Ebay ♥ thriftwares

Light neutral colours like beige, cream, grey, baby blue and blush are everywhere this season and I'm just loving the airy romance of it all. I especially like pairing delicate, angelic pieces like my blush silk Wilfred kimono or my cream silk georgette T. Babaton blouse with something edgier like my leather Club Monaco shorts or my black drapey Wilfred harem pants.

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I also like how Ebay vintage stores always reflect the trends of the season (still lots of leather shorts out there) even though their items are from the previous century. That way, you're not just buying old pieces for the sake of owning old pieces and you're incorporating vintage items into your contemporary wardrobe. For awhile I was really into 50s housewife dresses and I bought a couple but I still have yet to wear them. They're gorgeous but they're just not practical because they're too costumey.

Thriftwares, one of my favourite Ebay stores has a lot of neutrals listed as auctions right now. Here's a few pieces from their most recent selection:

 White eyelet and crochet shift dress

 

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 Apricot cut-out pleated dress

 

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Butter ruffle tuxedo dress 

 

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Pink embroided tulle prom dress 

 

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Pink origami tulle tutu skirt 

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 Cream scalloped lace minidress w/ bell sleeves

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 Champagne lace dress

 

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Cream and nude lace tier dress 

 

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Cream scalloped lace tier dress 

 

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Dusty rose lace dress 

 

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Nude sequin cocktail dress 

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 Cream draped batwing cape/jacket

 

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Mocha and cream scalloped lace-trim minidress 

 

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Blush pink pleated dress 

 

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Pink pleated dress 

 

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Light silver-blue pleated dress 

 

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Grey crochet dress w/ flutter sleeves 

 

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Navy draped dress w/ pink bow print 

 

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I really like some of the pink dresses and the last dress except the navy blue dress with the pink bows is too small and wouldn't fit me. Oh, to be a skinny bitch.

 

J

Resort 2010

Let's start the Resort 2010 post with Prada's vibrant silk-scarf sandal.

These shoes ooze spring fiesta. I really want to wear these with a white, Alexander Wang tee and a pair of ripped Current and Elliott jeans. American classic with a little bit of Italian flair.




3.1 Phillip Lim

Lace on lace. I ordered this skirt off Diavolina because the mark-up at Lane Crawford added an extra HK$1000. I love the cream and black and the enlarged lace detail. And what I like about Lim's lace skirt is that it's not the cheap, lightweight polyester lace that you see everywhere but it's a heavy rayon that hangs off the hips rather than clings to it.





Prada 

I love the heart-arabesque and the contrasting colours of the silk scarf-skirt. The tie-up skirt is such a playful addition to the preppy sweater-look. Prada always mixes different colours and various prints with such panache. Nobody does a more harlequin resort than Miuccia.




Jason Wu 

Great combination of orange and yellow against blacks and whites. I also love the subtle technicolour rainbow in the checks of the draped skirt.



Giles 

Giles' watercolour, silk creations are pieces of art in themselves. What makes this outfit special is the juxtaposition of the cool palette of the small-floral print of the top with the warm palette of the large-floral print of the skirt. I love mixing different prints together and this outfit is such a perfect example of how to mix florals correctly. And it also illustrates the ideal Resort aesthetic, that intermediate period between Winter and Spring/Summer, in that its composition is not as solemn as Fall/Winter but not as happy-go-lucky as Spring/Summer.

J