Frugal Fashionistas (& crafters!)

[DaddysMonkey]

Hey everyone 👋🏼

Its been a little while since I posted an actual topic again , at least that’s what it feels like ! 
 

Most of you probably know by now that I have my Pop Mart collecting hobby , but I’ve also really taken a liking to thrifting ! I’ve always really liked thrifting - I buy almost everything on sale as it is anyways. I get a lot of my clothing including my work clothes , on clearance ! 🥰 I’m actually very proud of how much money I save when I get new things , and I prefer to buy sales , clearance or used items. Especially used items I find !!! It helps the environment and I ADORE nostalgia ! 
 

This hobby as an adult who is a middle and acts more like a teenager these days - and with my corporate / formal job I’ve kind of shifted my aesthetic. I still wear a lot of my tomboy clothing but I really have taken a liking to more girly , “high end” , “fashionable” stuff too , and nostalgic Y2K fashion as well. 
 

I thought it would be neat to see others thrifters , what you guys find and what places you go ! Do you go for clothing , purses , crafts you can work with or revamp to make something new and refreshed or all of the above ? 
 

If you do go for clothing and accessories , what styles and aesthetics do you lean towards ? 
 

If you go for crafting items , what do you try to find ? Vases , furniture , vintage pictures or household items ? 
 

These are my two latest finds , a Guess purse that’s my daily carry for work ! It fits TONS of my purse pals so I really like this one for my daily purse. I believe I got it for $12 if I remember right ? And this one typically goes for $80 ish for full price and resellers ! 

 

The one I found today blew me away !!! I really like going to Goodwill and Value Village in fancy , rich areas. A lot of really wealthy people will donate super high end stuff and it’s almost brand new. Yes , you have to dig around sometimes and it can be really stressful in shopping areas but when I find things like I did today , I feel like it’s really worth it !

We went to Bellevue Square today and it’s a really bougie , foofoo shopping area. They have a Goodwill near there and the Seattle area , and I had to stop to see if they had any treasures. After digging around the dresses and not finding anything , and digging through three sections of clothes and more purses … I finally found a treasure !!! 
 

If you’re a 90s babies like me , you’ll remember Gwen Stefani. She broke off and had her own solo career in the early 2000’s and she had her “L.A.M.B.” era. Love , Angel , Music , Baby. It was her kawaii / street / Harajuku aesthetic time that I absolutely obsessed over her during. Her song “BANANAS” especially 🤭She had come out with a special clothing line during the whole Y2K boom and she had purses and hand bags. L.A.M.B bags ! I FUCKING FOUND ONE ON PERFECT CONDITION !!!!! Well … 99.99% perfect condition. The metals have a little bit of wear but the materials and everything is clean and new ! AHHH ! 

THIS era for reference hehehe 

I got this baby for $9.99 , it originally sold for about $1,000 and resellers sell for no more than $150 from what I have researched. I feel so so so lucky for finding this today 👼🪽

This will be my more weekend , grocery run , and bag when I don’t feel like carrying the big daily work bag lol 😅 I don’t want to use it too much because I want to keep it nice. I’ll probably be able to hang one or two Labubus on this without it being too much ! 
 

I hope I can gather all my other thrifters of the site. I know I can’t be the only one who finds crazy things like this !!! 

[Aikko]

Yayyy! We go to the dump because they have a salvage shed section there. It’s usually just junk that people don’t want anymore, but every once in awhile we find a gem. We got a perfect working Honda push mower. Used but zero issues. Sells for 800$ new! We also got 3 brand new xl lawn chairs with attached sun shades and 3 navy camping cots there. I found 2 outdoor metal and canvas rocking chairs there. I also found a ruby and diamond necklace with about 10 different gemstones you could change out. We also found a brand new easy up tent. A night stand. 5 HUGE clay slip molds for mass producing clay figurines….a hummingbird feeder and all the supplies….yeah. I enjoy thrifting and bargain hunting! 😁

[DaddysMonkey]

16 minutes ago, Aikko said:

Yayyy! We go to the dump because they have a salvage shed section there. It’s usually just junk that people don’t want anymore, but every once in awhile we find a gem. We got a perfect working Honda push mower. Used but zero issues. Sells for 800$ new! We also got 3 brand new xl lawn chairs with attached sun shades and 3 navy camping cots there. I found 2 outdoor metal and canvas rocking chairs there. I also found a ruby and diamond necklace with about 10 different gemstones you could change out. We also found a brand new easy up tent. A night stand. 5 HUGE clay slip molds for mass producing clay figurines….a hummingbird feeder and all the supplies….yeah. I enjoy thrifting and bargain hunting! 😁

I’ve not been as lucky as you with finding furniture !!!! Not as an adult anyways , when I was a kid I found one of my favorite desks at a Goodwill and I sticker bombed the ever living shit out of it 😇 

I remember you talking about the cots and lawn chairs !!! It’s so crazy to me that people will THROW AWAY perfectly good items instead of donating them ! 

[Aikko]

Yep. I’m thankful they do tho cuz if it’s free, it’s for meeee! Lol

[.คℓ𝐞ﾒเᏰααα .ᐟ]

Somehow I didn't realize that Gwen was into Harajuku Fashion, but it absolutely makes sense with her fashionable styles she's always had. And Harajuku exploded in the US with Weebs around that time. Just one more reason to love the platinum blonde rock queen, imho.

But on topic;

When I go thrifting, I always raid the kid's sections. Both clothing and toys. Sometimes adult sized clothing gets lumped in if it's got Disney/adjacent graphics. And I've found toys that were practically not played with, which indicates a collector who downsized. However, even though I do enjoy thrifting, my current obsession is a store called Five Below which is basically a Japanese product-friendly Family Dollar.

Not only can I easily find my kawaii style (pink/Sanrio/toddler) cheaply here, but I get to have something shiny new. The best part is that the store doesn't just cater to my style of kawaii, but branches off into things for teens and adults. I saw the walking embodiment of an actual father at checkout with something like a metal car part or tool of some sort. Definitely not pink, definitely not femme.

I spent $60 last trip there and walked out with as many toys as if I'd been thrifting higher priced used toys at Goodwill. I will be going back, lol

Edited 3 hours ago by .คℓ𝐞ﾒเᏰααα .ᐟ

[Andriel_Isilien]

Facebook marketplace is where I go looking for items people give away or resell for half the price. I scored a Totoro messenger bag in excellent condition! 🩶 That zapper for body hair I'm using was still unopened in the box when I got it!