09 May

Posted at 16:12h in shopping, Thrift by
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Last week I gave you guys a full recap of Looking Fly on a Dime's first Adventures in Thrifting where I met up with a few readers for a full day of thrift shopping on East 23rd street. Well, the next outing is planned for Saturday, June 4 at 11am and the theme is Thrift Shopping 101. Are you new to thrift shopping and don't know where to start? Do you always encounter the same problem when thrifting and leave frustrated?Whatever your dilemma is, let's remove the intimidation factor...

05 May

Posted at 17:15h in Thrift by
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Earlier this week I gave you guys a quick recap of the first Adventures in Thrifting where I met up with a few readers to go thrift shopping. The theme was The Big Three and we went to Goodwill, Housing Works and Salvation Army on East 23rd Street in New York City. I already showed you what I found, so now it's time to see what my amazing readers scored.Peep the quick video below where the ladies show off their goods, including on trend pieces like a coral...

02 May

Posted at 14:34h in Looking FLY on a Dime, Thrifty Threads 365 by
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This weekend was the inaugural Adventures in Thrifting and we had a blast. I met up with four readers for a day of thrift shopping. We hit up the "Big Three" on East 23rd Street: Goodwill, Housing Works and Salvation Army. Here's a peek at what I found.

We started at Goodwill where everything with a green tag was 50 percent off. I found a ton of goodies in less than 30 minutes. These Nicole Miller peep toes had me at hello. Believe it or not I don't have any red pumps, so I was hardcore crushing on these. They were only $12...but they were too big!

07 Apr

Posted at 07:06h in shopping, Thrift by
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Last week I announced the debut of Adventures in Thrifting {monthly trips where we hit up different thrift stores in the city}and I've finally set a date. The first outing will be on Saturday, April 30 at 10:30 am. As I stated in an earlier post, each "Adventure" will have a theme and April's theme is "The Big Three." If you've been following my blog for a while, you know my favorite thrift stores in NYC are Goodwill, Salvation Army and Housing Works. And there's a street in NYC...