Good afternoon, Two Two Tuesday. Skies look to be clearing but that snowstorm last night wa a bit weird. Khan wasn't feeling it and we all hunkered down amidst the seventeen stalks of fresh daffodils I bought and channeled some good Spring sunshiny vibes. It's no understatement to say we are all ready.
This past weekend found me in a few vintage stores, and for those of you who may not be vintage mavens but enjoy the hobby of gently worn shopping, you must hightail it over to the City Opera Thrift Shop on East 23rd Street in New York. I have not been to this spot in many years but it's a goodie. I found an enormous selection of ethnic prints- one of my favorite looks for Spring is lots of jewelry and flowy pieces that feel dreamy and inspired by the faraway. it speaks to my constant and enduring love affair with all things 70s YSL, Talitha Getty, and gypset tinged wanderlust. There were scads of items available and extremely well priced. Unless one is shopping for very high end designer vintage, nothing pisses me off more than when used pieces are overpriced. It's just less fun that way unless they are super rare. This place has some rare finds but also lots of stuff you can spend under $100 and feel like a fashionable bandit. I'm obsessed. I may not go to the opera much, but boy am I a fan of their thrift shop. Fantastic stuff for real. Go forth and be fabulous. It's such a well appointed cuckoo assortment of stuff. Love.
And that's what's up this let's go to the casbah and be thrifty kind of Tuesday in the 212. I was thrift shopping wayyyy before that hot little ditty out now ps. Long before. XO