/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I have found some nice pin tucked, peter pan collar blouses but they were too short in the sleeves!

>>8167907
Any idea what MM petti you have?

>>8167907
I find adorable vintage blouses on the regular and I've been lucky enough to find a few beautiful vintage circle-skirts in the past puffy enough to fit my lolita petticoats, great "retro" finds for sure.

My favorite stuff to look at is the junk aisle, though. I have a collection of totally adorable tea cups and saucers and I haven't paid over $2 for a set.

>>8167928
565

>>8167907
That looks awesome, anon!

I haven't found anything I would classify as really amazing yet, but I've found lots of nice things. Blouses with peter pan collars, ruffles or nice lace details. Nice shoes for classic. A pair of old school looking platform boots. Some lovely bags, a pair gloves and many accessories - pearls, brooches, earrings, etc.

There's a handful of vintage boutiques where they're a bit more discerning with their merch than Goodwill, but there's also Goodwill and two other huge type thrift stores I can go to. All in all, my city does pretty well for thrifting and I love taking the time to shop around.

>>8167907
I got my mm 582 petti off ebay for 8 bucks, though i guess that's not really thrift shopping

>>8167964
Eh, I think that still counts

There were a couple girls who found bodyline in a thrift store

Anyone else ever find actual lolita items?

>>8167974
The thrift store, where lolita goes to die

I once found a sax petticoat of very similar quality to Malco Modes at Salvation Army for $2. It was a great deal. I've also found a few loliable blouses and cardigans thrift shopping.

>>8167938
Holy cow. That is EXACTLY the one I want.

You are so lucky to find it.

>>8167964
MM petties are now 60 bucks, so it counts.

>>8167974
I have. Found an AP bolero.

There's an MM 575, and MM 592 on ebay right now.

Anyone know which is the fluffier of the two?

>>8168076
592: 60 yards
565: 60 yards
575: 80 yards

I assume the 575, but I assume the 592 would be more similar to 565?

ah, I always hope that one day I'm lucky enough to find a brand main piece in a thrift shop...I know it's rare, but it's happened before. the only thing that makes me feel a bit bad about it being there in the first place is the backstory - did a lolita die and her friends and family not know what to do with the stuff, did some girl have crazy parents that took her stuff because they thought it looked childish and gave it away? wouldn't stop me from buying it, but yeah.

I think even if I found brand stuff that didn't fit me I would buy it tbh.

Which makes me pose a question for everyone else: let's say you were thrifting and found a (brand) skirt, jsk, op, etc. and it's very inexpensive ($5-$30) but it's not something you'd normally be interested in or you may not even fit. Would you salvage it for fear of going to a, well, undeserved, non-lolita home? And if so, would you then sell it on LSE, LM, EGL etc for its regular price? It would be an incredible way to make some quick cash. Buy brand for like ten bucks, sell for however much it's worth if it's still in good condition ($100-300), $profit$

>>8168168
I will cream myself on the day I some Lolita's mom throws out her burando and I stumble on it at the thriftstore.
So far I've found:
-a bunch of jackets that work nicely, including one that design wise looks a lot like a VM blazer, but it's dusty pink(which I have none of) and needs to be tailored to fit
-a pink lolita blouse, probably from taobao, couldn't make out the tage and the material is just a really thin cotton.
-some nice vintage blouses
-a bodyline ouji/aristo blouse
-a sailor op, was giant so I sold it for $30
-L129 in brown, I took off the shitty lace on the sleeves, if anyone wants it $20+shipping obo

>>8167974
I found this unidentified old school sax dress that I'm not sure what t do with. Zero shirring and certainly doesn't fit me.

>>8168188
pretty sure that's bodyline

>>8167938
Ah I have the same one but in white. Makes a great full A-line shape. It's a tad too long even on the lowest elastic channel though.

>>8167907
is it possible to bleach MM petties? Most of the ones I find are a crazy color.

>tfw from Germany
>all thriftshops over here are hipster vintage shops that sell overpriced hippie shit and the most horrible clothing from the 70-90's
>never find anything even remotely lolita-suitable
>oh wait, one time I found a basic no-brand petticoat there but they wanted to charge ne 150€ on it
>nope.jpeg

These threads make me so jelly, cheap finds are literally impossible. Also makes me wonder why there good thrift shops over here. It's as if clothing prior to the 70's didn't exist. Or it's all immediately shipped to Africa for the poor, idk.

