Let Thrift shopping thrive in 25!

MrsCatz

Beautiful dress,  I do like Pure for their jumpers. 

MrsCatz

Miró said:

pennywisepoundstupid said:

Not the exact picture i saw from this morning but a very similar one, not a look i will be going for 

We have something here called ‘The Otley Run’, a pub crawl where on Fri & Sat students dress up and visit a series of hostelries.  It is a common sight to see the male students dressed like this, usually with hair curlers & a headscarf.  I think the theme is ‘a demented Nora Batty’!  I do hope the suit worn with pearls look catches on for men!

My trip to Otley this week, (not in fancy dress), was not very fruitful til I got to my last stop, Barnardo’s, where I found a red, plain, fitted dress by ‘Pure’.  Love this make, such good quality. Fully lined, even the sleeves,  and the seams instead of being overlocked are bound in satin binding.  It was even reduced from £8 to £6.

Demented Norah Batty I love it 

Floss

I wish workmen would revert to dungarees... at least they stay up!

Brie

Floss said:

I wish workmen would revert to dungarees... at least they stay up!

or wear braces???  (of course where we were they are often called suspenders but that opens up a whole new line of imagination.)

DigForVictory

Isn't the usual name for a worker clearly in suspenders "hussy"? Or am I thinking of the wrong trade? [and what will the forum profanity filter make of that?]

MrsCatz

 🤣🤣🤣
now I see them dressed a la Rocky Horror.
I am starting to see them around here wearing overalls.
Thunder storm is about to start here
 

Floss

@Brie, Amazon have it, now, 46% off at £40.80. Twine a student with an NUS card or Anyone with an Amazon discount into a half Nelson & ply charm, blackmail, "get ready for Christmas!", "I know you didn't meant to forget <insert unobserved festival here>, BUT", or whatever bribery commends itself and get the reference book you were made to produce the next edition of? Dior Scarves. Fashion Stories.: Amazon.co.uk: Frisa, Maria Luisa, Chiuri, Maria Grazia, Niedermair, Brigitte, Allen-Johnstone, Claire, Hammen, Emilie, Danese, Elda, Morini, Alberto: 9780500297711: Books 

Posted by @DigForVictory and copied over from last year's thread...

MrsCatz

After all my protestations about no charity shopping, I picked up two murder mysteries The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear and Death goes on Skies by Nancy Spain. One of which will be going with me to the beach later and my picnic dinner

DigForVictory

I can't even manage a quote successfully, d'oh, but I recalled the book & out of curiosity (cause of death heart attack as only exercise taken leaping to concussions). Thankyou for routing it on rightly, @Floss!
And now I wonder if I do right to lead @Brie towards reference on scarves, but if we're collectively going to have a Serious Habit, we may as well be well informed on it.
As for your afternoon's reading @MrsCatz, I too would have succumbed to the siren lure of a nice murder, and seconds... I'm convinced my having an active fantasy life has prolonged the actual lives of various relatives, siblings & colleagues. (Frankly I'm amazed there aren't more deaths at weddings - so many opportunities for people to be hazy about whom they saw when, for a range of reasons. Still, Christmas is far more Traditional.)

amj714

MrsCatz said:

After all my protestations about no charity shopping, I picked up two murder mysteries The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear and Death goes on Skies by Nancy Spain. One of which will be going with me to the beach later and my picnic dinner

I've read the whole Jacqueline Winspear Maisie Dobbs series and really enjoyed them, I hope you do too!