WEBVTT - Leigh Campbell's Guide To Thrift Shopping 0:00:10.745 --> 0:00:15.265 You're listening to a Mama Mia podcast. Mama Mia acknowledges 0:00:15.345 --> 0:00:18.385 the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 0:00:18.465 --> 0:00:22.705 is recorded on. Whoever said orange is a new pink 0:00:22.825 --> 0:00:27.345 with seriously disturved laurels for spraying groundbreaking? Oh my god, 0:00:27.505 --> 0:00:32.265 you have to do it. You live for fashion. Hello, 0:00:32.425 --> 0:00:35.145 and welcome to Nothing to Wear, the podcast that solves 0:00:35.185 --> 0:00:38.345 fashion problems and levels up your wardrobe. I'm Lee Campbell, 0:00:38.345 --> 0:00:41.025 and every week I chat to an expert who helps 0:00:41.105 --> 0:00:42.945 us to work out how to get more out of 0:00:42.985 --> 0:00:45.185 the clothes we already own and tells us exactly what 0:00:45.385 --> 0:00:48.625 is and what isn't worth adding to our wardrobe. There 0:00:48.625 --> 0:00:51.985 aren't many things that Mia Friedman and I don't agree 0:00:52.025 --> 0:00:54.745 on when it comes to fashion. We actually have a 0:00:54.745 --> 0:00:58.585 WhatsApp group where we constantly share ideas, outfits and items 0:00:58.585 --> 0:01:01.425 we think the other one should have from our own wardrobes. 0:01:01.465 --> 0:01:04.665 We swap clothes. But the one thing Mia just does 0:01:04.745 --> 0:01:08.265 not get that I love is thrift shopping. So for 0:01:08.345 --> 0:01:11.505 today's episode, I've invited me Are back onto the show 0:01:11.585 --> 0:01:13.865 to give her a little lesson on how I thrift, 0:01:14.305 --> 0:01:16.905 the best stores out there and the sneaky bargains you 0:01:16.945 --> 0:01:21.025 can find. Before we get into the topic, what current 0:01:21.185 --> 0:01:25.385 fashion trend or trends do you find most exciting or 0:01:25.385 --> 0:01:26.345 you're inspired by. 0:01:26.985 --> 0:01:31.465 It would be tracksuits with jackets. I'm wearing that today 0:01:31.865 --> 0:01:35.585 as we sit here, So wide legged tracksuits or actually 0:01:35.625 --> 0:01:39.465 any tracksuits. I'm really enjoying making tracksuits formal. 0:01:39.625 --> 0:01:41.105 Doesn't that feel naughty? Yeah? 0:01:41.145 --> 0:01:44.265 And it feels also very comfortable. So I'm wearing some 0:01:44.345 --> 0:01:48.585 wide legged navy added ass tracksuit pants with three lemon 0:01:48.665 --> 0:01:52.385 yellow stripes down the side, and I'm wearing some red 0:01:52.505 --> 0:01:55.785 and pale pink added as speciales which are like like 0:01:55.905 --> 0:01:59.465 soumbas kind of. I'm wearing one of the most expensive 0:01:59.545 --> 0:02:01.465 jackets I've brought in a really long time, like a 0:02:01.505 --> 0:02:04.225 suit jacket and then a T shirt. I love it, 0:02:04.305 --> 0:02:08.105 and I just feel put together but also modern, yes. 0:02:07.865 --> 0:02:09.625 And not uniformy like the casual. 0:02:10.025 --> 0:02:13.505 Yeah, exactly, very cool, Exactly, It's quite exciting. So I'm 0:02:13.505 --> 0:02:15.345 finding lots of different ways to ear my trackies. 0:02:15.385 --> 0:02:18.225 I did trackies with a kidney all the other day, yes, yes. 0:02:18.265 --> 0:02:21.905 And I've also got a tracky reference with sort of sandals, 0:02:21.945 --> 0:02:25.665 like jeweled sandals and a jacket. There's something about wearing 0:02:25.665 --> 0:02:29.265 trackies with a jacket, particularly if you're traveling. Agree, highly 0:02:29.305 --> 0:02:32.945 recommend getting through airports. It's comfortable, but it looks smart and. 0:02:32.865 --> 0:02:34.785 Can I get quickly ask you before we jump into 0:02:34.785 --> 0:02:37.585 it when you say a reference? Are you saving images somewhere. 