This fringe top is a recent vintage buy that I got real cheap from a second hand shop in Resita, Romania. The unconventional fabric, the straight shaped cut and the degraded colors instantly made me think of Prada’s fall07. So I did some color blocking, but I do need to get some more pairs of colored tights: mustard, gray, navy, dark red. Maybe some cheaper ones to cut and layer.? The straight shape is Ok, but I’m not really over volume and bubble skirts.

I also got this plaid skirt from the same sh shop. I think it’s cut is very versatile, as you see, I can wear it as a skirt and as a dress, preferably with a simple tank. Also, now that I saw so much sheer on the NY and London runways, I kinda imagine this skirt worn with a white sheer shirt. Must get me a white sheer shirt!

I’m off now, in my sweats, learning how to stay calm on a rainy day, when for example, being at the 5th driving lesson, some truck goes by the car that I supposedly have to drive, making me see only brown water all across the car’s window : the horror. How can you not panic? Well, it’s better this happened on a driving lesson and not on the exam day! I still have to study a lot, so much theory for driving a car. I couldn’t imagine how it is to actually drive a huge bus full of people.

Jil Sander fw07. Photo credit style.com.

Recently, I made the mistake of walking by a thrift store in Resita exactly on the day of sales. So, of course I entered and exited shortly after, because I don’t need much time to find favorite garments. I liked this coat immediately, as it looks like an oversize men’s blazer with it’s straight cut. I wish I had a perfect Jil Sander coat like those ones, but, Oh well, you can’t have it all, can you?

From the same store, I got this 80’s inspired C&A glittery knit dress, which I’ll wear as a top, with the Lanvin inspired ruffle cape I made a while ago, layered on top as a skirt, and as the sweater dress it actually is, over colored or opaque black tights. It kinda was a “glittery” shopping day, that gray bolero was another find, it fits very well to my body shape. Also, I kinda have a crush on this vintage black leather hat. It belonged to my mom’s friend Ines’ dad, after I washed it myself, when it was dry, I just used body lotion to soften the leather. Did you know about that? It actually works for leather shoes too, in case you wash your own shoes and not take them to the dry cleaning. Body lotion or hand creme also work when you get new shoes, saving your feet from blisters.

I talked a lot about me loving the craziest color of pink: the fuchsia, for a while now. So, when I got that second hand high-waisted skirt, I just needed to try some looks out! While I do understand that by telling you I like pink, it sounds as if I was a “Paris Hilton” kinda girl, hopefully I don’t come across that way. [I am no spoiled brat and certainly no blond girl who went to prison for publicity].

Anyway, listen to this: Chanel nail polish is the best. Ever! The soft spot in my heart for bold (almost neon) pink happened one day at the market, when I met this Romanian guy who stole cosmetics from Italy and sold them very cheap over here. That day was one of the luckiest days of my life, as I got 3 bottles of Chanel foundation, that is perfect for my skin color and of course, the perfect foundation there is in this world!!! Seriously. There’s a reason why their prices are so high: it’s called quality. Anyway, so I got this nail color about 1 year ago and I still have lots of it (even though, last summer in the U.S., me and my friend Antonia always had perfect pink toe nails). Then I saw these amazing photographs [aren’t those the perfect pink lips ever??] from Numero Tokyo May 2007, shot by Dusan Reljin and it enhanced my love for boldness even more.

Is this a pose trend? There are only so many ways a human body can move, right? That’s Coco Rocha in the black&white photo, by Sofa Sanchez & Mauro Mongiello for Numero (Belle Canaille).

Some more bit of inspiration: looks like the colored tights are popping up everywhere, not only in photo shoots, but on the streets too. All the pictures in the left collage are from theFaceHunter. Also, first I noticed this length and the rolled up pants on theSartorialist. But the New York shows for next summer had loads of looks featuring these kind of pants. I still have to get more pairs to see how hard they are to wear, but I am keen on completely expressing my farewell to boring, “casual” jeans. A FashionSpot user (last row, last pic on the right) tried the jodhpurs from Zara on, and they look amazing, don’t they? Also, I’ve heard from the Queens of Kingdom Of Style that there’s a real Balenciaga fest at Zara. However, I know you can find similar pieces at sh stores too!

