Rescuing high-quality items from dusty second-hand shops feels like becoming a hero. It’s like saving characters from the Brave Little Toaster (a traumatizing ‘children’s’ movie).
Second Hand Store in the Schilderswijk by Watzki Burt
Sometimes, thrift store rescue missions pay off well too; for instance, a Belgian guy bought an old comic book a few months ago at a second-hand shop for €1.
He’s now reselling it for €14,000. Only 100 copies of the comic book were published; they were prizes for a magazine competition in 1952.
This situation will probably never happen to us.
So, let’s focus on rescuing designer clothing instead. As heroes do.
Second-Hand Dress (by Chine Belgian Design), apparently inspired by Star Trek:
Original price: €250-350
Flea Market price: €1
{This dress originally included strange kangaroo pockets. These pockets, although masterfully-stitched, were removed because flea market purchases are open to alteration, regardless of their catwalk status.}
New York Fashion Week Fall 2007: Doo Ri by Art Comments
Next on second-hand wish list: Sarah Pacini. Or is that too ambitious?
Comic books, anyone?
bric-a-brac by Kevin Utting