0:02:37.305 --> 0:02:40.305 In my mind? And funnily enough, I go back to 0:02:40.385 --> 0:02:43.025 this one image. There's this woman I follow, I've sent 0:02:43.025 --> 0:02:46.665 it to you. She does a substack newsletter called Mota Veritas. 0:02:47.065 --> 0:02:50.025 Her name's Irene Kim and she's a stylist in Canada 0:02:50.225 --> 0:02:52.785 and she's really minimal. She reminds me of you a 0:02:52.825 --> 0:02:56.225 lot actually at the moment, and she did this thing 0:02:56.305 --> 0:02:57.905 and I've bought a lot of things that I find 0:02:58.225 --> 0:03:01.465 from her. And that idea of the jacket with the tracksuit, Pats, 0:03:01.505 --> 0:03:03.585 I first saw it on her and now of course 0:03:03.625 --> 0:03:04.545 I'm seeing it everywhere. 0:03:04.625 --> 0:03:07.785 Love it. Okay, so you're going to take over again. 0:03:07.905 --> 0:03:10.025 I'm going to take over because Lee, you and I 0:03:10.025 --> 0:03:12.345 have been having a conversation off Mike for quite some time. 0:03:12.345 --> 0:03:13.825 I forced you into this episode. 0:03:13.905 --> 0:03:16.625 I feel like I'm very out of step with this 0:03:16.665 --> 0:03:19.945 and it's basically going to be convince me why I 0:03:20.025 --> 0:03:21.225 need to start thrifting. 0:03:21.625 --> 0:03:24.345 Yeah, Okay. So I don't know if this is a compliment, 0:03:24.385 --> 0:03:25.985 but a lot of people when they find out that 0:03:26.025 --> 0:03:27.945 I'm an avid thrift shop I go, oh, I didn't 0:03:27.945 --> 0:03:29.985 pick that for you. I love it. 0:03:30.385 --> 0:03:31.665 Let's unpack that for a second. 0:03:31.745 --> 0:03:32.065 Okay. 0:03:32.265 --> 0:03:35.065 So I'm always surprised when I see you in something. 0:03:35.105 --> 0:03:36.625 And the other day I saw you wearing a great 0:03:36.705 --> 0:03:38.705 jumper in the office and it had a picture of 0:03:38.745 --> 0:03:40.865 bambiyond it, and I was like, that's so cool. Where 0:03:40.905 --> 0:03:44.505 is it? And you said it is Javon And I 0:03:44.545 --> 0:03:45.225 thrifted it. 0:03:45.185 --> 0:03:46.745 For sixty dollars. 0:03:46.825 --> 0:03:49.865 Sixty dollars, and I'm like, you got to kiss a 0:03:49.905 --> 0:03:53.465 lot of frogs. There is when you find your prints 0:03:53.505 --> 0:03:56.465 in a thrift shop. And it's not like I've never thrifted. 0:03:56.505 --> 0:03:59.345 I used to really like. It's funny the difference between 0:03:59.345 --> 0:04:00.705 calling it vintage and. 0:04:00.665 --> 0:04:02.265 Thrifting, and there is a difference. 0:04:02.545 --> 0:04:04.945 We used to There was some good vintage shops I 0:04:05.025 --> 0:04:08.425 used to like to go and look through, and particularly 0:04:08.425 --> 0:04:11.345 back in the nineties where no one had sequence anywhere, 0:04:11.625 --> 0:04:13.545 and any time you wanted to buy sequence, you had 0:04:13.585 --> 0:04:15.985 to find them in a thrift shop or in a 0:04:16.065 --> 0:04:18.745 vintage chop. But I am going to just outline my 0:04:18.785 --> 0:04:22.305 objections before you convince me otherwise. Yes, it takes a 0:04:22.385 --> 0:04:26.425 lot of time. I get hay fever. M I get 0:04:26.705 --> 0:04:31.945 dispirited quickly because I'm like, yucky, yucky, yucky, yucky. Oh 0:04:32.025 --> 0:04:34.865 this is quite nice, and then I don't know, I 0:04:34.985 --> 0:04:36.305 just have a mental blank with it. 0:04:36.625 --> 0:04:39.745 Look, it's definitely not for everyone. I was in Paris 0:04:39.785 --> 0:04:41.905 late last year and randomly met up with a friend 0:04:41.945 --> 0:04:43.705 from Australia. She happened to be there and I said, 0:04:43.785 --> 0:04:45.345 let's go thrifting. And she stood in the middle of 0:04:45.385 --> 0:04:48.065 the stores and held her coffee and she was just 0:04:48.225 --> 0:04:50.065 not it. And you can't force it. You're either a 0:04:50.065 --> 0:04:52.545 thrift or you're not. For me, it's the thrill of 0:04:52.585 --> 0:04:56.225 the hunt. I have adhd as. Do you diagnose medicated 0:04:56.305 --> 0:04:57.905 and when you have a hyper focus. 