Well, quite a Saturday I had! I've been wanting to get up to this HUGE warehouse in Philly, Bulk Vintage, that sells vintage clothing and (some) accessories for wholesale prices since a year or two ago when we received a postcard from them in the mail at the shop. Since then I've been begging my boss to go up there and rummage through the boxes with me- but alas time has flown so I decided to take a visit myself! The warehouse is open to the public on Mondays and Saturdays and the rest of the week is open by appointment only with designers, dealers, etc.. The summer probably wasn't the smartest time to check it out- since there is absolutely no temperature control in the building- but I went in hook line and sinker! Up to my waist, throwing heaps upon heaps of vintage dresses up in the air, into other boxes, and sorting sorting sorting to find my treasures. I didn't let the children sized gems discourage me (there were about 5 I wish I could've made my self 10 years old for again) and carried on loading pile upon pile into boxes.
Another tip- wearing a dress like this probably isn't the best move, either. Besides the whole "bending over issue" there was the issue of that lovely dirty clothing smell- being catapulted on to my nice, clean floral dress. Of course this didn't stop me either- but I kind of wished I had worn pants and something a little less nice. But hey, you live and you learn and then you get douty! Or something like that... At least I felt pretty after I was done! I really love the print on this dress, I actually saw a vintage one on etsy.com that had a print just like it-if it wasn't my dress, I might guess that this one was vintage too. It has such a retro look to it, a wonderfully flattering cut and fun colors (got to have fun colors.)
Outfit Details: Headband: Fredflare.com, Bag, Pin & necklace- vintage, Dress: Oasis, Asos.com, Sunglasses: On the Bright Side Shades, Shoes: Forever21
Daniel and I also had lunch in the city, hit up our favorite bakery, Sweet Freedom and visited a few of our other favorite boutiques around the city before heading home. I have such a great time adventuring for vintage! Even if I don't find anything, just seeing all of the fun pieces out there is so inspiring!
Daniel and I also had lunch in the city, hit up our favorite bakery, Sweet Freedom and visited a few of our other favorite boutiques around the city before heading home. I have such a great time adventuring for vintage! Even if I don't find anything, just seeing all of the fun pieces out there is so inspiring!
My two vintage finds from the Bulk Vintage warehouse, all washed and clean now! :)
Today is another family day, so it's off to Chesapeake Bay to visit with some cousins who are in town and maybe do some water tubing! Then tomorrow I am teaching summer camp for 5&6 year olds at a nearby nature center. I am excited to be teaching again, I couldn't teach camps last summer because of my job at the shop, but this week I am off so I can focus on my camp. It's all about things that fly- Insects, butterflies, birds and bats- haha, so much fun :) Hope you are all having a lovely weekend!
xo, Alyssa