>>8168188
W-what are the measurements?

>>8167907
Damn. How does it look under a skirt?

I don't have too much luck with thrifting. Even if it's something like blouses, they're usually way too big. I found some petticoats for 12-15 bucks, but the hems are way too full, even after modifying one of them.

>tfw donated a bunch of off-brand/taobao brand lolita stuff a while back
>no one has posted about their find

>tfw missed connections

>>8167974
i also have! I'll post pics in a while, found an anna house blouse and some out of print bodyline bag. The blouse has a nicked button, but the bag is flawless and brand new.

>>8168322

>>8168322
>>8168454
Then for shits and giggles I put a cupcake petti over it

I found a liz lisa shirt in savers last week for $7

Most of the time I find nice old lady chiffon blouses, some nicer detailed cardigans and things like that. Mostly loliables. I'm constantly on the lookout for lolita things but my area is pretty much white trash/ghetto central so the most I find are old lady things which work out.

I found a Maxicimam skirt with it's tags, brand new, at Goodwill.

A friend of mine found an older Bodyline dress at the same thrift store another time. Also a pair of RHS.

It's no one from our comm, I'm so curious as to who's dumping their things off there.

I will never find loliable items that don't look like shit around here because I'm in the ghetto in the middle of nowhere. I have gotten a few blouses from thrift shops and one cutsew but they BEARLY work for Lolita and none of them fit me right but they will have to do until I can find or afford nicer blouses.

There aren't even any lolitas in my area so hitting the jackpot of finding actual Lolita items (or even any alternative fashion items) is SUCH a huge fantasy dream of mine.

>>8168542
Same here, anon. If I ever found a lolita main piece in a thrift store it's because someone I know and probably introduced to the fashion donated it (which they wouldn't do).

Mostly old vintage blouses.

I did find a gorgeous gunne saxe romper in my local vintage store. It was 35 dollars, and I regret not buying it now. It was my size too...it was beautiful.

However, I live in a fobby neighborhood, so there is a lot of Liz Lisa donated.

>>8168553
This is why I love hearing stories about the things people have found in thrift shops. I've been thrifting for at least 10 years and have rarely found anything even halfway decent. I loose so much motivation to even bother looking anymore after making several trips and shops and not finding anything I'd remotely ever wear with anything. It gives me some much needed motivation to not give up on it because I might eventually find a gem one day.

>>8168566
I like thrift shopping. I've found blouses, shoes, tights, and the AP bolero I posted earlier.

I like to keep an eye out for things, for friends. I've found cute boots, blouses, and pettis that we're to small for me but fit friends.

I find great things, and I live in the middle of nowhere. Just find the thriftshop that affluent old ladies give their clothes too and you're golden.

I've found cashmere coats, cardigans, really gorgeous loliable blouses- even some in silk. You just have to go to the better areas

>>8168598
Check your fucking thrifting privilege jfc

>>8168188
Im drooling over this dress

>>8168606
You need to calm down

>>8168845
pretty sure that was just a joke, anon.

>>8168845

>>8168594
I don't think there are any affluent old ladies in my area and if there are I don't know where they donate their clothes.

>>8168188
It's Bodyline anon, check the inside of the dress for the red and gold tag, can't miss it.

>>8168462
Aline for the win, the cupcake petti makes you look fatter than you are.

>>8168542
Your choice of words are UNBEARABLE.

You pretty much have to get lucky, and check in as close to daily as possible. .

>>8168877
Follow the money anon, any nice houses tucked away or coalesced in a particular area? Almost everywhere has rich folks, and if you don't, then the closest metro area will for sure.

>>8168887
I would love to get acquainted with rich old ladies. So what would I do? Dress nice and visit rich old lady stores and buy a hat?

>>8168194
No. For the most part, you can't bleach anything to make it white, you can only dye darker.

>>8168491
dat savers~ got all my best finds from there, I live in a multicultural area so there's heaps of taobao/chinese brand blouses, korean dresses and cute stuff, plus I fit into childrens stuff better honestly since I'm so small so I wear a lot of handmade dresses I find which are so nice and occasionally loliable.

