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Permalink Reply by Shy Anne on May 14, 2013 at 1:50am

I have got this little ring which is very cute. There isn't too much of a story behind it except that I have a hypoallergy to nickel meaning that I can only wear steel. It's actually really hard to find cute steel rings and this one was just $7 so I had to have it. :) .  I love your bag. It's so fabulous and in such great condition for being vintage! 

Permalink Reply by Aoife 24K on May 14, 2013 at 3:30pm

Brandy that ring is extremely cute. Do you wear it with any specific types of outfits or when feeling in a certain type of mood?

Permalink Reply by Shy Anne on May 15, 2013 at 2:05am

I wear it with my swing dresses and pencil skirts, and my leopard wedges (which are also very cute), mostly when I feel like being fun which come to think of it is far more often then I feel like being boring. I actually wish it were a little more vintage looking because it's very shiny right now but steel is always shiny unfortunately :)  Let's see what else I can dig up. (shoes of course) 

I also have these super cute shoes which I picked up for 7,50 (that's about $9.70). I was looking for a pair of cute everyday shoes and these fit the bill perfectly and were on sale. They had a second pair at the time and I really wish I had bought them. I actually have arthritis really bad in my knees, knuckles, and hips and the elevated heel actually helps me to walk with my knees straight. Plus these look great with swing dresses and jeans so whatever I feel like. 

These actually belonged to a very dear friend who happens to have the same shoe size as me. She's a singer for a band named Soraia and is very good. They have actually opened for Bon Jovi multiple times. I haven't gotten to see her in person for about two years because she's on the other side of the planet but she decided to send me her shoes which i had loved every time she wore them (after she hadn't worn them for nearly a year). Sharing with friends is a great way to repurpose/re-love your clothes and I really love them although you can't wear them with anything with print. 

these are my oldest pair of shoes and I adore them. I picked them up quite by accident on one of those sneak peaks into my favorite shoe store when I wasn't supposed to buy anything. They were sitting on the top of a rack without a box and have a messed up size marking on the bottom. As a result they were 5 euro and they fit perfectly. Since then I've had the heels recapped twice and can literally wear them with everything. 

(last photo of shoes) these were meant to be my ' big'  purchase for the month because they were 60 british pounds or $91 but when I went to go buy them they were on sale and I walked away with them for $19! I was so happy that I actually bought a dress for $20 too and still hadn't even spent half of what I had intended to buy. The heel is very wide so they are nice for walking in all day and they are simply to die for with pencil skirts or cigarette pants. I adore buttons by the way so they were just perfect for me. 

actually maybe I'd better post photos of other things later otherwise my post might take up  more than one page..... oops.speaking of shoes, your gold ones that you are wearing in the photo look very vintage? 

Permalink Reply by Aoife 24K on May 19, 2013 at 9:35pm

Brandy thanks so much for posting these shoe pics and telling us a bit about them. They all look great. And I always am interested to hear interesting shopping stories. And i am particularly interested when I read stories about buying things on sale!

Oh, about those gold pumps I am wearing in the pic, they are not vintage. I have probably had them 4 or 5 years. But I must admit that I cannot remember where I bought them or how much they cost.  And I can tell you that they are quite comfortable to wear.

Since I am writing this on Sunday night and I am just doing a bit of contemplating about things, I thought I'd share a thought or two. As you can see this is a gold outfit. Somehow over the past couple of years I have really developed an affinity for gold colored clothing. It has nothing whatsoever to do with wanting to be wealthy. I think that it must be that I associate gold outfits with the glamorous women of the Golden Age of Hollywood and those fantastic female singers of the Fifties and early Sixties. As we all know, wearing pin up gets one attention. But wearing gold pin up I have usually reserved for special occasions. And I guarantee you that I have gotten attention wearing it. When I wanted to make my name a bit more pin-uppy, the "gold standard" just kind of came to me. And it was easy for me to just use the last initial of my name... and there you are.

Permalink Reply by Aoife 24K on May 23, 2013 at 5:09am

I am still hoping that this topic can generate some interesting replies. And so I am making another addition to it. I don't know how I had such luck, but within the space of a couple of days I made some incredible scores on some vintage items. I got dresses, a jacket, shoes, a fascinator/hat, a Hawaiian shirt and some suspenders. Since this group is about accessories I will just show off the two items that are accessories. 

First of all, here is a net hat/fascinator thingee. I am sure that there is a more accurate name for it You can see that the price tag is $14.95. Well the thrift store which had it was having a half off sale. So it actually only cost me $7.50. I already know which PUG dress I will wear it with. And I will wait to show you a photo of me wearing it when I have got the whole ensemble on.

Another half price score I made was at the same thrift store on these purple heels. They were listed at $5.95 so they only cost about 3 bucks! 

I think that I will wait to show off my other purchases the next time I do a blog post. But let me tell you that I bought two incredible vintage dresses yesterday and neither cost me more than twenty dollars. Shopping is fun. Shopping while saving money is even more fun! I spent about $65 in total for all of my purchases in the past two days. I love my new items and I have not even worn them yet, well except to try on that is.

Permalink Reply by Shy Anne on May 23, 2013 at 5:40am

oh my those are so cute! As for your previous post you definitely do look 24K ;) The hat is really just darling, it actually looks easy to make as well, I wonder how old it is? Any idea. 

And what brand are the shoes. The studs just make it as they add a lot of interest to an otherwise basic shoe. I think they look perfect for wearing with floral prints :) Very pinup style heel too! You should wear them with cuban heel stockings with backseams the look will be perfect. I'm actually kind of obsessed with shoes but I really only let myself buy fabulous ones because I have very limited space in my closet.

I don't know who told you that suspenders aren't accessories but they really are :) 

Permalink Reply by Aoife 24K on May 23, 2013 at 6:17am

I guess you are right about the suspenders. LOL! The hat does look like it is probably home made, and maybe not that old. I guess that one would just starch the netting, shape it and then add the accessories.

Cuban heel stockings with those shoes are a "YES"! And I just went in looked in my closet. (I won't even talk about how stuff is packed in.) But I just found that I bought some other shoes with the same logo a few days ago from a fashion school (FIDM) outlet store. OK, I just figured it out. The shoes are by Torrid. Amazingly as the result of my topics in this group about weird shoe sizes, Tashmahal77 suggested I go to Torrid to check out their larger shoe sizes. Well I went in a store, tried on shoes but none fit to my liking. Those did not fit, but this purple pair and the two other pairs I bought both fit! Amazing!