a little bit of shopping.

Today was the flea market, which means new clothes for me! The Bring Your Own Bag policy has finally hit my city, and I haven't quite gotten used to it yet, so I brought my unicorn tote bag which is pretty big in my standards, but in reality can only fit up to three garments. It got to a point where I had to carry everything I bought in my arms, so a nice lady gave me a few extra bags to hold everything in.

Today's haul!

a scottish wool sweater. It's a bit scratchy

eyeball sweater!!

saxe blue nightgown.

tricot bed jacket. I have a similar one with short puff sleeves.

another nightgown! This one has no flare so I wore it unbuttoned with a petticoat I found at Goodwill.

Also got this cute pillow!

In addition to my flea market things, I received my Bodyline order today! I got a pair of shoes, some bloomers, and a cardigan.

Flea market days are good days.

Love, Kaia

forest prancing.

This is rare, I never do moodboards. I've been feeling really mori girl lately. I went to the flea market on Saturday thinking I wouldn't find anything I wanted, but I got pretty lucky.

There weren't a lot of vendors out, most likely because they were predicting to have rain in January. Around a quarter to a third of the vendors weren't there, but I ended up a lot more things to buy than I usually do.
In total, I bought a sweater,a skirt, a fake fur stole, two scarves, a capelet, a lace thing, socks, and a perfume bottle. And nothing over $10. I missed the flea market back at home so much; Brooklyn flea is much smaller and pricier.
Some closeups of the socks I bought.
The fur one was $5! The other two were a little more expensive.
This Odette Barsa lace bed jacket is one of my happiest buys! It's the prettiest color and the details are so lovely (look that the bow lace overlay!!) and best of all, it was affordable, at $5.

I wanted to get pictures of the sweater and the skirt by themselves too, but I couldn't get any good ones so I think I'll do some outfit snaps for them sometime instead.

A recent scan of a sketch I drew
Interestingly, the capelet in the left picture is somewhat similar to the bed jacket I found at the flea market, but I drew the sketch much earlier. I did get pretty lucky this time around.

Love, Kaia

brooklyn flea, maybe you and i were not meant to be.

I went to the Brooklyn flea market today because I really wanted to go last week. I can't even begin to explain how excited I was when I got there. I thought it was pretty big at first, but after a couple circles around, I realized it was only one sixth the size of my local flea market back home.
The sun was out today. And there wasn't any shade to hide under at the flea market. I brought my parasol umbrella along, but the rows weren't too big so I was afraid I'd hit people if I had it out. I went back to my dorm with sun rash. As usual.
The Brooklyn Flea has a lot of stuff I like. I mean, lots of vintage, laces, that kind of stuff. But nothing at prices I am used to! I bought a long petticoat at my home flea market for $5 plus a free poodle skirt, and I saw an extremely similar one at the flea market today for $45. The guy was nice and offered it for $35, but you know. Compared to $5? Nope.
I didn't want to walk back empty handed, especially when I feel like I needed more clothes. I only found out today that I'm really into patterned shirts. I saw a navy button up flecked with green hearts and I really liked that one. And Also a sheer Ralph Lauren shirt with some kind of cute pattern that I don't remember. I wanted that one a lot though. But it was $25.

shirt from flea market, pants from Peace Now, Victorian Flowers Docs.

I ended up leaving with this black and white squares shirt. It was $20 so more than I'd pay for for second hand clothing, but no regrets. I'm happy. I just regret not bringing along my thousand pairs of harem pants to school. I want to wear this shirt with harem pants.

Love, Kaia

two days of shopping.

I visited San Fran yesterday with my friend, and the flea market today. In San Francisco, I went to visit Black Peace Now for their 50-60% off sale. Like always, there was a bunch of stuff from the shop that I would have liked, but even with a sale, it's still a splurge. So I didn't end up getting anything there. I did splurge on another pair of shorts, though.

I went into Aritzia, and found so many nice things in the sale section. Most of it wasn't my size, though. And the top that I wanted was on sale and fit like a dream, but it still cost a hundred.But the pants. I bought the pants. After being in Taiwan so long, I'm used to cheap fabrics and messy construction. When I go back to these stores, I can't stop touching the fabric. It's 100% silk, and originally $380, but I bought them 87% off.

At the mall, I also bought that Deborah Lippmann polish that I've been after for ages. The nude one is Deborah Lippmann in "Naked." I wanted to compare it with my other nude polishes, so I kept a sample on one finger. I have a lot of nude colors, and I think this one is probably the best one that I've tried so far.

Afterwards we headed to Goodwill. My first thrift purchase in ages. It's been a while since anything's caught my eye. I got this polka dot top...and yet another oversized sweater. I forgot how much I love these things. If I had to choose one thing to wear for the rest of my life, it'd probably be an oversized sweater.

And now today at the flea market. My goal was to get socks, because my socks have all been getting worn out and wont stay on my feet when I walk. I did find those socks, and some other stuff.I bought really pretty hangers! They were only four for a dollar, and I kind of wish I bought more, but I didn't think I'd have space in my closet for too many more.

Then I got this bracelet for a dollar. I figured it'd go with a lot the things I have.And then nail polish. OPI in San Tan-tonio. I haven't tried it out yet, but it's a color that I'd wear, and not a bad deal either, at $0.75.

The last thing is this crinoline skirt. It comes with the crinoline and a poodle skirt, which is the pink in the picture behind the white. I really just wanted the crinoline, but it came in a set. I bought them both for $5.
I think that's enough shopping for me for a while. I'll just have fun putting together outfits.

Love, Kai