After last week’s questioning and ‘Um-ing’ and ‘Ah-ing’ over posh Oxfams about to pop up all over the UK, I think this week, I was able to exemplify charity shops smartening up and sadly, in a few years time, designer bargains in charity shops will be virtually extinct. In my local Animal Aid (and I live in a mundane-as-muck London suburb…), I saw this John Richmond dress from the 80’s and it was priced at ¬£10. Not a great deal of money in London terms but not the ¬£3 cheapie steals that I used to buy…
Turns out, they consulted Lazooli next door to confirm that it was from the 1980’s (yup, that decade is now officially a ‘long time ago’…), hence the tenner price tag. Grudgingly, I have to admit there is nothing wrong with knowing the value of the donated wares seeing as the money goes to charity anyway but I guess it’s just an observation of the shift of times in charity shopping, making me glad that I started doing the thrift rounds early on…(thank you dad for harping on about the merits of charity shopping and carboot sales…).
i would have paid double, it looks gorgeous on you!
That’s stunning! Really body-con.
¬£10 isn’t too bad for a designer charity shop find, they could have charged waaay more.
Wow I would have paid a lot more than that too…but I get into that thrifting mindset too where you want everything to be $5. Then the boyfriend has to make me snap out of it by telling me how much it would be anywhere else..ever so rational that one.
love the figure hugging dress-skirt!! What an amazing find!!
K
Still very nice!
Your hair looks lovely in that first picture, and where are your socks from? I believe I need more socks…
It’s a great find and you look awesome in it!
That dress looks incredibly current. Good find, wow.
I noticed that my local thrift stores were getting savvy with the pricing when I came across a beautiful pair of buckled boots for $60 or $70 just a while ago. Drat.
Still it is 10 pound you wear very well. A good buy all in all.
I love this outfit. I think it needs some peachy lipstick.
that dress is totally worth it in my opinion.
I would love to get ANYTHING for ten pounds!
OMG, you should be a model!! You look gorgeous!!!
Lovely skirt! I would have bought it in a heartbeat.
wow that looks fantastic!!
Really gorgeous on you! And many thanks for your recommendations of vintage shops in London! I know you are saying that they are pricier than they used to be but still SO much cheaper than Dublin. I shopped ’til I dropped!
looks great!!