Keeping your wardrobe up to date can be an expensive undertaking. Fashionable clothes are expensive and their life span short. Constantly evolving styles and palettes make it difficult for the fashion-conscious dresser to keep up with the trends and still stay within the budget. Like-minded women are finding several ways to find the clothes they love and still not break the virtual piggy bank.
Thrift and Consignment Shops
While these fashion shops are not new, they are enjoying a renaissance in popularity. More people than ever before are both donating and buying at thrift shops. New consignments shops are popping up in neighborhoods everywhere. Don’t be surprised to find up-to-date fashions at these shops. Even teenagers, the uber-fashion conscious, can find Baby Phat and other labels they can’t live without.
Exchange Parties
Get together and throw an exchange party. Choose the type of clothes you would like to exchange and get to swapping with your friends. It’s fun and free. Remember that is fairly inexpensive to have clothing altered. It’s also easy to embellish basics to reflect current trends such as fur trims and military styling and buttons.
Imitating the Look
There are several nationwide stores that copy high-fashion looks, offering them to consumers at affordable prices. If you must have that new bag or jacket, chances are good that a store near you has something very close in styling to the one you love.
Make Friends with a Seamstress
There was a time when just about everyone sewed. Those who know how to sew can help you put together your dream wardrobe; just sketch what you want and any knowledgeable seamstress will be able to translate your drawing into the item of clothing you have been dreaming about. Be creative about paying her for her services by trading your skilled workmanship for hers.
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