0:04:58.145 --> 0:04:58.385 Yes. 0:04:58.665 --> 0:05:00.745 What I like about it is I can't have other 0:05:00.865 --> 0:05:03.705 thoughts because I'm going oh oh, oh oh, and so 0:05:03.785 --> 0:05:06.065 it's kind of meditative for me. It's a type of 0:05:06.105 --> 0:05:09.265 therapy because if I'm just walking through a nicely styled store, 0:05:09.745 --> 0:05:12.345 I start thinking about my son's swimming. But at thrifting 0:05:12.385 --> 0:05:15.865 you have to concentrate so hard, so That's why I 0:05:15.905 --> 0:05:18.345 personally love it. I've always been like that with home weares, 0:05:18.705 --> 0:05:21.225 and the thing is it's just growing at a rapid rate, 0:05:21.265 --> 0:05:24.625 so it's all over TikTok. They predict that the global 0:05:24.705 --> 0:05:27.825 secondhand market will be worth three hundred and fifty billion 0:05:27.865 --> 0:05:29.985 dollars next year, which is ten percent of the global 0:05:29.985 --> 0:05:31.425 fashion market in its. 0:05:31.225 --> 0:05:33.625 Sense, which is wonderful news because we know that fast 0:05:33.625 --> 0:05:36.825 fashion is a massive problem with landfill. The idea of 0:05:36.905 --> 0:05:40.345 buying cheap shit every single week and wearing something different 0:05:40.345 --> 0:05:43.785 all the time. This upcycling, recycling, that's great and. 0:05:43.745 --> 0:05:45.425 Look, to be honest, a lot of it depending where 0:05:45.425 --> 0:05:47.065 you're going, and I'll break down the categorism. I mean, 0:05:47.105 --> 0:05:48.785 a lot of it is fast fashion that's in there. 0:05:49.145 --> 0:05:52.225 A lot of it is really cheap, nasty stuff. Some 0:05:52.305 --> 0:05:54.505 of it's great fast fashion that you might then give 0:05:54.545 --> 0:05:56.145 a second life. So it depends on how you look 0:05:56.145 --> 0:05:59.905 at it. But of course cost of living, crisis, circular economy. 0:05:59.985 --> 0:06:02.385 You are saving something from landfilm, helping the planet a 0:06:02.385 --> 0:06:02.745 little bit. 0:06:02.825 --> 0:06:04.945 Last time I spoke to you on the show, you 0:06:05.025 --> 0:06:08.185 mentioned a second hand Zara skirt, which I thought was 0:06:08.225 --> 0:06:11.505 interesting because you would normally think about thrifting, or some 0:06:11.545 --> 0:06:14.985 people would looking for designer labels like Lady Scallon Theater 0:06:15.065 --> 0:06:18.145 or a Zimmermann or something that's more of an exy label, 0:06:18.505 --> 0:06:19.305 not something that. 0:06:19.305 --> 0:06:22.585 Was totally last fashion. I think sometimes a great twenty 0:06:22.625 --> 0:06:25.025 dollars Zara skirt that you know was eighty nine ninety 0:06:25.025 --> 0:06:27.825 five probably three months ago. To me, that's still a 0:06:27.825 --> 0:06:30.585 really good bargain. I think Zara of the high street 0:06:30.905 --> 0:06:34.545 chain stores is pretty decent quality in that it's going 0:06:34.625 --> 0:06:37.465 to be okay for you to then repurchase that. There's 0:06:37.465 --> 0:06:39.225 a lot of ancho, there's a lot of you know, 0:06:39.465 --> 0:06:42.385 really really affordable stuff in these stores as well. Again, 0:06:42.545 --> 0:06:44.945 a lot of searching, but then that's when you find 0:06:44.945 --> 0:06:46.945 the gold. So it's just it takes a lot of 0:06:46.985 --> 0:06:49.265 time and also it's just good to get some original 0:06:49.265 --> 0:06:51.745 items that are not in every store everywhere. 0:07:01.985 --> 0:07:05.225 So where do you go because aren't the good places 0:07:05.625 --> 0:07:06.745 all shopped out? 0:07:06.825 --> 0:07:10.265 Yeah? Look in Sydney, Pennington Vinnie's is great, but you 0:07:10.305 --> 0:07:12.825 literally need to know when the drop is and it's 0:07:12.905 --> 0:07:15.145 very expensive because it's in Sydney's eastern suburbs. 