Thanksgiving Weekend

Nice weekend for all, I hope.
I wanted to list some items on Ebay on Thursday in between the face stuffing sessions that were Thanksgiving lunch and dinner. Unfortunately, the office light blew. We didn’t have a spare, and stores were closed. Although the bulb got replaced the next day, my nose was already too deep into a book to start anything productive. It ended up being […]

Reviving the long neglected

Years ago, still relatively new to thrifting, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw these amazing vintage boots for $3. “Ummm, why???” I remember looking around in disbelief and total confusion as to why they were still there, in front of me, with no one nose-diving to fight me for them.
Being a veteran thrifter now and seeing these boots again, I can’t […]

Photoshoot Sneaky Peeky

I’ve been trying to keep mum about the 2nd shoot for Optare Vintage but can’t do it anymore because I’m about to BURST. So here’s a really quick sneak peek, and let’s pretend this post never happened!
I AM SO EXCITED about listing the second batch in the upcoming week. Full editorial will be up on Optare Vision when I’m done […]

TTT: The Thrift Tale

3 shoots today, and I still managed to sneak out for a quick treasure hunt at The Fav Shop. As soon as I arrived, the ladies dug up something from out back and handed them to me. “This pair of jeans is $10 because they are Seven. The other 2 look like your size, see if they fit.”
Sweet.
The Seven did […]

dusty warehouse, here i come

Driving home from the studio last week, I excitedly slammed on the brake when I saw an opened warehouse with clothes piled high to the ceiling. Spotting a shirtless man moving stuff around inside, I asked if I could come climb around on his piles of clothes sometimes. I’m not sure if he could understand everything I said, mostly because I […]