I found a couple of vintage rhoda lee blouses at goodwill for $5 ea once and they're cute but kind of casual/normalfag. One has a lace collar and lace cuffs and the other has a pussy bow and puff sleeves.

I literally get all of my blouses from the vintage section at my thrift store

Found this Bodyline blouse at a swap meet, brand new with tags attached for $4.
I know it's just Bodyline, but its still a good deal

>>8169170
I always find nice black blouses, I can never find any other coloured blouse that's very clearly "loliable". I'd love to find some white/cream, brown. and red ones.

I found a Liz Lisa shirt at a local thrift shop a few months ago.

A month before that I found a non-lolita item. It was a hoodie with cats on it from Hong Kong. Still kick ass.

Both came from a thrift shop in a college campus area. We get a lot of exchange students there and it definitely shows.

>>8169204
I have the opposite problem. I find more white and cream than the blacks I want.

>>8168881
Checked every inch of the inside and there's nothing. If there was a tag the previous owner must have taken it out with a seamripper.

>>8168212
Flats are 34" bust and 28" waist.

>mfw wanting 80 dollar petticoat on ebay for 20 bucks
>gets outbid
>whatever. I'll get them back later
>they start a bitting war with someone else
>Price is quickly climbing

damn bitches...

>>8171409
Got the auction anyway. woo...

>>8169238
I'm starting to hunt for black. Already have a couple of white and a brown blouse. I need to alter them to add sleeves since they have those stupid cap sleeves.

Savers > Goodwill > Salvation Army

I always find it hilarious that Salvation Army organizes by color rather than by size. The one in my town just up and left for no reason. It was kind of dumpy. If Savers left I would be devastated.

>>8172268
Salvation army is awful. No matter what one I go to everything there is a mess and smells like must.

My town has shit goodwills/thrift stores. It's 90% old work clothes. There is one goodwill with cute stuff but it has a gaggle of old ladies that stalk it like vultures and the second new stuff is out they buy all the good stuff.

Other than that, we have 'vintage' stores where you can buy actual cute vintage stuff for only $89.99 and up! (Basically no one shops there and no one really knows how they stay in business)

Whenever I travel to Europe I always get really confused and disheartened because I hardly ever find thrift shops and when I do it's all fucking 90s ski wear and leather shit from the 70s. Where are the 40s-60s clothing? Did it all just fucking disappear off the face of the earth?

>>8168168
Honestly, that's my big dream. I dream of finding a box full of brand in a thrift shop one day, one a loli mom threw out without knowing it's worth.

But I don't think it will ever happen, I'm surprised people find anything loliable in thrift shops at all. The thrift shops I know all have ugly hipster and 90s clothes. Also I don't think a german lolita or her mom would be stupid enough to give it to a thrift shop.

Once found the most uggo Liz Lisa dress I've ever seen. Didn't buy it because I honestly thought LL couldn't come up with something so ugly and maybe it was a replica.
It had tags but it looked like a brown old school lolita dress but just disgusting.
Tried googling it but nothing matches the horror.

Bernina 1100D Serger, $50 on Craigslist.

>Figured that even if it needed an overhaul, it's still a brand that retails for $500-$1500.
>Bring it home
>Interior is dusty but clean.
>All of the weird little accessories are still in their holsters. Still smells like oil.
>Clearly has not been used since it was last tuned, if not ever.
>Runs perfectly

I don't use it much but it's the best deal I ever got.

>>8168188
That looks like it could be something from Anna House

>>8172283
Those sorts of shops are usually tucked in small streets where the only people who really know where they are are locals and people who buy and sell 'real vintage'. Also, vintage markets are a bigger thing because shop upkeep/rent on those places can just make it not worthwhile.

>>8172283
I live in the UK and we have a lot of charity shops but I rarely if ever see anything older than the 90s in them. I suspect either the older stuff got sent to recycling/Africa because it wasn't selling before the current vintage trend hit (charity shops do regular culls of stock that hasn't shifted, and they've been doing it since at least the 80s because my mum says she used to do it in the charity shop she volunteered at), or it got bought up by expensive vintage boutiques. Add to that that most charity shops are in poor areas, because councils will let empty shops to charities for cheap because it looks better than having a boarded-up shop on the high street, and that the ones in rich areas cater heavily towards selling designer stuff, you don't find much vintage unless someone old has died and their relatives donated it.