0:07:15.185 --> 0:07:17.745 How do those stores work? Is there like a central 0:07:17.785 --> 0:07:20.385 place that distributes out to all the different stores. 0:07:20.465 --> 0:07:23.225 Yeah, it depends on the store. And also generally there's 0:07:23.225 --> 0:07:26.265 a central place, but people still drop directly to store. 0:07:26.345 --> 0:07:28.745 So you've got your Vinis and your Red Cross and 0:07:28.865 --> 0:07:31.625 your Lifeline stores. This is in Sydney specifically, but there 0:07:31.665 --> 0:07:34.105 are ones around the country. And actually I'd love everyone 0:07:34.145 --> 0:07:36.665 to jump into the group and recommend great thrifting in 0:07:36.705 --> 0:07:39.985 their city or their town. So it depends. I find 0:07:39.985 --> 0:07:42.265 the Vinis that are kind of a bit randomly in 0:07:42.345 --> 0:07:45.305 weird suburbs, or you happen to be somewhere that you're 0:07:45.305 --> 0:07:48.705 not normally can be great again hidden miss. You can't 0:07:48.745 --> 0:07:51.065 go in expecting to find a specific item or hoping 0:07:51.065 --> 0:07:53.265 to find just one thing. You might find nothing or 0:07:53.265 --> 0:07:57.105 three things. In Sydney, there's chain called U Turn. They 0:07:57.105 --> 0:07:59.705 have about six stores. There's one in Bondo Junction, one 0:07:59.745 --> 0:08:02.025 out of Rozelle. They have a really great. 0:08:01.905 --> 0:08:03.145 Famous one in punch Bowl. 0:08:03.265 --> 0:08:03.745 That's right. 0:08:03.825 --> 0:08:07.185 Yeah, both my teenagers, boy and a girl thrift and 0:08:07.225 --> 0:08:09.265 they go thrifting with their friends. Oh it's so much 0:08:09.345 --> 0:08:11.825 fun thing or even with the boys. I love that. Yeah. 0:08:11.825 --> 0:08:13.505 I took Rich to U Turn and he's quite a 0:08:13.585 --> 0:08:15.985 thrift of it. He was overwhelmed, so you've got to 0:08:15.985 --> 0:08:18.825 be in the right mood. Savers just open to New 0:08:18.825 --> 0:08:20.985 South Wales. Savers are in pretty much every other state. 0:08:21.025 --> 0:08:22.865 It's out at Hoxton Park. I haven't been yet, but 0:08:22.905 --> 0:08:27.385 that's a ginormous warehouse of fashion, home wears, toys, everything. 0:08:27.665 --> 0:08:28.505 I love your face. 0:08:29.145 --> 0:08:33.105 I'm just feeling overwhelmed. And the amount of time that 0:08:33.145 --> 0:08:33.745 it would take. 0:08:33.905 --> 0:08:35.705 Yes, it does. You have to set aside a few 0:08:35.705 --> 0:08:39.385 hours and look, other thing's clean. This is the thing mostly. 0:08:39.465 --> 0:08:41.545 I mean, I think if you are going to donate 0:08:41.705 --> 0:08:43.505 to a thrift store, you need to think would I 0:08:43.545 --> 0:08:44.825 give this to Mary my friend? 0:08:45.025 --> 0:08:45.305 Yeah? 0:08:45.345 --> 0:08:48.305 If you're like, oh, then don't donate it. Unfortunately, it's 0:08:48.345 --> 0:08:52.425 probably gonna end up in landfill. But these places are inundated, 0:08:52.745 --> 0:08:55.345 they don't need more. So unless it's good quality, in 0:08:55.425 --> 0:08:58.145 decent condition, you know, not covered in stains or whatever, 0:08:58.705 --> 0:09:00.465 don't donate it because no one's gonna buy it. 0:09:00.745 --> 0:09:05.265 I want to ask about the changing body shapes. I mean, 0:09:05.305 --> 0:09:07.345 I know that when you're talking about vintage clothes, so 0:09:07.385 --> 0:09:11.745 clothes that are from the sixty seven eighties, the cuts 0:09:11.745 --> 0:09:14.785 of things are usually a bit different totally. How do 0:09:14.865 --> 0:09:16.185 you well, that's it. 0:09:16.305 --> 0:09:18.865 So there's thrifting, which is kind of like your affordable stuff, 0:09:18.905 --> 0:09:23.425 but then there's vintage shopping, which again is probably more expensive. 