BORDEAUX at Anthropologie striped oversized shirt, Goodwill, $4.49. Retail….heavens more than that. 1/5 my paycheck. We’ll just stop there.
(Being represented on my left shoulder is also the great leather satchel purse I got on very recent trip as well for $7.99, and was also in my last post)
So I have really good taste in clothes. Even when I’m not trying. I’m sorry I just do!
Haha. Kidding aside, I am constantly sometimes impressed when I pick up a shirt that is seemingly a no namer (a brand I, Jaime Nelson, do not recognize) to me, but I still notice something special about it, and it ends up being a great label like Anthropologie. And this happened not once, but TWICE, on my trip last week. I also sometimes try and play a fun game and of trying to guess the label before I look at it. This can be harder than just recognizing whether its a quality brand or not. In this post I am sharing one of those picks with you:)
At first, this shirt seemed to me just like a simple over sized, heavy weight, striped shirt, with cheap frills and lace at the bottom. But on closer inspection, I was like, you know what, this is actually kind of cool. And then I turned it over!
Small lace train to help cover and simultaneously prettify my booty?! Sold!
I was right. I looked up BORDEAUX, the lettering on the tag, and wouldn’t you know its a brand that is sold at the glorious incomparable bank account draining Anthropologie. (Sorry, Anthro, y’all are a LEETLE pricey)
I wore this shirt the next night, and also to work the following Friday. Possible to bed in between that. I like it.
Reviews have been mixed.
When I told my boyfriend, “I got this shirt at Goodwill the other night!” he said “Yeah, it looks like something you would wear. Interesting.’
Hmm.
Not exactly a compliment, more just stating a fact…as I WAS in fact wearing it at the time of said comment, but since I’m so in love with myself, I take it like one 🙂
It’s a great shirt, and my fashionable self WOULD wear it, he is correct.
At work on Friday I also got no, “That is a great shirt!” “Where did you get that top?” “HOW are you so cool and stylish and lovely all around?”
Ok, the last one maybe is a stretch, but the first two while possible, did not occur either. Still doesn’t mean it isn’t great.
Half the key to fashion is choosing and being confident in what you love because it shows, and people admire that confidence when they see it.
One of the best fashion accessories is confidence. And jewelry. Of any kind.
I also documented, for my thousands hundreds of followers on Instagram (@findbeautyinallthings) how I felt while I was wearing it. And now I will share that with you.
Turn your eyes to the left half.
Yes. Death.
The right is what I really wanted to represent, so I posted both. Compromise.
I may have had a laterthannecessarymoremanhattansthannecessary night the evening before. And my 30 year old self felt it the next day. But it was worth it. My roommate had just gotten back the night before after being away for 3 weeks after breaking her leg, and I she needed a night out.
We went to Eastland Café, a GREAT restaurant near me that has one of the best rated happy hours in town, and the sister restaurant of where she works. This was followed by going to her restaurant to see on of the hostesses perform some music that night.
Nashville! She was good.
Coulda stopped at the happy hour…but didn’t, and then proceeded to take a well deserved nap during my break the next day.
And that is the story of that shirt thus far…I’m sure it has many more adventures ahead.
Don’t you love finding awesome expensive brands for less and then wearing them no matter what people may think??
I do.
Happy thrifting and living,
Jaime ❤
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