I had a bit of thrift binge last week and went shopping 2 days last week! One of my finds is this blue jewel tone wrinkled dress. It definitely caught my eye with it's vibrant hue. Elastic waist and ruffles? Yes and yes.
It's a dropped waist too. I like dropped waists because they actually hit me at my natural waist whereas most elastic waistlines hit just under my bustline.
Found it on a 50% off day so it was $3.50!
I threw it in the cart even though I wasn't sure of how it was going to look on me. It's a junior's line and it's 2 sizes bigger than my normal size. It's also sleeveless and I have a fat arm issue.
When it comes to thrift shopping though, grab what you like and sort it out later. You may choose to leave it behind before checkout but at least it's safe in your cart. Someone else may have their eye on it too.
For example, I was looking through the wallets and saw a Gucci one that matched the thrifted bag. I was checking out the details on random wallet before seeing what Gucci was about (real, fake, condition, etc). As I was putting random wallet in its proper place, a vulture woman with eagle eyes and sharp claws scooped Gucci wallet even though my hand was about an inch from it.
Moral of the story. Grab now. Sort the details later.
Anyway, I have this lovely and a few other nice pieces so I'm still a happy girl. Spring hasn't actually sprung over this way so I wore it with 2 pairs of tights and the military jacket with the awesome details.
THRIFT Verdi vintage purple clutch - LC Lauren Conrad dress - Allen B military jacket - gold tone belt as necklace last worn as a bracelet RETAIL black tights - crochet tights - Betsey Johnson booties
In other news, I won a scholarship to attend SoFabCon! I was so excited to hear my name in the announcement video that I startrd screaming and scared the crap out of Violet!
I'm looking forward to meeting some of my fellow bloggers, learning, and experiencing my very first blog conference!
Congratulations to Brook who won the Shutterfly giveaway! Be on the lookout for another giveaway coming in early April.
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Great outfit, love that 2nd photo you look awesome! Congrats on the scholarship!
Very nice dress! I love how you paired it and made it winter/spring/whatever appropriate. LOL!
Congrats and sofabcon and i love the way you rocked this...that blue is awesome!
I absolutely love that dress! You can't beat cobalt in my book!
Love your outfit. That military blazer is awesome!
-Jenny
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I live for thrift finds gosh xoxo
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First of all love that Jacket & dress! Thrifting can be brutal as I have had women actually take things from my cart! Congratulations on the blog conference that will be so exciting! Now I am off to check out all your links lol!
Denise
I'm kinda obsessing over that jacket. It's just perfect. I had been looking for one for a while. Love the tights too.
Nice outfit
~Sherine
Confessions Of A City Girl / Check out my eyewear line Enerjiee
Wearing 2 pairs of tights is such an awesome idea. May have to try that tomorrow since I'm missing my dresses and spring is still nowhere to be found in Atlanta!?! Love your entire outfit especially the jacket!
Love the dress paired with that jacket. I'd say it was a pretty good find!
Congratulations!! I like your advice on thrifting because it's so true--"grab now, sort later".
perfect dress to carry you thru the seasons! and i need to be more of a grabber. i've missed out on some cute finds because i left them on the rack!...lesson learned! have a good day;)
that dress is pretty on you! i always grab a ton of stuff in my basket and try them on, doesn't matter the size and i keep an eye out for vultures too lol
~Chioma
C's Evolution of Style
Really pretty look-your hair is gorgeous pulled back like that!
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This came together so well! You can wear this dress in different season with the right layers and/or accessories.
-Karen
www.yourstylistkaren.com
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