Bling Bling

Hi humans,

Welcome back. 

One of the purposes of this blog is to show to the world, you can develop a personal style, without spending a lot of money.

Obviously one of the things you can do to save money, is to look for 2nd hand items. Some people prefer going to vintage stores, others prefer to do their research online.

I personally don’t like 2nd hand stores as they are usually disorganised, big amounts of clothing are hanging on  small spaces, where it is very hard to see the pieces.

I prefer shopping online and the platform I use the most is Ebay. I like shopping but I don’t want to spend hours and hours doing it. I know my size, I know the brands I like, I know the piece I am looking for. I type this on the search bar and I get tons of results, then I can filter according to my criteria, price, size, etc, etc. The process is so much more efficient, I prefer it.

While browsing for party dresses, due to the upcoming wedding, I found this precious, precious thing. I had no doubts I wanted to bid on this dress and I was crossing my fingers I would win. When I won, I was super happy.

When I received it and tried it on, it fit great, yet there are 2 negatives about this dress:

1- Clothes with sequins and/or beads, if there is friction, the beads/sequins will fall out. This happens to any garment heavily beaded. Get used to the fact, you will hear and see sequins/beads fall out. 

2- The cleavage is a tiny bit big for my chest. I have small boobs and so the cleavage closes low in my chest. I didn’t get demoralized, because this is something common that happens to me. What I do to resolve these situations is, either use an inner pin that closes the cleavage at a higher part of my chest. The other option is, I wear a nice bra underneath, so even if the cleavage opens a bit more or I bend over, my boobs are taken care of and in a secure place. 

After I received the dress at home, I realized the dress was much more elaborate and high quality than I expected so  I decided to research the retail price of this piece. This dress is a collab between 2 brands, And Other Stories X Rodarte. 

I was really surprised when I saw the retail price of this dress was around £200, when I bought it for less than £25.

I love this dress, I can’t wait for an occasion where I can wear it. But after 2020/2021 pandemic/lockdown life experience, I might as well wear it to go grocery shopping at Sainsburys.  Who cares? I used to work in Chelsea, Kings Road and I used to see all those posh ladies going grocery stopping in full length (real) fur coats and I was like “Work it, B*tch!”.

I am Franca and this is personal.