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Thursday, 12 March 2009

Breaking thrift rules

Posted on 17:18 by kumar
Grunge-queen is bagged tonight, so you get a pic of me from my very recent archives, sporting not just a new do but also a sweater I picked up at Value Village last week for $5.99.

I normally wouldn't have given it a second glance as my general rule is to NEVER buy acrylic, especially thrift as it tends to be the old, very scary brand of acrylic.

But this actually looked more like wool, and I just loved the style - a chunky cowl-neck and batwing sleeved three-quarter tunic with silver thread woven throughout. Worn with my crochet silver ball earrings given to me by a Toronto artisan, I thought the look was pretty chic.

The tag is a little incongruous considering my urban hip outfit: it reads "Country Girl."

Well, call me a little bit country.
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