To
start my life in a new place, I needed some new clothes to really transform my
wardrobe into a more exciting place (to get rid of that gut-wrenching morning
feeling of ihavenothingtowearpleasehelp away for good). I was also decided on
not spending much money on my upgrade, for obvious reasons (£££). I have found an
event that a friend was going to attend (fb) – a huge vintage sale, everything
for £1. Sooo I went.
When I was sure, I
was in the right area, all I had to do was inconspicuously follow all the
funky/hipster dressed people. They lead me past a huge que of people, witch at first,
I thought was a queue for something different, it couldn’t be the vintage sale…could
it? It was. The mass of people that continued around the block, was about 100m
long and 1 m wide –at 11.40am!! (The sale as supposed to start at 11am, and I was
going to be there on time. But then traffic happened). Since I had nothing
better to do, and I was meeting up with a friend who was also late, I decide to
just fry in the sun with the others, reading my 1pound edition of Macbeth and
pray to god all the he good pieces won’t be gone by the time I get there.
I got there... in
about an hour and a half I met with my friend and paid entrance fee (£1)
for both of us, since he didn’t have any change on him. Inside the mysterious chamber
that turned out to be a plain white room there were a few pallets (skids) put in a
row creating 3 separate corridors for us to walk, some stands with hangers with
sweaters and jackets on the sides and a few metal-net boxes with hats and such.
I must say, it was a mess. The vintage was really just a synonym (not really)
for second hand and it was not at all easy to find pieces that I liked.
However, after good 2 and a half hours of deciding and contemplating, I have
decided on 6 pieces that I liked, and my friend picked two. We paid £8
at the counter and happily strolled out with bags of clothes that all together
cost £10. (AMAZING!!)
1.First
thing that I got was super cute looking burgundy coloured fluffy hat, that
would go perfectly with a pink dress that I bought at Bestival for - coincidentally
- £1 as well.
3. Just
out of curiosity, I picked out a pair of faux leather pants (Yugioh abridged
people will relate with me on an emotional level – yes Twigi). I tried them on
and to my absolute surprise, they fit like a glove. They were also high waisted,
which was something I have been wanting to get for a long time.
4. Well
the blue sequin shirt got chosen merely for the laughs, but I may put it to god
use some day. Definitely great party wear.
5. The
next thing, which is the cute black sweater with pink stars was picked up right
at the end for 2 reasons: 1. It had starts (*) and 2. I actually came to the
sale to get more warm stuff for winter (and this was actually the only proper
winter thing I got XD).
6. Aaand
last but not least –drumroll- my absolute favourite thing in my wardrobe right
now…. The amazing Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe skirt. Ta-daaa. So I was just
browsing through some boring piles, saw a glimpse of the bright blue and just
snatched it before anyone else could get to it. It was meant to be. (I got the
bag for free at the UAL freshers’ fair).
So
this post sums up all my new clothes bought in England for a total price of £8! (£1 for the dress from
Bestival, £1 for the entrance fee to the sale and £6 worth of
hidden treasures). So even if the common saying (is it?) goes something along
the lines of: “London will take your money…” I think this shows that it will
also give you some amazing deals if you take the time to look for them.
That Rock outfit RULES!
OdgovoriIzbrišiThank you! :D
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