Thrift Shopping in San Francisco: Part Two

Last week I showed you part one of my San Francisco thrift shopping adventure {including a shop with vintage clothes for $10 per pound} and now it’s time for part two. Towards the end of my trip I checked out the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood where about a half dozen thrift stores are all within a few blocks of one another.

My first stop was Goodwill {1700 Haight St}. Initially I was turned off by the rack of shirts where the average price was $12. Hmm, I can do better than $12 for a shirt a Goodwill. I kept it moving towards the dress rack and found two adorable dresses, $5 each…

I love this lace, LBD with beading at the bodice.

The polka dots are super cute and on trend. The dress even has side pockets.

Moving up Haight St I saw another familiar secondhand shop, Buffalo Exchange {1555 Haight St}.

I have to admit, I went over budget a little bit once I hit this store, but more on that when I do my monthly round up next week. Buffalo is a great place to go if you want really trendy pieces in an organized setting. But you’re going to pay a but more for some items.

Though I found really affordable pieces like a sequin top and these lace shorts…

It was a color block, high low top at $20 that was the biggest “splurge,” but I think it was worth it, no?

Lastly, I made a pit stop to Held Over {1543 Haight St}, a cute vintage shop. They’re actually owned by Retrocity Fashions, which also owns Clothes Contact, the $10/pound vintage shop I mentioned earlier.

It was really organized and had cute categories like 80s sparkle, slinky soapstar dresses, 1970s disco, etc. However, the prices were around $60 for dresses…that was on the low end. A little too rich for my thrifty blood.

I only ended up buying a skull and bone handkerchief, which was $2.

I didn’t have time to check out other shops like Crossroads Trading and Static, but they’re first on my list whenever I make it back to the Bay.

What’s your favorite piece that I found? Do you think the high low top was worth the $20?