Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Up Coming Event!

In mid July, I will be having a thrift store fashion show! My interns and I are planing it to be fantastic, All clothes will be hand pick and styled to perfection. You will be surprised what great treasures are even at the thrift store in the first place, Super excited! We are also showcasing Halloween costumes, its a great time to come and get super cool costumes for your children or family members. I'll keep you posted on other up coming events and I will be posting new pictures for everyone to see.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Thursday, May 26, 2011

More to share from mychicthrift.com






In order to keep the boutique stocked with my personal shopping choices, we hit the store at least three times a week so I can pull the clothes that catch my eye. We  have incorporated a children's section and a men's rack ! Love the vintage stuff that's popping up for the cool  male hipsters. I'm really drawn to the checkers, pearl button shirts and anything that's form fitting polyester. Stay tuned for some new pics of what every  "cool cat" should be sporting this summer.
The shots above are new items we know are "haute" and should be worn immediately but a women with some "haute" taste! The gold bag is incredible and the knit dress is just perfect for a great nite out during the summer. I added a few household items that caught my eye! Anything you guys want to see more of...comments are welcome!

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Gina here again

Hello! its Gina again, Today was an interesting day for us. We started to day early, going to the thrift story and organizing the clothes and seeing what sold and what didn't. The last time we went to the thrift store, I tried to pull more summer clothes ( summer dresses, shorts, nice shirts, etc.) I liked to experiment with different jackets, purses, belts, etc., that added more of a visual for the customers. The thrift store provided some manikins for us, so that was very helpful and customers were just taking the clothes right off the manikins. It was really interesting to pick different outfits and to accessorize them, summer time is almost here so try picking cute dresses. I really enjoy experimenting with color, It could be yellow, red, pink, white, etc. Also a nice lit jean jacket could really bring out a cute dress, and if you like purses, try to match it to the buttons on the jacket or pick a nice color on the dress that you really want to bring out.  So don't be scared to go crazy with the nice bright colors! well that's all for now...till next time.

Gina.

Monday, May 23, 2011

sneak peek from MyChicThrift boutique





Here are some cool images of some of the vintage clothes and ready to wear garments we have picked out!

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Thrift store tips!

I  started my first week of having interns at the studio! Hard work keeping up with young ladies who aspire to have careers in the fashion industry. Their energy and excitement only fuels my fire! They both have shopped  at thrift stores before since they both enjoy redesigning clothes. Yesterday's adventure was a different experience for them. I let each intern select some dresses and ready to wear clothes that I would consider for the mychicthrift boutique. As I went through each garment they selected, I explained  basic thrift store law!
1) Find a used garment that looks new!  - Though one man's trash  is another man's treasure -old clothes are old clothes.
2) Check zippers, buttons, hems,look for spots! - people usually give away nice stuff because it doesn't fit anymore  or something is wrong with it.
3) Try on the clothes - things have been shrunk after several wears so it may say its a  large but might be a medium now.
4) Start off on the sale racks! Thrift stores have great sales too! I always find a great piece that just wasn't noticed by anyone. If the item in on the 75% track -it means they will move it to another store location to see if it will sell there.
5) Lastly, before you start shopping -ask if they have any in store coupons for the day. Yes, thrift stores have coupon days too!

Gina Here!

Hello! My name is Gina, I'm also one of Rosy's new interns. I hope to be blogging more and sharing my amazing times working here! Today Rosy, Alexius and I will get an early start and go to Buffalo Exchange, which is a nice thrift story in Hillcrest, and start pulling cloths to redesign for a big fashion show we are working on. I'm so excited to be also designing a dress because it would be such a good learning experience. We also have a photo shoot today, which is for a new store RVH Studios is working with called Tannis. Rosy and I put on a small fashion show for Tannis and they loved it! I'm so excited to be working with the store and help them grow. As a little girl, I never put that much thought into what I would wear, but as I got older, I got more into fashion and how to put a cute outfit together. My personal style is more simple and classic, I don't like over doing myself and I want to be comfortable. Yesterday, Rosy, Alexius and I went to the thrift store to pull clothes and also see what kinda of style we have. It was really interesting to work with Alexius because we have different styles and we mix well together. I'll be blogging more to let you know what we are doing! Till next time...

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Intern take over!

Hey mychicthrift.com followers!, My name is Alexius and I am Rosy Vasquez's new intern. I am so excited to be more involved with the Mychicthrift pick's. Hopefully I will be able to blog more often and let you guys know whats up!. Today Rosy, Gina and I picked some new vintage/modern pieces. My specific picks seemed to be too "old lady" (according to Rosy), but at least I would be a very stylish old lady. My fellow teammate  noticed I was attracted to the shoulder pads and pieces that can be re-designed. Because my dream is to become a fashion designer,  my ideas are always for pieces that could easily be put together with something else. Once I was able to figure out what would appeal to our chic customers I then was able to pick more accordingly. I ran around the thrift store like a little kid in a candy store and found very stylish wearable clothes that I wondered why they were given away in the first place.

Sunday, May 1, 2011