Vintage Fashion Bargains Found Today @JaneConsignment

St. John Diamond Brooch Sweeter

I knew the Rummage Sale was going on today @jane on Spring Street in Princeton.  What I did not know was that it was the last day of the sale and everything was 95% off.  That is close to free in my pocketbook!  So, I went to P'town and shopped the 95% racks.  I got St. John knit sweater and skort for $11.  The Sweater has diamonds on it (not real of course, but they look good!)  Okay, photo doesn't do the diamonds justice, but you get the idea!

Next up was this amazing Oxblood Emanuel Ungaro Vintage Jacket.  All silk!  Long, past the hips and it fits great!  It perfect for Fall 2012 where Oxblood is the IN color for Fall!  Guess what I paid?  $6.75!  It was originally over $200 at consignment prices, imagine how much it was at retail.  Here is the article from the WSJ about Oxblood being the new IT color for Fall 2012!  Next Fall there will be Oxblood....  Here is picture of my fabulous new Oxblood jacket.

Emanuel Ungaro Oxblood Jacket

Okay, last but not least at all is a Eskandar Sweater that is 60% cotton, 40% cashmere and 20% silk.  What a combination.  So soft and luxurious!  It is handmade in Scotland.  It was a whopping $7.75!  It was over $250 at the original consignment price.  It originally was made for Neiman Marcus, has their label in there.  It is a sweet sea green color.  It must have cost over $400 retail at NM.  Can you believe it?  Here is the sweater:

Eskandar Neiman Marcus Sweater

I also got Anthropologie tweed pants for $1.25!  Bet they cost over $75 at the store!  I bought White Leather Cowboy Boots for my daughter for $1.75 and they fit!  She even said she would wear them to school.




Okay, I am bragging a bit.  But I am truly happen for spending so little and getting so much.  The hilarious part of this all is that is it going to cost me more to Dry Clean these clothes then it did to buy them.  I don't know of any Dry Cleaners that offer 95% off their prices.  I probably wouldn't go away, I am loyal to Giovanni Cleaners.  They are the best.  Everything comes back sparkling!  Giovanni's Garment Care Princeton.

Okay off to another Rummage Sale soon.  Where the bargains are sweet, the prices are low and I am a happy buyer!

Musings on Nature Photography - Sunflowers

I am sure that you have heard of @pinterest? It is a new social media platform that is growing amazingly fast! Pinterest has over 10 million users in 9 months, fastest growing site ever!  I really believe it!  I started using pinterest about two months ago and I am truly astonished how many people (mostly women) have repined my photo of the face of a real sunflower picture that I took this summer.  Bruce and I were driving up to Northern Jersey and came across a field of Sunflowers.  I grabbed my cell phone and camera, good thing I had my camera, and started shooting photos.  It was not easy photos to shoot, I couldn't get too close to the flowers and the wind keep them moving.  I got just one photo of the sunflower showing off all of the sunflower seeds.  I posted this photo on @pinterest and it went viral!  It has been repined at the time of this blog 155 times and I have 106 followers on my flower board alone!  I just posted this sunflower photo two weeks ago.  I have had numerous people tell me how much they love the picture.  It makes me feel so good that people like my photo and that it makes them smile! 

Here are a few more sunflowers...Enjoy and Be Sunny!

IMAG0179

IMAG0179, a photo by lindaapark on Flickr.

sunflowers make me happy

Fashionista's Everything You Wanted to Know about Making a Polo Shirt that Sells for $155.00!

Interested article about the Polo Shirts.  How much they cost to make and how they are made.  Really interesting, but it still doesn't make me want to buy a Polo Shirt!
Wall Street Journal Article