0:09:23.465 --> 0:09:25.585 You've got your in Sydney. I've got a zoom Porium, 0:09:25.625 --> 0:09:29.865 Dolly Up, vintage ces flashback, blue Spinach. That's a whole 0:09:29.865 --> 0:09:33.385 different mindset. When I'm thrifting and something is eight dollars, 0:09:33.385 --> 0:09:36.865 fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, I'm going in thinking can I 0:09:36.905 --> 0:09:39.465 alter it or can I wear it over size? 0:09:39.665 --> 0:09:41.665 Is it worth eyeing things that you have to alter 0:09:41.785 --> 0:09:42.505 if you're thrifting. 0:09:42.705 --> 0:09:44.185 Depends on what it is, and it depends on your 0:09:44.185 --> 0:09:45.425 personality I have. 0:09:45.425 --> 0:09:47.025 And how much your alterations going to cost. 0:09:47.145 --> 0:09:49.145 Yeah, rule of thumb. I try not to because I 0:09:49.305 --> 0:09:54.105 just haven't generally in these thrift stores. It's last week Sara, well, 0:09:54.145 --> 0:09:57.985 last year Zara. So it's still current shapes, current trends, 0:09:58.065 --> 0:10:00.825 current when I say current from the last five years. 0:10:01.425 --> 0:10:05.185 And then you've also got secondhand designer stores and websites 0:10:05.225 --> 0:10:07.225 that you might want to get a Chanelle bag or 0:10:07.225 --> 0:10:10.785 a Balenciaga shoe, and that is rolling at a crazy 0:10:10.865 --> 0:10:13.145 rapid rate because there's some people that will wear a 0:10:13.185 --> 0:10:15.665 handbag for nine months, keep it in pristine condition, and 0:10:15.665 --> 0:10:17.705 you can get a half price. So rifting is kind 0:10:17.705 --> 0:10:20.825 of all encompassing. But there's definitely sort of your op shops, 0:10:21.065 --> 0:10:23.465 your vintage and then your circular designer. 0:10:23.905 --> 0:10:26.145 So what about online? Are there any good sites or 0:10:26.185 --> 0:10:28.145 accounts to follow for secondhand fashion on the line. 0:10:28.265 --> 0:10:30.825 Yes, So you've got your Facebook marketplace. Of course, you've 0:10:30.825 --> 0:10:33.825 got eBay. A lot of people who are into fashion 0:10:33.825 --> 0:10:36.585 will upload and sell things on deepop, which is basically 0:10:36.625 --> 0:10:39.865 just a marketplace that takes a small commission and then 0:10:39.865 --> 0:10:42.105 people just buy it and you post it and you 0:10:42.145 --> 0:10:43.145 can chat on the forum. 0:10:43.225 --> 0:10:45.425 I know some people here at MMA MEA who actually 0:10:46.105 --> 0:10:48.105 have a little bit of a side hustle selling things 0:10:48.105 --> 0:10:50.905 on deepot. That's good to Yeah, you can. You can 0:10:50.985 --> 0:10:52.705 make some good money. Again, it takes a little bit 0:10:52.745 --> 0:10:55.465 of time, yes, but you know, out of twenty things 0:10:55.465 --> 0:10:57.105 she's put on, just made about one thousand dollars. 0:10:57.145 --> 0:10:59.345 Wow. Yeah. See. And if it's just sitting in your ordrobe, 0:10:59.425 --> 0:11:01.225 you need to be realistic with the price. Just because 0:11:01.265 --> 0:11:02.905 you've paid eight hundred dollars for address and wre it 0:11:02.985 --> 0:11:04.585 to a winning once someone doesn't want to pay seven 0:11:04.665 --> 0:11:07.065 hundred dollars probably, So you have to be really realistic 0:11:07.105 --> 0:11:08.785 and be willing to let it go. 0:11:09.265 --> 0:11:11.305 What about those Facebook groups? There used to be like 0:11:11.665 --> 0:11:14.265 a recycled spell Facebook group. 0:11:14.425 --> 0:11:17.825 They're still the scan on Theadore. So if you're really 0:11:17.865 --> 0:11:21.665 devout to a specific brand, there's Country Road, there's Richery. 0:11:21.905 --> 0:11:24.025 You can jump into Facebook and find them by swap 0:11:24.065 --> 0:11:28.785 cell page. Tibby is an amazing overseas designer and TV too, 0:11:28.945 --> 0:11:30.385 and I'm in that group on Facebook. 