Today it rained. Bah. But I quite like rainy days sometimes. You don't have to feel guilty about wasting a day full of sunshine cuddled up at home or rummaging around shops. I met some girlfriends for brunch and we decided to have a poke around some of the vintage clothing stores in Wellington.
Wellington has a growing number of shops selling vintage clothes, bags and shoes. But most of them aren't cheap and can be quite 'picked over' so you don't always get the best treasures. A lot of them are found on Cuba Street, the arty, bohemian area of town.
We made an excellent start at
Recycle Boutique, which is like an eBay kinda shop - they sell your clothes for you with a commission. I spotted a pink and grey over sized blazer on the vintage rail but couldn't see a price and assumed it must be expensive as it was such a beauty and was still on the rail (it was a Saturday afternoon and the shop was rammed so I thought someone would have snapped it up if it was affordable).
After I walked past it again, I had another look and noticed the tag was on the back - it was $30 but had a red dot on it.
Red dots = half price!!! WOW! I swiftly made my way to the changing rooms!
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| WOOHOO! |
So the blazer was
$15!! I am already
excited about wearing this to work on Monday!
Then we went on to a couple of cute independent shops before visiting the
Fringe Market. Here I bought a silk scarf and two lace doilies for $5. I received a great craft book for my birthday and one of the projects I'm keen to do in there involves a LOT of doilies. So here is the first of my collection - it may take me some time as so far it's taken me two months to hunt out those!
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| The scarf is for another online craft swap |
We also checked out
Paperbag Princess where everything is under $20 (I've never found anything worth buying in here though).
The last shop we visited was
Missy's Room. This is an amazing shop for vintage dresses galore! I sneakily took a few snaps as I wasn't sure if I was allowed, so couldn't get pics of all of the fabulous things in there!
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| Trinkets, scarves and bags |
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| I love the patterns in vintage clothing! |
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| This blouse was lovely :) |
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| My poor wet tootsies!! |
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| I found myself another pinstriped jacket. Yes I'm a fan of them! |
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| Looks terrible with this outfit but it has potential no!? |
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| I'm a nautical fan! | | |
This blazer / shirt (I'm not sure what it's classed as!) was $32, so not as cheap as the first one but still pretty good!
PS You may notice I've dyed my hair a darker brown! I'm quite liking it - though it was damp and rain-poufed today! ;)
