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Thrift Shop
May. 27th, 2017 05:11 pm I've been having good luck at the local thrift store the past two weeks, but it's mainly been wool stuff so I keep having to take it in for dry cleaning -- then again, a pair of dress pants for $5 + $17 to have them taken in + $10 or so for cleaning and pressing is still a great deal.
Today I found a plaid jacket and skirt for $10. The label is in German, the style suggests early-to-mid 1960s, and it's very well made -- the plaid design lines up along the seams in that way you rarely see any more. The one odd thing is that the skirt is unhemmed, which makes me wonder whether it was ever actually worn. I doubt I can wear jacket and skirt together at the office without looking too dressed up (or like a Mad Men cosplayer), but they ought to work as separates.
Also I got a much newer top, patterned silk on the front with a silk jersey tshirt back, but Nana stole it as a bed. I told her she's a little Sybarite and retrieved it undamaged when she grew restless.
ETA -- pix of the top: http://mooncustafer.tumblr.com/post/161140612070/new-top-from-the-thrift-store-after-i-retrieved
E2A -- the suit: http://mooncustafer.tumblr.com/post/161141896185/todays-other-thrift-shop-trophy-it-came-with
https://youtu.be/4Cnm0tdkJEU
Today I found a plaid jacket and skirt for $10. The label is in German, the style suggests early-to-mid 1960s, and it's very well made -- the plaid design lines up along the seams in that way you rarely see any more. The one odd thing is that the skirt is unhemmed, which makes me wonder whether it was ever actually worn. I doubt I can wear jacket and skirt together at the office without looking too dressed up (or like a Mad Men cosplayer), but they ought to work as separates.
Also I got a much newer top, patterned silk on the front with a silk jersey tshirt back, but Nana stole it as a bed. I told her she's a little Sybarite and retrieved it undamaged when she grew restless.
ETA -- pix of the top: http://mooncustafer.tumblr.com/post/161140612070/new-top-from-the-thrift-store-after-i-retrieved
E2A -- the suit: http://mooncustafer.tumblr.com/post/161141896185/todays-other-thrift-shop-trophy-it-came-with
https://youtu.be/4Cnm0tdkJEU