0:11:30.425 --> 0:11:32.105 How do they work? Does someone just go I've got 0:11:32.105 --> 0:11:32.625 this jacket? 0:11:32.625 --> 0:11:35.425 Oh? No, It depends on the group. So Tibby there's 0:11:35.425 --> 0:11:38.785 a shared spreadsheet and you upload your location, your size, 0:11:38.825 --> 0:11:43.265 the condition images and yeah, it's wow. It can really depend. 0:11:43.825 --> 0:11:45.745 But the kind of bargains can you get on those 0:11:45.825 --> 0:11:46.825 sort of groups. 0:11:47.145 --> 0:11:50.665 Again, it depends on people's perception. So some people whill 0:11:50.705 --> 0:11:53.025 sell things so cheap and I'm like, is this fake? 0:11:53.185 --> 0:11:56.305 And then some people will sell things for a ridiculous price. 0:11:56.345 --> 0:11:58.505 But maybe they'd saved up so much money for that 0:11:58.585 --> 0:12:01.825 and now they need money burned. Yes, I nearly was. 0:12:01.865 --> 0:12:04.265 So I've got my favorite pair of basic sandals that 0:12:04.305 --> 0:12:05.945 are on their very last legs. So I joined the 0:12:05.945 --> 0:12:08.705 basic by swap cell and I posted a photo said 0:12:08.705 --> 0:12:10.145 does anyone have these in the white? But I'll take 0:12:10.145 --> 0:12:12.145 any color. And then this woman messaged me and she 0:12:12.145 --> 0:12:15.185 said I've got them in the white and I said, oh, okay, great, 0:12:15.305 --> 0:12:16.865 and I said can you take a photo and she's like, oh, 0:12:16.865 --> 0:12:18.745 I'm at work. I'll take a photo later to transfer 0:12:18.785 --> 0:12:20.425 the money. And I went, oh, hang on. I said, 0:12:20.465 --> 0:12:22.545 send me a photo when you get home. And then 0:12:22.545 --> 0:12:24.345 she sent me a photo. A bit later. She goes, oh, actually, 0:12:24.345 --> 0:12:25.705 they're in the back of my car. And she'd sent 0:12:25.785 --> 0:12:27.865 me a photo, so I Google imaged it and it 0:12:27.905 --> 0:12:30.425 was from another website. If it sounds too good to 0:12:30.465 --> 0:12:33.585 be true, be very careful. Always use PayPal if you 0:12:33.665 --> 0:12:36.465 were shopping online, well for anything, but for secondhand goods 0:12:36.465 --> 0:12:39.385 where you're dealing with another an individual, because you can 0:12:39.425 --> 0:12:40.545 dispute a transaction. 0:12:40.745 --> 0:12:42.425 So what about this, dear collective. 0:12:42.945 --> 0:12:45.625 I've not pers actually have a long time ago. There's 0:12:45.665 --> 0:12:48.305 a lot of ones overseas because that, of course, you know, 0:12:48.345 --> 0:12:50.945 the US and the UK and Europe have huge market. 0:12:51.025 --> 0:12:52.745 There's also a fantastic one, of course, I thought in 0:12:52.745 --> 0:12:54.985 the name, I think it's called a luxury Dubai, and 0:12:54.985 --> 0:12:58.745 it's a lot of secondhand designer from Dubai. I bought 0:12:58.785 --> 0:13:00.265 a pair of shoes from there. Actually I bought my 0:13:00.745 --> 0:13:04.505 fortieth birthday Bataga Vanetta shoes that I purchased there were secondhand, 0:13:04.625 --> 0:13:07.105 practically brand new, sold them again straight away, basically didn't 0:13:07.145 --> 0:13:07.785 cost me a cent. 0:13:21.025 --> 0:13:25.345 There's a great woman in Australia called Rachel. She has 0:13:25.545 --> 0:13:31.625 an online boutique doing this called acac ac e y 0:13:31.865 --> 0:13:35.465 ace e y and my designer. If I've got stuff 0:13:35.505 --> 0:13:39.145 that's like a bit designer like Scanlon or whatever, Zimmerman, 0:13:39.305 --> 0:13:42.865 I'll sell through her. Great and that's great. She's all 0:13:42.905 --> 0:13:43.705 online too. 0:13:43.665 --> 0:13:45.825 And they take the headache out of it and that 0:13:45.985 --> 0:13:48.145 Sometimes I've got a pile of things that for me 0:13:48.225 --> 0:13:50.185 were too much money, are too good to donate. I 0:13:50.425 --> 0:13:53.025 definitely donate a lot, but then I just feel guilty 0:13:53.025 --> 0:13:54.505 because they're sitting there. I'm not wearing them. So if 0:13:54.545 --> 0:13:56.345 you can make a bit of money back, that's also 0:13:56.385 --> 0:13:57.745 the circular economy, so quick. 