Also, charity shops here are not as cheap as thrift stores in America. Gone are the days when you could get 50p tops. Most charities now have minimum price guides that mean even a vest top is £1.99 or more, and most items are £3.99 or £4.99 ($6-8), and coats are like £10.99 or £20.99, depending on the brand. It's ridiculous because it often means charity shops charge more for second-hand Primark than Primark charges brand new. Case in point, Primark are currently selling T-shirts for £2, but the lowest the Oxfam I work in can put them out for is £2.99, because that's the minimum price for a T-shirt from a cheap brand in our pricing guide.

>>8173214
Also, decent stuff gets magnetically sucked towards shops in rich areas because at a lot of charities, on the rare chance a designer bag or whatever gets donated to a shop in a cheap area, the managers are instructed to send it to a designer specialist shop in a richer area nearby where people will pay more for it.

It all helps for the charity to make more money for poor people in other countries, but it's kinda sad that charity shops are no longer an affordable source of clothing for the poor in this country.

>>8167916
Mm, I often find blouses that'd work with lolita if only they weren't sleeveless (or alternatively, have sleeves but are collarless).

>>8167929
This is the most "lolita" stuff I tend to find while thrift shopping, loads and loads of cute cups and saucers and sometimes teapots. I also find a lot of accessories like brooches and necklaces.

I always see stuff that'd be great for mori girl when thrift shopping, to the point where I contemplated setting up an online store for it at one point.

>>8168188
Even if it's Bodyline, that's cute.

>>8173214
>on the rare chance a designer bag or whatever gets donated to a shop in a cheap area, the managers are instructed to send it to a designer specialist shop

Goodwill recently did this. There's a goodwill nearby that usually has a case with big name designer items. Then another shop opened in the downtown area called "Rare, by goodwill" It's set up like a boutique.

>>8168581
I have the opposite problem. I'm fairly average for lolita (but small for normalfag clothing I guess?) at a UK size 8, so a U.S. 4, and for some reason it's really fucking hard to find donated stuff in my size, even though it obviously sells in normalfag shops. A typical organized-by-colour rack might have 0-2 size 8 items, but then like 10 size 10 items. I know the average UK woman is a size 16 now, but it's still ridiculous. Recently I found a whole rack of gorgeous vintage-style cream blouses, all presumably donated by the same person, but all size 16.

>>8173266
"hey, you know all this stuff you GAVE us? we're going to charge an arm and a leg for it that you could have done yourself! SUCKERS!

>>8173314
Yep. They already markup the designer stores. I guess they decided to take it from different locations and put it in one shop. I took a quick peek, and some of it is still decently priced. I'll have to take a better look.

>>8173314
Tbh, it offends me least with designer stuff that cost hundreds originally, since their price is still maybe a tenth of the original price. But when they charge 60 for a coat that was originally 100, or 7 for a top that was 10, that annoys me much more. Designer items are luxuries anyway but ordinary second-hand clothes should not be, especially since some people rely on them to be able to afford everyday clothes.

>>8173282
Same here, I never find clothing in size S or XS. If I ever find something loliable it's usually an L. The only nice thing I ever found was a really nice antique hat. My mother sometimes finds me thing but she thing I'm two sizes bigger than I actually am so it's always too large (I still have clothing from my first year of middle school that I don't fit yet, and I'm not even thin or short).

>>8172268
for real, savers is the best one I've been to by far. I remember my friend took me there for the first time in the summer and it was amazing. They had some cool super old, vintage singer sewing machines (didn't buy). Didn't see anything loliable there (didn't expect to) but I did pick up some pairs of shoes, a cool-looking coat, and some vintage hot rollers. The savers closet to me isn't near any colleges or asian neighborhoods so I don't think I'd be able to find any cool lolita/loliable/jfashion stuff but there is a big ~alternative~ thrift shop in the city so maybe I'll have more luck there, I did find some chinese brand jfashion-y dress there once.

>>8173607
What kills me more is when they place slightly above average items in the "designer case" and charge way above the original price.

