Tag: cashmere

The swimwear is out!

Now’s the time to look for bargain designer swimwear, vests and shorts in the secondhand shops. All the items that have been put by over the winter are now coming out onto the rails so grab the best bits while you can!

I’ve had a much more productive couple of days and bought plenty of fab items including these beauties:

Sandro blouse, Just in Case skirt, Isabel Marant top

In addition, I bought:

  • Lemaire skirt
  • Sarah Pacini dress
  • Zadig & Voltaire jeans
  • Joyce Ridings cape
  • Susy Harper jacket
  • Margaret Howell men’s jumper
  • Hush leather top
  • ME+EM shirt
  • Phase Eight coat (I don’t normally buy this brand but it’s a very nice coat!)
  • M&S pure cashmere coat
  • Elisa Cavaletti jumper
  • AllSaints cardigan
  • AllSaints men’s jumper

What a day (or two)……

The last two day have seen some very significant finds. There’s not a lot more to say but to list everything I’ve found. Here we go!

Diane von Furstenberg jacket, The White Company leather skirt, Privatsachen jacket
  • Doriani jacket
  • Eskandar jumper
  • Alembika dress
  • Ralph Lauren down gilet
  • Marks & Spencer cashmere jumper
  • Pure Collection cashmere jumper
  • Privatsachen top & jacket
  • Privatsachen jacket
  • Comptoir des Cotonniers peacoat
  • Spirit of the Andes cardigan
  • Anne Fontaine shirt
  • Merinomink jumper
  • Chesca cashmere jumper
  • Diane von Furstenberg jacket
  • The White Company leather skirt
  • ME+EM t-shirt
  • Kew Fair Isle jumper
  • Whistles cashmere jumper
  • The White Company Fair Isle jumper
  • Equipment shirt
  • Avec ces Freres sweater
  • Agnona cashmere jumper
  • Carven dress
  • Theory dress
  • Yacco Maricard coat
  • Yacco Maricard shirt
  • Sweaty Betty coat
  • Marks & Spencer cashmere cardigan
  • White company top
  • Zoe Karssen trousers
  • Hush leggings
Avec ces Freres sweater

Cashmere!

It takes a bit of practice but you can learn to identify cashmere by feel so that you can quickly go through shop rails and find those cashmere sweaters.

Don’t worry too much about bobbles – pure cashmere (or any fabric that’s not a mixed fibre) should brush up quite well using a bobble comb. As long as you’re not going to resell the item, it’s easy to fix snags and holes using a couple of stitches, they soon blend in.

Shirin Guild shirt and Max & Moi cardigan

Yesterday I bought:

  • Shirin Guild shirt
  • Max & Moi cardigan
  • AllSaints shirt
  • AllSaints top
  • RVCA bomber jacket
  • Pure Collection cashmere jumper
  • COS jumper
  • Mint Velvet top