0:13:57.745 --> 0:13:59.025 Top tips for thrift shopping. 0:13:59.185 --> 0:14:01.225 Okay, if you're going to try things on leggings and 0:14:01.265 --> 0:14:03.185 a tank, so you can just chuck it on over 0:14:03.305 --> 0:14:06.305 because the change rooms are always a bit weird. Check fabrication. 0:14:06.465 --> 0:14:08.745 That's not to say you can't buy synthetics, but you 0:14:08.785 --> 0:14:10.705 just know what you're working with. So if there's a stain, 0:14:10.745 --> 0:14:11.985 you might be able to get it out. If it's 0:14:12.025 --> 0:14:13.785 white and cotton, can you bleach it? 0:14:13.865 --> 0:14:15.265 So am I avoiding synthetics? 0:14:15.385 --> 0:14:18.105 Well? It depends. So I bought a great Zimmermon dress 0:14:18.145 --> 0:14:20.505 the other week that had just a teeny tiny little 0:14:20.505 --> 0:14:23.425 bit of tan underneath, and it was a rayon. And 0:14:23.465 --> 0:14:26.705 because of the fantastic episode we've done with nicolebyn eithen Hines, 0:14:26.745 --> 0:14:29.425 I knew I had a cool, great stain remover and 0:14:29.465 --> 0:14:30.305 I got that stain out. 0:14:30.385 --> 0:14:32.625 Okay, so under arm stains and that didn't make you 0:14:32.705 --> 0:14:33.745 just go yucky. 0:14:33.945 --> 0:14:35.785 Well, I knew it was like a thousand dollars Zimmon 0:14:35.905 --> 0:14:39.465 dress past. Yeah, you know what, I'll use it for 0:14:39.465 --> 0:14:41.625 wrapping paper. I'll turn the fabric into the skirt, you know, 0:14:41.745 --> 0:14:42.345 so my. 0:14:42.385 --> 0:14:43.625 Clothes are so stained anyway. 0:14:43.745 --> 0:14:46.825 Yeah, but also smell that if a synthetic fabric has 0:14:46.865 --> 0:14:48.865 that body o to smell, you're not getting that out. 0:14:49.065 --> 0:14:52.865 Forget it. Check zips, buttons and for rips, because sometimes 0:14:52.945 --> 0:14:54.465 if you just check a jacket on, but you don't 0:14:54.465 --> 0:14:56.145 do it up, and then you realize it doesn't do up, 0:14:57.025 --> 0:14:59.265 you get hay fever. I always take hand sanitizer, and 0:14:59.265 --> 0:15:01.305 this is just because you're rifling through a lot of things. 0:15:01.345 --> 0:15:03.265 Not to say that they're dirty or not worth it, 0:15:03.305 --> 0:15:05.505 but you just feel a bit yappy. Take your time 0:15:05.545 --> 0:15:07.825 if you can go, open mind it. I took a 0:15:07.865 --> 0:15:10.105 friend the other week on the drive There's I said, Okay, 0:15:10.145 --> 0:15:11.625 I'm just gonna make a mood board of what I'm 0:15:11.625 --> 0:15:13.585 looking for, and I was like, oh no, no, no, 0:15:13.945 --> 0:15:17.425 it's not Westfield. You've just got to go and just 0:15:17.545 --> 0:15:20.785 surprise and delight, surprise and delights. I have the most 0:15:20.865 --> 0:15:23.225 luck with separates. I do have a few dresses, but 0:15:23.345 --> 0:15:26.185 I feel like if I buy a thrifted separate at 0:15:26.185 --> 0:15:27.505 top or a bottom, and then I wear it with 0:15:27.545 --> 0:15:30.185 one of my other loved or fancy things, I feel 0:15:30.225 --> 0:15:33.385 more me. Yeah, when you get home, wash it right away. 0:15:33.825 --> 0:15:37.145 And then if you've bought fake leather, faux leather, real leather, 0:15:37.305 --> 0:15:39.985 or shoes, wipe them down with anti back wipes. They're 0:15:40.025 --> 0:15:40.585 my tips. 0:15:40.745 --> 0:15:44.545 What about special occasion things, Oh, particularly like dresses for 0:15:44.585 --> 0:15:45.145 black times. 