Being a Gucci Thrifty Gal,

This outfit post comprises of two of my Gucci finds, my recently thrifted Gucci tan bag at the local boot sale and my Gucci sneakers that I thrifted last year and haven't worn yet from the Salvation Army charity shop.

You can read about when I bought them here:

I'm also wearing my faux fur gilet that I thrifted at the boot sale for £2 and my grey skinnies and grey sweater, it was quite a lovely day so there was no need for a jacket

I would also like to say a big Thanks to the gorgeous Kate at Make Do Style for featuring me in her fabulous series of posts for Style Budget Special Week- Day 3 Thrifty Ways-please check it out as its a very intuitive and inspirational post. It also links to my one of my favourite bloggers, Vintage Vixen, who also is so very inspirational with her constantly awesome and amazing thrift finds!!

I hope you are having a lovely week so far!!

Vintage !!

This weekend saw a drive out and a stop at a town I've not visited for a while, so I was really pleased to pick up a couple of good finds, one of them being this vintage Topshop dress.

Its typical 1970s material, 100% polyester and its really disco diva with the spaghetti sequin straps and long length!! The label dates right back to the 70s, a real blast from the past and reminds me of my local Topshop, which sadly went in the early 80s.

I also got a Zara gold knitted pleated skirt and a black Kate Moss for Topshop sequin jumper from the same shop, the St Francis Hospice charity shop.

Hope you are all having a lovely week so far, its half term for me, so a nice week or not doing too much hopefully!!

UPDATED TO ADD: Here is the label of the dress, I am pretty much sure this is a mid 70s one!!

Modern stripes and vintage leather, 80s Style

This weekends outfit post was a find from last weeks boot sale and a find from the charity shop. The striped tee is by TU at Sainsburys and was only £2.99 from the Cancer Research charity shop. I liked the colourways, very Autumnal and also the 3/4 length sleeves.

I was especially pleased to find this vintage leather skirt last weekend-I actually found two, the other one is a full 50s style, with panels and splits at the hem. Both are so soft and were a fabulous bargain of £6 each.

I'm feeling very 80s in this outfit, what with the leather skirt and the electric blue tights, its my decade of choice at the moment!!

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend so far!!

My Designer and High Street Collaboration pieces

The lovely Christina at Fashion's Most Wanted did a post on the new H&M and Lanvin collaberation, which she followed on with her own gorgeous finds from the H&M and Stella McCartney and Jimmy Choo collaborations.

This inspired me to do a slide show of my High Street and Designer collaboration pieces, all of which I bought from either ebay, charity shops or the boot sale over the past years:

For anyone who loves designers but not the price tags, this is a great way of accessing their pieces at reasonable prices.

Thrift Inspiration, Jonathan Saunders Style

Jonathan Saunders collection for Summer 2011 features a lot of pieces using block colouring and mixing colours ranging from neutrals to brights to pastels:

So on my charity shop run last week, I was really pleased to pick up this Jonathan Saunders for Topshop dress priced up at £4.99 at the Red Cross charity shop. So when I got to the till, the manageress said I could have it for £3.99, what a bargain!!

I've worn it already and I love how it will be a year round wardrobe staple.

Whats been your best designer bargain lately?