With Affordable as our middle name we thought it was about time we celebrated the thrifty, bargain hunting and stylish customers we get through our doors!
Our Mr/Mrs Affordable Vintage competition will be running throughout 2014 so don’t panic if you’ve forgotten to enter this time – check out the competition rules here.
This month’s entries have all been so diverse (and oh so thrifty) it was a really tough decision to pick our two winners….
Here are some of our fabulous January entries:
Entry 1: Georgia @ftloveofthrift
What I’m wearing:
Prom dress – Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair (2012) – £22
Everything else – Given to me by friends and family
‘I think I deserve to be Mrs Affordable Vintage because I write a blog all about thrifting and Im always on the look our for vintage gems and great bargains online and in charity shops. I also volunteer in a charity shop and local vintage fairs’
Entry 2: Zhu Zhenzi
I bought this fantastic dress at £30 and the handbag at £8 in a second hand store in Nottingham.
‘Why I should be the Mrs Affordable Vintage?
I have lived in this wonderful country for almost half a year and I have been totally into the vintage stuff. I buy vintage clothes every week and enjoy wearing them and owning them. I want to be a vintage style princess.’
Entry 3: Lyn http://lynnie-bop.blogspot.co.uk/
What I’m wearing:
Dress – (My Little Vintage Addiction)- Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair – £5
‘I think I should be Mrs Affordable VIntage because this is actually my first vintage purchase and winning free entry would allow me to build my collection’
Entry 4: Rona
Vintage dress – £10
‘This dress was from a dress agency in a small town in North Yorkshire. Discarded,unloved,piled on top of a trunk at the back of the shop, we were meant for each other. Yes I cannot bend,sit,or walk in you, but when I’m feeling morbid and lacklustre, out you come, along with the feather boa(a bonus from an auction lot). I do my parade,sway to ‘My Mama Told Me’, and then you are tenderly packed away for another rainy day. Heaven knows what dissolute clubs you’ve seen in your day.I payed a mere £10 pounds for you,and your worth every penny!’
The Winners
Mrs Affordable Vintage January – Emma
Dress: Charity Shop – £3.49
Coat: Charity Shop – £5.99
Shoes: Vintage 70’s heels stolen lovingly borrowed from my Mother – £FREE
Wooden Cat Brooch: Judy’s affordable Vintage Fair (Yayyy!) – £1
Handbag: Kindly donated years ago from my great aunt – £FREE
Headscarf: Bargain bin at an Ipswich vintage shop – £1
Total Thrifty Outfit Cost = £11.48
‘Why I should be this months Mr or Mrs Affordable Vintage? As a serial Thrifter and Bargain hunter, I have spent many obsessive years perfecting and reinventing a ‘vintage eclectic contemporary’ look, both at home and with my outfits. I have sourced thrifty cabinets for my home, dresses from charity shops; I’m always on the hunt for a bargain, that’s me!’
Our next winner(s) came as a pair, so we’re making a special acceptation and keeping them as a pair!
Mr & Mrs Affordable Vintage January – Bethany and Michael
Mrs – Jumpsuit £20, gloves £6, belt £4, necklace £3, scarf £2 = £35
Mr – Jumper £15, braces £3, glasses £2, hat £5 = £25
‘All bought from Revival Vintage in Doncaster. We wore these outfits for a Vintage Fashion Show for their opening party. Pretty sure we rocked it!’
Keep your competition entries coming folks, think thrifty, think affordable and think vintage!
Will you be our #mrsaffordablevintage or #mraffordablevintage winner this month?
Retro Regards,
Judy HQ xx