THRIFTY

A very good evening to you happy souls out there! I went thrifting this afternoon.. and i returned home with a total of 6 wonderful items...

1.red suspenders
2.pretty scarf with horses
3.flower printed skirt
4.blue beaded vest
5. blue knitted pearl vest
6.rose knotted top

When I arrived...I saw this girl and her mum bagging up a whole basket worth of items costing a whooping $75 !!! There was this really cool looking vintage jacket which she also bagged... That looked something like one of these:

Im a little angry with myself as... If i had gotten there a few minutes earlier I might have gotten my hands on some of her items.. :C stupid me... If only I didnt spend so much time trying to find my way there and had woken up earlier in the morning.. oh well.. i can only do so much but regret...better luck next round! Moreover... I'm rather pleased with my own purchase (;

Wearing Vintage

Hello.. to the imaginary souls out there reading my blog :) I borrowed this great book from the library.. Its a good read as it speaks of must have vintage items,styles of different eras and occassions , vintage care,thrifting tips etc...

I love this book also as it has many useful tips and beautiful brightly coloured pictures of vintage fashion (: Reading this books just makes my fingers itching to go thrift shopping! I'm also really envious... because singapore has such a limited market for vintage wear :( Sighs :C

i heart vintage

FLEA!

HEY THERE EVERYONE! MY FRIENDS & I WILL BE HOUSING A FLEA THIS SATURDAY, 22nd MAY 2010 AT F1 PIT BUILDING!

BY FLEA FLY FLO FUN

FROM 12- 8pm!!!

BE PREPARED FOR LOADS OF DIGGING!

PLENTY OF BARGAINS!

BRING LOADS OF CASH!

WE WILL BE SELLING: PRELOVED CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES!

Imitation

Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.

Or is it? somehow.. I don't feel so good about it

5 Reasons why its great to be small (or short)

1. you can squeeze through crowds
-especially useful during a mad sale!
2. you can wear big shirts as dresses
3. you can shop at the children's department -lower prices!
4.you can wear tiny shorts and not look slutty :p
5. you won't be taller than your boyfriend

p.s: FYI I'm only 152cm tall

A Gold Mind

Hey all, these are the recent loot of gold I gathered this week...I tried to make it look a little like a professional shot...but I dont think I got anywhere near there...

p.s: Manchester United beat Tottenham 3-1!

Is it authentic?

Vintage! After doing a little bit of research online... I found out that I'm not the only one who is obsessed with Vintage... Infact there is a steady trend of growing vintage fans around the world! But that is not the focus of today's post..

Instead I would like to figure out some fire-proof ways of distinguishing true vintage pieces from those that are vintage inspired or counterfeits..Many a times I find myself wondering if the item I'm about to purchase is a true vintage piece... I feel really cheated if it isnt :C

I found some really useful websites that, I thought were really helpful:

http://strawberrykoi.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-tell-if-its-vintage.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_4765322_tell-vintage-clothing-authentic.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_5065121_tell-clothing-vintage.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_5957704_identify-vintage-clothing.html

www.ehow.com has some really wonderful stuff about vintage and thrift shops.. that I got really engrossed until I forgot about my post! Do check it out if you are interested in vintage and trying to hunt for some at local thrift stores (:

By the way... I went to Flea.Fly.Flo.Fun. last Saturday at F1 pit building and it was amazing! It was also really cool..as there were about a handful of shops selling vintage threads and accessories..I really liked some of the dresses...
moreover they were gping really cheap at $15! However... many of them didnt fit me or looked a little too costume like.. Vintage bags were many... but I didnt think it was right to splurge on them as I already had quite a collection going for myself... There was also polaroid cameras! going at a price of $60-$120!
I didnt have much cash at hand... so I didnt wanna get it :C

I saw a really pretty pair of sparkly vintage earrings I liked..but I felt they were a little over my budget so I didnt get them :C

In the end I got myself 2 hairpins, a cool leather belt with green polo men on it and a men's red shirt! Jerome and I also had our potraits painted!