One of my biggest pleasures in life is having an hour, a ten
pound note, and access to a high street full of charity shops or bustling
market. For many, the idea of picking ones way through rails of often slightly
smelly and crumpled second hand clothing is at the bottom of their wish list on a day off – and granted, charity shop shopping
has to be done in the right mood.
For
me though, the feeling of finding something amazing hidden between casts offs from
Primark, something old but better than anything new on the high street because
it is unique, is hard to beat. Fashion - as we are so often told - goes in circles. Flares, straight legs and cigarette pants go in and out
from season to season, and yet all can be found at the same time in one charity shop. It takes time and determination, but good quality second hand buys that make any outfit instantly different and individual, will always come first place with me.
What
presents itself at a market or a charity shop is choice – a
look has not been preconceived for you and carefully laid out in different sections of a
shop. Instead the choice is yours, and the result is, I think, always better.
