6:14 PM Thursday, March 4, 2010
A month or so ago, I popped into Hamlet’s Vintage – purveyor of the offensive $15 beat-up tee – on a mission: I needed tall, black, flat boots. Again.
In the past year alone, I have gone through not one, not two, but THREE PAIRS of tall flat black boots. When I say “gone through” I [...]
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Tagged: boots, green, sharesies!, shopping, vintage
2:34 PM Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Yesterday afternoon, in the spirit of amping up my knowledge of all-things-secondhand, I did a walking tour of the Lower East Side’s vintage shops. To say I was nonplussed would be putting it lightly – appalled is more like it. The excursion was so infuriating, it actually made me want to go to yoga. I [...]
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Tagged: boots, oy vey!, rip offs, shop nyc, shopping, vintage
3:36 PM Friday, January 15, 2010
Vintage Vertigo Paris jeans; old school Radu workout tee; Melissa wedges.
Also: Many of you have asked after the origin of the stunning, buttery, over-the-knee boots pictured a few days ago.
The brand:Tashkent by Cheyenne
Retail value: $600.00+
What I paid: $145.00
For full deets on this epic score, see Why I’m Not Above Secondhand Shoes.
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Tagged: boots, epic scores, green, jeans, resale, shopping, thrift
2:38 PM Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Dear Cheap JAP,
I am a legging whore but when I’m not wearing leggings, I go for the skinny jeans tucked into boots. The problem is, my jeans bunch up and are all uncomfortable tucked into the boots. A friend of mine told me a while back, that she heard about a new invention that kept [...]
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Tagged: arts and farts and crafts, boots, jeans, style