>>8173704
My grandma does that and tells me I'll "grow into it". I'm nineteen and my height and shoe size haven't changed since middle school.

Sage for OT.

>>8168897
Join a quilting club.

I'm not even joking, my grandma took me to some of her quilting club meetings and now I got old ladies throwing high end vintage fabrics at me like two dollar bills at a strip club.

>>8172268
>>8172272
Weirdly its the Salvation Army here that has the best stuff. I found a ton of new-with-tag non lolita stuff there, including a $180 dress that I paid $8 for. The Goodwills have something maybe once in a blue moon (though I do go fabric and book crazy at the outlet bins) and we don't have Savers at all.

I did find an actual seifuku skirt at a Mormon shop though. We have a lot of Asian immigrant families in the area so I assume thats how it got here.

>>8173266
They've been sorting out the collectible/valuable stuff for a few years now, but its mostly been sold on the ShopGoodwill auction site. Basically if you see a high end item at a Goodwill shop, its because their sorter is slacking off.

>>8176718
....you mean just a pleated skirt?

> weeaboo detected

Not thirt shop, but related.
>at Nordstrom Rack
>find a pair of tuk creepers
>forever wanted a pair
> $9
>listed my size
>jackpot

Sadly my baby feet were way to small. Still butthurt about it.
Thinking I should have bought them anyway, to try and sell.

Somebody in my neighborhood is about to find a hilariously old school MILK dress. I bought it as part of a lot from a Japanese auction and it's so laughably bad I don't think a lolita would even pay $5 for it.

Bless whoever linked to shopgoodwill.com because I have never known about this website and I just found some awesome shit

>>8168883
You should see the side view, omg, I look like I'm wearing a circus tent kek

Found a rabbit fur shawl on that shop goodwill site.
If someone outbids me on it I will find them.
I wish the site had a consistent size chart or something. I know its all donation items, but so many items dont even have measurements. Saw a dress that was measured as 20' bust. Like, a full on evening dress with an ass ton of fabric in the bust. There is no way it only had 20 inch bust.

I found toy parade at a goodwill lmao. Guess some loli mom didn't want her kid dressing like an ageplayer
>mfw I didn't want to either

>>8179847
Probably a flat measurement

>>8179912
Thats what I thought, but it didn't say anything about flat measurement...

>>8179907
>not buying it an reselling it

>>8179932
Oh I did anon

>>8169133
>pussy bow
i cant never take it seriously when people say that...

>>8179959
It's ok anon, I'm a 12 year old at heart too.
I still laugh at poop jokes.

>>8171409
>bitting war

>>8180126
>my PA dutch grandmother is on /cgl/

>>8179907
G8 b8 m8

>>8179959
Hey anon did you know some people call kitties "pussy cats"? lolololol

Pull yourself together.

Hearing stories about finding lolita in thrift stores always makes me so sad. Like, it's great for the person who buys it, but no lolita would bring their burando to the thrift store on purpose. Either they died, or a horrible family member stole their burando because they wanted their kid to be normal.

>>8180748
I've actually thought about giving Lolita clothes to a local consignment shop before because I didn't want to have to deal with trying to sell things online, so it's not completely out of the question. I ended up deciding to keep the stuff though.

This girl said she got the OP and apron (it's Maxicimam) at a flea market for 5 euros.

>>8179662
Photos?

>>8172772
I'm crying anon, it's beautiful

>>8172772
There's a ton of those old vintage ones on my craigslist
We used to have one in my house as well
>mfw these things are all over louisiana

>>8181951
dropped pic

>>8181361
I included a picture of the tag because I wouldn't have believed someone if they'd told me it was brand. I swear this shit is probably from the 80's. It looks like babby's first sewing project.

>>8168168
I think first I'd offer it to any lolita friends I might have who are the right size/into the style of the clothes I found. Then I'd take it with me to a style swap (my comm does those, don't know how common they are). Then if it's still hanging around, fuck it. Sell.

I found this dress and pair of shoes at a thrift store for about $10

>>8182149
What fabric even is that? Is it velvet or iridescent?

>>8182153
its velvet

>>8182185
thats so fucked I love it

>>8182149
Those shoes look like my old clarks school shoes from when I was 10 tbh

>>8182149
I feel like this needs something around the waist to break your body up, but still great find!

