It's a Fashion Jungle Out There!

Hi Everybody,

It's been another awesome Saturday of fashion finds and vintage stuff! It was a hot and humid day and there were many yard sales to be found. Yeah!!! :)
The only question was...which ones to choose from and which ones were 'drive-bys' (sales you look at from your car as you drive past them).
Yes, it seemed like a fashion jungle, I needed to get my imaginary machete knife,  to cut through all of the not so good looking clothing/accessories... just as if they were a huge jungle overgrowth found in the suburbs of the Valley.

Lots of tarp, covered driveways with clothing, as well as hanging clothes from the garage doors could be found.

This was the first sale I visited, and I bought a gray, cable-stitched, Mossimo Supply CO., cotton sweater bought for $1 ($24 retail) and a one, piece Sace, blue print romper outfit for $1 ($19 retail).

At another yard sale later, I actually received a pair of designer, cork wedge shoes by Bamboo for FREE!
Those shoes retail for about $40, and they had not been worn once. They only needed one buckle to be repaired. What a generous lady who gave me  those shoes!

While traveling through the neighborhoods, I came across a couple of middle-aged men selling mainly tools and guy stuff and noticed a large cardboard sign on their garage wall. Here's the photo of the sign that I saw:

Unfortunately, there's an ugly side of people holding yard/garage/estate sales and people stealing stuff from them. So, these homeowners gave all thieves the proper warning!

 See what was I telling you about it being a jungle out there, right? It's hard to think that there are people preying on others at their homes by bringing teams of people to distract the yard sale owners. Shame on those people stealing stuff!!! Hopefully, they'll get caught soon and face legal charges.

Oh well, for the most part, the weekly yard sales are a big adventure and add lots of happiness to people holding them and attending them. 

You just never know who you might meet at one of these sales..there's some interesting characters out there! In my next week's blog, I will describe some of the folks that I've meet through-out the years that were all part of the whole experience.

Until next week! Stay cool and happy shopping to all of you fashion bargain hunters!

Barbara

P.s. Here's an additional photo of a supposed 17th century- English cherry wood, chair for sale at $5,000. Just another example of some unusual items that you see in your journeys.