Thrift Store Finds

Whew, what a hectic day today was! Anyways, the super talented Steve Maisch of Steve Maisch Photography has used some more of my pre-purchased swag from a thrift store for his latest shoot with the lovely Andrea Mann.

This cute top was actually a "vintage" find from my own closet. I know I bought it from Charlotte Russe for about $16 over 5 years ago. So the accountant in me knows I wore it at least 10 times (I have a bad habit of only wearing something a few times and then it gets tossed around for years until you finally decide to donate or trash it!) and with depreciation the top is probably worth only around $1

Look at those legs! Wowza! I found this pink wrap dress at a local thrift store for only $1.50! I think I would have personally paired it with some black booties to give it a bit of edge but Andrea is a knock out and can make even lucite heels look sexy. (I'm obviously not a big fan of lucite)

I am looking forward to my next thrift store visit! Hopefully I can find some items to add to my own closet this time :)

Thanks to Steve Maisch Photography and Andrea Mann for permision to use the photos!



Thrift Store Finds

In the past year, I have been fortunate enough to have worked with the very talented Steve Maisch of Steve Maisch Photography. We have done two shoots together and both were a lot of fun. At our last shoot, I had mentioned to Steve that my favorite aspect of photoshoots is the styling. And he and his wife expressed that they had always wanted to send someone into a thrift store to pick out wardrobe for photoshoots on a limited budget. So, lo and behold, they gave me the challenge of picking 2-3 outfits on a $25 budget. At first I thought there was no way I could successfully complete this. But with the help of my mother in law, we scoured the racks of a local thrift store for hours and ended up with a plastic bag full of MULTIPLE outfits for $23.85-- yep always the frugal accountant :) Here you can see the fruits of my labor:

1. This is very "Clueless" but I was inspired by the recent trend of cut off tops and tweed. The pink top was $1.50 and the tweet skirt was $2.50 As you can see, the model Whitney modeled them beautifully.

 2. We found this gorgeous faux fur wrap for $8! Steve always like to have an outfit that is on the sexier side and I envisioned exactly this.

Overall, I think everyone involved was extremely pleased with the results and Steve still has multiple outfits to use from my one shopping trip. This challenge has inspired me to make regular trips to the thrift store to see what fashion treasures I can find for myself or my fashion community.

For more information on Steve Maisch Photography please follow his blog at http://www.stevemaischphotography.blogspot.com/ or visit his website at http://www.stevemaisch.com/

Thanks Steve for the pictures!