>>8181951
That's not a vintage sewing machine anon, it's a serger...

>>8179959
Same lmao. Surely there's another name for the style? That would be so awkward to say in a convo "Oh I'm going to pair my pussy bow blouse with that fawn print skirt, what are you wearing?"

>>8182116
God, that's ugly.

>>8182246
what do you think would look good around the waist?

I found a pretty epic Sam's Petticoat in a local antiques mall, as well as a vintage faux fur shawl, and two pairs of crochet gloves. My friend Lorie takes the cake, as she found actual Brand at her local Savers. It was an older AP piece that needed a little love, but was otherwise totally salable.

I've been finding a lot of 60s/70s stuff that's cute but so fucking bright (saturated colors I mean) compared to most lolita it would just look terrible

>>8184092
otome?

>>8183022
maybe some wide off white ribbon? With a bow on the side or in back?

>>8168194
Try leaving it in the sun, to sun bleach it.

>>8168206
Apparently there are petticoat collectors, hence the high price. Or at least where I live. Apparently they get swooped up quick :(

>>8169199
I'm itching just looking at that lace anon, I recognize it from my mistakes. Glad you didnt spend $20 like I did.

>>8182149
Cute, but looks costumey now, because it's dated....

>>8180798
all my jelly

>>8182246
>>8183022
I don't think you need anything, it would look weird with how the dress is cut.

>>8181955
Shit an old lady gave me the top left one for free. It's like a 1920's model or something. I could get $250 for this thing omg

Not lolita related, but I just found a beautiful knee-length pleated skirt, 100% wool for $15 at a local thrift shop. They had it listed as a size 4 and it fit me perfectly, when I usually wear a 1-2. It's the exact color of my seifuku top and matches the rest of my navy shit perfectly. I'm in heaven.

>>8176976
No I mean a school uniform skirt with a Japanese label that states its from a school uniform company. That's why I mentioned the local population, I assume it was someone's old uniform and they donated it after switching to an American school.

>>8184585
Ex-museum-worker here, I've seen some older netting crinis/pettis and such get very brittle due to sun exposure so be careful about that. They also tend to yellow rather than turn white.

>>8182149
Looks like milanoo

>>8185441
>$250
>Craigslist
You should probably check around for other prices first, CS always has weird prices for old items. It's like when people try to sell road bikes with suicide handles from the seventies/eighties for hundreds of dollars when they're practically worthless.

>>8186721
Tbh the first thing I saw from the thumbnail was that pink dress from Kuroshitsuji all the weebs wear

>>8168206
Same goes for my part of Germany.

There are some thrift stores here, but the only somewhat good things you can find there are real leather jackets and nothing even remotely lolita.

>mfw I recognized some of the stuff there from KIK, bought the same blouse for a cosplay ages ago for roughly the same price....

>>8181955
OMG, that one in the upper right looks a lot like my first sewing machine.
I was little (like, 8 years old) and my dad gave it to me. I remember it being too heavy to lift for me on my own.

And we have the metal lower part of the machine on the upper left as table in our hallway. (Got the machine replaced by a glass plate). They really make some gorgeous tables when the machine is missing/broken beyond repair.

(My parents owned a sewing machine store, so a lot of vintage machines tended to go through their hands).

>>8172268

All the goodwills I've been to organize by color, not size. I don't see the point to such a thing, but I guess seeing a color is easier than finding a tag and sizing it for the literal retard employees.

Went today and the guardwoman at the dressing rooms kept heckling me THREE ITEMS ONLY IN DRESSING ROOM. Still found a cute pleated skirt, blouse, and sweater-vest-thing that looked good together. More J-fashion than lolita. I've found nice sweaters there, too.

>>8191966
Yeah the employees putting away clothes are the ones who decided how to organize the entire fucking store.

>>8191966
The ones I go to usually organize by size then color.

I was at a goodwill recently that didn't organize by anything.. or tag anything.. it was so crazy to me, my mom used to be the manager of a thrift store and they tag with weekly colors and organize by size so I assumed most stores did but not the goodwill. the salvation army here does weekly colors and groups them mostly by size too, I don't think it's really that hard.. maybe they hire some lazy assholes at goodwills or something?

shitty pic but I got these for $6 at a thrift store, super clean and new. Love them to death

>>8192839
forgot to mention, the bottom says "ELLE"

>>8180467

Yeah, god, because no one makes double entendres involving cats and female genitalia. Oh wait.

