Tinka: Another thing you can buy on the second market, which a lot of people don’t realize, is jewelry. You can buy some of the most fabulous costume jewelry you’ve ever seen! For $2.50, you can buy a very high quality vintage pin, and if you get a book* and really know your jewelry, you [...]
Archive for the ‘vintage’ category
Vintage Jewelry
June 17th, 2009
Getting married next June? Save a fortune on your wedding dress and spend it on your honeymoon!
June 3rd, 2009
Tinka: There is one particular thrift store that has 144 wedding dresses that somebody donated. These dresses are absolutely stunning. Most of them went for $500 to $1000 per dress, retail. Now you can get these dresses on the 2nd market for usually less than $100. I think some of them are $125, but [...]
10% off at our favorite eBay seller, and she has “Boosha Beads!”
April 19th, 2009
You may have noticed in our blog roll that we have our favorite ebay seller listed. Well, she has agreed to give a 10% discount to anyone who buys from her, if they mention that they heard about her from Second Market Shopping! Just make sure that when you make your purchase, you mention the [...]
I’ve added several books about vintage clothing and shopping for vintage clothing:
Secondhand Chic: Finding Fabulous Fashion at Consignment, Vintage, and Thrift Shops, By Christa Weil
The Official Price Guide to Vintage Fashion and Fabrics (Official Price Guide Series), By Pamela Smith
Valuable Vintage: The Insider’s Guide to Identifying and Collecting Important Vintage Fashions, By Elizabeth Mason
Vintage Clothing [...]
Great article about Used Clothing from About.com:
March 11th, 2009
I found this article at About.com, specifically at http://fashion.about.com/cs/vintage/a/secondhand.htm:
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Used Clothing: Better the Second Time Around By Cynthia Nellis
Secondhand clothing is still hot.
The reasons for the surge in popularity in recent years are varied — from the bargain aspect to the thrill of the hunt — but according to Secondhand Chic author Christa Weil, one [...]