I do like this shirt/dress for some reason. I know it’s MK Olsen, so last season, but I think it works well layered over another over size shirt, worn with colored tights.

Here’s my take on the “uni-colored coordination” trend. I know, everybody does it in dark, moody hues and colors, but as I have so many pink garments, well, this is what works for me. I still have to decide on whether or not to go out dressed exactly like this; come to think being called “pink panther” is not that bad after all, is it?

Degraded colors scarf; I’d turn it into a real dress in a few seconds, but my sister won’t let me.

So, this is a similar pant to those on the upper collage. It is very comfortable to wear, not that hard to style, it probably works even better on skinny people, however they are wearable. Now, try telling that to my teenage sister, who’s daily uniform consists of jeans, jeans, jeans. I love the printed stars on my mom’s shirt, that she recently got as a present from Germany. Pretty versatile, no?

This blue top is very textured and kind of made me think of Prada (I know that’s like a gazillion times better, but hey, we might as well work with what we have, right?). More Prada-inspired looks later. Now I have to think what to do with these ankle boots. I made them from a pair of normal boots, in which my foot didn’t exactly get in. After I cut them at the ankle, it was easier to get them on. However, the edge where I cut them is kinda rough looking. I wanted to sew them, but the leather is too hard for my sewing machine. Oh well, I’m gonna think of something. Or be lazy and leave them like they are.

Notice the colored tights? Searching through my closet today, I realized I actually had lots of pairs. Oh well, I don’t have my closet in a computer data base on my PC, yet.

Would be a great ideea, right?

Today I went to the market all alone, my sister usually comes with me, but she partied this weekend away, so she chose to sleep on Sunday morning. I, however, went to the local market, where people do sell their old stuff, however most of them actually buy clothing that’s on extreme sales, from warehouses from Germany, and bring it over to Romania to sell it. So, there are always things from H&M, Clockhouse, Betty Barclay, Levi’s, Gap, Fishbone, Benetton and such, which are OK. Also, I found this book again; my boyfriend gave it to me as a present a while ago, “Fetish” by Tara Moss. I craved for it, not only because of the red pump on the cover, not even because the writer’s last name is so infamous, but because it was featured as “book of the month” in Romanian Elle. I can’t wait to finally read it.

I dress comfortable when going to the market, to bend easily whilr searching for clothes in huge racks. What?? It’s fun, right?

So, these are my today’s buys:

Two “tiny flowers” printed dresses, a gray Merino wool beret, [I got the leather hat from Ines], two plaid skirts which I’ll probably transform and wear as dresses, two shirts for my boyfriend ( I should stop buying so many shirts for him, because if I want him to wear them, it’s me who does the flat ironing, so not fun!), two shirts form me (3rd row, last two), one of which is a light blue classic men’s, like the ones Marc Jacobs always wears at the end of runway shows (at least since he lost weight he wore them). See him at the end of Marc by Marc Jacobs runways show and at the beginning of Marc Jacobs [I promise I’ll stop pronouncing his name right now].

The clutch handbag with chains is great because, you can either wear it with two long chains of transform them in four shorter ones. I love versatility in everything, so of course I think this vintage brown canvas handbag with leather trims, that I got from my mom’s friend Ines, is genius. Also, these clutches belonged to her mom too, I’m so glad she gave them to me. Finally, I got the “degraded” blue top thing, that has weird fabric with puffy threads sticking out of it (it made me thing of Prada, so I got it), and a high waisted, short, hot pink skirt, because every girl needs to have one. At least, so I think!

Do I need to tell you that for all these items I paid about $8? I think they are certainly worth it.

My favorite fellow Romanian fashionista female friend (ok, I’ll stop with the f’s now) Andra, discovered my favorite thrift stores in Timisoara and got some cute 1Leu buys today. She was sweet enough to send them over. I absolutely love that classic LBD, the striped pants, the high waisted skirt! She got some great things, didn’t she? All for under $3.

Oh, you wanna visit Timisoara now? Let me know and I’ll come thrift shopping with you!