listened to the ct thrifting podcast, went thrifting for the first time in my life
please excuse fridge door pics, they're the only full length mirrors in the flat.
Skirt is a bit long. I'm thinking about hemming to the length on the right.
Unlike other finds on this thread, these items aren't especially great, but I'm quite thrilled because until just a week ago I didn't even know there were thrift stores in Hong Kong. People in Hong Kong hardly thrift because there are superstitions about dead people and ghosts and second-hand clothes. Even though my peers don't believe in all that, many of them would never want to thrift.
The thrift store I went to isn't an organisation people donate used clothes to (e.g. oxfam, salvation army); as far as I know, it's mainly an importer of second-hand japanese clothes. Oddly, it's within 5 minutes of the nearest Topshop, Gap, Coach, CK, etc. It's is small and really cramped - about 80% of the floor space is clothes racks. Not fun when there's other people in the store :( The clothes in the store are mostly old/vintage cheap japanese stuff, although there was a couple of levis and a wonderfully terrible patagonia shirt. They had some uniqlo shirts from when their tags were like this
I was planning to visit a vintage store that used to be in the area, but they've moved since then. There's another one I'd like to go to that has had Vivienne Westwood and Ann Demeulemeester items.
if you've any stories about thrifting or what thrift stores are like in your area or attitudes to thrifting, I would really like to read them! I can't talk much about thrifting or second-hand stuff with my friends - They think thrifting's bloody odd/ a little creepy / extremely hipster.