Thriftspiration is a weekly series that puts a spotlight on readers who share their secondhand shopping tips and fun ways to style thrifted finds. Name: Kristi Location: Los Angeles, California When and why did you start thrift shopping? I started thrift shopping with my mom when I was very young. My mom always had a flair for vintage things: clothing, furniture and especially handbags. I always felt that there was something special about giving new life to things that someone else wasn’t using anymore. I still feel the...

Buying clothes for someone can be a bit tricky. Unless you know exactly what they want, you hope they’ll like what you picked out and you really hope it actually fits. With the upcoming holidays, everyone’s in serious gift giving mode. Kmart has everything from home decor to fitness equipment, but did every think of picking up some stylish threads there? Well if you haven’t, you should. If there’s a woman in your life, Kmart has you and her covered. Check my five top picks for fashionable clothes...

Since I put my Thrifty Threads 365 challenge on hiatus, I’ve had a few people ask if I’ve had a chance to shop for new clothes. Like I wrote in a previous post, though I gave up buying anything new for a full year, I didn’t feel like I was being deprived of anything, so I didn’t have a serious urge to shop for anything non-thrift store related. But I finally changed that last week. My first purchase was two pairs of earrings from H&M. None of the clothes caught...

I frequently post my thrift store scores on the blog, Instagram {user: LookingFlyonaDime} and Facebook and the one statement I hear over and over again is, “you always find the best stuff” or I’m asked the question, “how do you find the best stuff?” Though I’ve done a ton of posts on thrift shopping 101, thrift shopping commandments, etc, I’ll let you in on the three secret tips I utilize to always** find great stuff. Well, they’re really not secret since I’m telling you and honestly, anyone can...

Over the past two years, some of you have asked me about opening an online shop. While I’m out thrifting I tend to post photos on Twitter or Facebook of great thrift store finds. But if they don’t fit me or they’re not my style, I end up leaving them at the store. Well, now that’s about to change. I just opened the Looking Fly on a Dime Shop. You can snag some designer and statement thrifted and vintage pieces at a fraction of what they’d originally cost. Right...