June 10, 2012
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C'est Ma Vie, Shopping, Vintage & Thrift finds
Flea Shopping
Remember when I was looking for a colored leather pencil skirt and wound up wearing this dress instead? Well
May 24, 2012
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Personal Style, Vintage & Thrift finds
Sweater Dress(ing)
Wearing a sweater when it's almost 90 degrees out seems like a silly idea, but short sleeves and a lightweight knit make this vintage dress pretty darn breezy. Vintage dress, belt, and sandals; Ray-Ban sunglasses; Wilson's bag
September 30, 2011
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Personal Style, Vintage & Thrift finds
Oxford Student
Lookin' stern, peepin' in ur windoseSo, one of my favorite thrift finds OF ALL TIME is this blue Ralph Lauren boy's oxford shirt, which I wear with pretty much any and everything. The color is neutral without being boring (it sort of looks like denim), the fit is perfect (apparently I'm built like a 12-year-old boy--but you already knew that, didn't you?), and it responds well to collar-popping (I'm a
July 27, 2011
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Shopping, Vintage & Thrift finds
Video: Thrift Shopping Haul!
YOU GUYS. You won't believe this, but I finally got around to doing another video blog! It's only been, what, a year since the last one?So, recently I hit my new favorite thrift store intending to pick up one or two items. Riiiight. Being me, I managed to leave with TEN items--including two pairs of shoes, a dress, two blouses, and several pairs of pants--all for under 30 bucks. Watch and learn
July 15, 2011
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Do-It-Yourself, Vintage & Thrift finds
Easy DIY: Painted Necklace
Since I tend to gravitate to "colors" like gray and black, I wanted a cheap and easy way to add a shot of color--something bright and playful, almost cartoon-y.I found this slightly weird necklace in the $1.00 bin at a flea market and decided it was my mission in life to paint it an obscenely bright traffic-sign yellow.The whole project only took about 10 minutes, and I let it "hang dry" on my fire escape