0:15:45.385 --> 0:15:49.385 Secondhand dresses either irl or online. I will never pay 0:15:49.465 --> 0:15:51.505 hundreds of dollars for a dressed to wed or a 0:15:51.505 --> 0:15:54.825 wedding anymore. That's, you know, first hand, I just don't 0:15:55.025 --> 0:15:56.305 wear it again, or I wear it, you know, I 0:15:56.385 --> 0:15:58.625 feel guilty. So that's a really good way to do that. 0:15:59.265 --> 0:16:03.665 Thrift stores probably more so those circular economy, higher end places. 0:16:03.705 --> 0:16:05.625 You know. There's one near me called What We Wore 0:16:05.785 --> 0:16:07.745 that I've sold quite a few things in. And she's 0:16:07.745 --> 0:16:11.185 that middle ground. She's also online. She's your Beckon Bridge. 0:16:11.785 --> 0:16:14.745 It's fancy stuff but also that medium and you can 0:16:14.745 --> 0:16:16.705 get something for ninety bucks. 0:16:17.305 --> 0:16:18.945 What are some of the things you found? What are 0:16:18.985 --> 0:16:19.665 your best buys? 0:16:19.745 --> 0:16:21.785 Oh my gosh, Well what if I'm head to toe 0:16:21.865 --> 0:16:24.785 thrifted today? So I've got a black nit on that's 0:16:24.865 --> 0:16:26.025 kind of got a sheen. 0:16:26.145 --> 0:16:29.225 See it's really annoying because, like, I know, I can't. 0:16:28.945 --> 0:16:30.145 Buy that, No, you can't. 0:16:30.185 --> 0:16:32.185 I'm worry ever, I've thought of buying that for thrift. 0:16:32.225 --> 0:16:35.025 It's like a chunky, cable knit jumper. 0:16:35.465 --> 0:16:38.185 I'm wearing some Jimmy chew flats that were thirty dollars. 0:16:38.225 --> 0:16:41.225 I just want re salt. I'm wearing like a mustard 0:16:41.225 --> 0:16:44.065 colored tapered like balloon Jean. What are we calling those 0:16:44.105 --> 0:16:46.585 barrel Jean? So again, if there's a trend that you 0:16:46.625 --> 0:16:47.945 want to try, but you don't want to go to 0:16:48.305 --> 0:16:51.385 real stores. These were eight dollars. This is not my size, 0:16:51.385 --> 0:16:52.705 but I fell in love, so I bought it for Grace. 0:16:52.745 --> 0:16:56.425 It's an eight hundred dollar Rixo dress that was ten dollars. 0:16:56.785 --> 0:16:59.225 No, yeah, where did you find these? 0:16:59.305 --> 0:17:01.385 I found this one at U turn These the shoes 0:17:01.385 --> 0:17:04.025 are at Vinnie's. So look, it is a labor of love. 0:17:04.105 --> 0:17:06.265 And I think also it's a bit Murphy's or if 0:17:06.305 --> 0:17:09.225 you go in hoping for something fabulous, you won't find anything. 0:17:09.425 --> 0:17:11.425 I feel like this is fun because I feel like 0:17:11.585 --> 0:17:13.705 now I get it. It can be a hobby. It's 0:17:13.705 --> 0:17:14.105 a hobby. 0:17:14.145 --> 0:17:16.945 It's my hobby. People read. I don't watch TV. I 0:17:16.985 --> 0:17:20.105 do read. But also, you know, I have a five 0:17:20.185 --> 0:17:22.505 year old, and for so long I was like, I'm 0:17:22.545 --> 0:17:24.945 going to go to the supermarket for my time away. 0:17:25.225 --> 0:17:27.265 And my husband plays sports, he goes to the gym. 0:17:27.305 --> 0:17:30.385 I go thrifting for an hour. Yeah, it's my little hobby. 0:17:30.665 --> 0:17:33.865 I might spend eighty dollars not going up to Westfield 0:17:33.865 --> 0:17:36.025 and spending hundreds and hundreds of dollars and it's just 0:17:36.025 --> 0:17:37.985 a bit of mindfulness in a very strange way. 0:17:38.185 --> 0:17:41.065 I'm really into this. Okay, you've inspired me anything I 0:17:41.065 --> 0:17:43.465 should avoid completely buying thrifting. 0:17:44.065 --> 0:17:46.345 Just if it's stained, make sure you think you can 0:17:46.345 --> 0:17:49.265 get it out. I unfortunately bought the most amazing pair 0:17:49.345 --> 0:17:51.785 of faux leather wide legged pants and they had a 0:17:51.825 --> 0:17:54.305 stain on them. And then I got them home and 0:17:54.345 --> 0:17:57.505