>>8191970
No they don't, but since one of Goodwill's intentions is to employ people with handicaps, I wouldn't be surprised if their management purposely organized the store to make it easier for their workers. Wasn't there a bit of news recently about a warehouse doing a similar thing, where the whole place was staffed with mentally handicapped people and the system made very easy for them to understand?

>>8179679
Fuck you for telling me about this.
>tfw no international shipping
All I want is cheap vintage accessories ;_;

>>8195753
is there something like an american proxy service that we can use?

>>8195755
I'm sure, but I fucking hate those things. More trouble than they're worth.

>>8195759
For some reason, the American ones are just way stupider than Japanese shopping services.

>>8195761
I know plenty of people on /fa/ use them
then again, they're the same people who buy flimsy 1000€ designer shirts so

>>8195767
I mean, it's probably more worth the trouble if what you're buying is a flimsy €1000 designer shirt, but I'm not sure I'd bother for a few €5 accessories.

>>8182149
I would turn this into a JSK.

>>8173214
Amerifag here, all the Goodwills in my town are all run like this.

>>8196129
Not ours. My friend bought a 90's track suit last month. I also went to ours the day of an 80's party and found everything I needed for the entire outfit including jewelry (I snagged some 80's lightening bolt earrings I shit you not) but that's part of the problem. Its always the same shit there. I keep seeing the same clothes every time i go. The old lady's wait for that bell signaling new stuff like hawks and swoop down on most of the good stuff.

>>8196115
I would throw it in the trash

>>8182149
Underskirt the fuck out of that and make a hime coord.

>>8172283
Those places are still very expensive where I live and most of the things there are shite
I've seen some Asian tourists shop there for God knows what reason but it's mostly menswear, baby clothes and old broken appliances

>>8196237
I like how you think anon

I hit up two Goodwills and another store last weekend. I just started dressing nicer and getting into fashion, so I'm definitely not on the level of a lot of people here. But I got kind of a mixed bag of stuff, pic related. I forgot to take a picture of my leggings and tights that I bought though. I really like the white skirt, although I'm used to wearing hoodies and jeans 24/7, so it was weird wearing it out the other day. I kept feeling like my ass was showing, even though my friends kept reassuring me it wasn't.

I can't wait to wear the dress too. It's adorable and perfect. I have thigh highs I want to wear with it, but I'm not sure if they'll go since they have a lace top and I'd prefer plain. But maybe black tights would look better.

I plan on hitting up more stores once I get more money. There are a lot downtown that were closed when I went out last week because I went early Sunday morning.

>>8180798

She's finn so that's explains it. In Finland there's sometimes offbrand lolita in second hand stores.

I prefer recycling center. Cheap (=almost free) lace and fur I use my diy-loli projects.

My city has a fair amount of decently-priced nice thrift/vintage stuff if you spend some time poking around. The dress is supposedly a Gunne Sax.

>>8197161
UFF charges a lot for their clothes except on sale days, but by then the best shit is already gone

>>8197238
I love gunne sax. Thinking if picking up a similar piece but they're generally $80-200...

i found a chinese rip of harry potter with a description of the holocaust on the back and a copy of smash bros melee inside

>>8197508
I love the bad descriptions on the back of Chinese fakes. I had a copy of beauty and the beast with a review of a Romero film on the back.

My friend found a cute sailor bolero jacket in a local charity shop for 17p. If I'd seen it first I would have nabbed it, used it to make a pattern from and sold it on for £15.

Anyone here thrift in new jersey?
I was wondering if thrift stores here are decent considering how overpriced and overpicked they are in nyc.

>>8197238
Those are some gorgeous finds! I love Gunne Sax and would die if I found one of their pieces.

I am so jealous of all you girls who've found things. The thrifting in my area is awful. I keep trying though.

I am always finding cute, cheap vintage dresses, but I never know how to style them, so I've got literally 6 of them hanging in my closet, unworn.

if anyone's ever in Lexington, Pop's Resale is pretty awesome