. Last but not least I got this great pair of Wittner leather heels for $4. I thought they'd fit but they're a tiny bit too small, I'm devastated, I'll have to sell them.

Six months ago if something at an op shop was pretty I'd buy it; even if it didn't fit, didn't look great on or wasn't something that realistically I'd ever wear. Now my room is so full of clothes that I've had to start using the floor and any other exposed surfaces to store clothes that I've probably never worn. My room looks like a grave yard for vintage clothes. I've got to start getting rid of them! I'm thinking I need to do a market somewhere in Melbourne and just get rid of everything cheapy cheap. I'm too disorganised to use etsy or eBay.

The five minute dress

I bought a lovely tiger print scarf a few weekends back that I have neglected to blog about. It was gorgeous, but as I don't use scarves and I've been crushing on scoop neck dresses for a while now I thought I'd try making one out of my lovely scarf. 

It was simple enough, I cut a piece of black fabric the same size as the scarf, sewed two top corners together and then half way up the two sides. Put a belt around it and this is what you get. I am super happy with the result! It really flattered my figure and was so damn easy to make!

I am also wearing the necklace which I made (featured in the last post) and a belt I made. You can't really see it but I'll post about it soon as it as ah-ma-zing.

Out of this world

Shopping! I went shopping (new shopping not op shopping) for the first time in weeks a few days ago. It was amazing! Winter fashion is everywhere now and I'm definitely glad. I'm a huge fan of this season's new looks. Here I am wearing two of my favourite buys from the day.

This dress was on sale because it was the last one in stock, I got it for half price, which is lucky because I'm not entirely sure whether we're in love or not. The cut is gorgeous and flattering and I love the low back, and I am a huge fan of galaxy prints and velvet; however I don't like the yellows and greens in the print, I wish they had have been reds and purples in the sky, much prettier!

These boots were an awesome find. They are current season, I saw them full price in the store and then found a pair, barely worn, in the box of damaged shoes in the back. They were a steal for $10 because some fantastic person couldn't handle a little bit of fading around the seams. They are unbelievably comfortable for a pair of heels and even fit my calves pretty well which doesn't usually happen. I am going to wear the absolute shit out of these this winter!

And that's all for now. Loving my bargain buys!