Leftovers v.4
Beaded flip-flops and a perfect chips and dip bowl
This week, we’ve got a really fun mix of stuff I’ve discovered recently, like a vintage chips and dip bowl you’ll have to see to believe, a perfume that smells like a flower that’s been extinct for over 100 years, and a pair of beaded Havaianas that you’re going to see everywhere this summer.
xx,
VC
This 1990s ceramic chips and dip bowl is truly the best thing I’ve ever seen. I would put it on my coffee table and fill it with matchbooks.
I am typically a lip liner and lipstick kinda gal but lately I’ve been doubling down on these gloss stixx, which are basically just formulated like a lipstick but super high shine and moisturizing (with enough color that you don’t need to reapply for a while). I have four shades but I most often use Blaz’d Donut and is It Fu$$y.
The sexiest dress at a solid $150 price point.
This fan is $20, the perfect size to stash in a clutch for an outdoor wedding and doubles as decor if you open it and stick it on a bookshelf.
Turquoise donut hoops for $80.
These beaded Havianas are beyond cool.
A vibrant fruity floral perfume that utilizes biotechnology to reconstruct the scent molecules of an extinct flower last seen in Hawaii in 1912.
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT MID-CENTURY MIRROR!!!
I shared this purchase here recently but I finally used my Floyd suitcase on a cross-country journey (I checked it!) and it held up so well! The skateboard wheels are really amazing when you’re running through an airport, and I am obsessed that it compresses your clothing and has pouches for swimsuits, jewelry, etc.
As far as supplement branding goes, no one is doing it better than Biologica. Their mid-life essentials packet is great for sleep, cognitive clarity, etc. and they also make a formula for younger and older women. The flavors (think blackcurrant and passionfruit) are incredible.
I spoke to Business of Home about how AI and Google Lens are changing the vintage-shopping landscape.
I love a flat with a little somethin’ somethin’ going on… like these! Lace! Contrasting black details! Built-in anklets! Hubba hubba.
Another new fave… the perfect bucket bag, with a fun charm!
Woo! Excellent article, Virginia (and you got the closing quote, yes!), thank you for linking to it.
As I resell my own former possessions, I often have people asking me, "What's it worth?" - and my answer is always the same: "Whatever someone is willing to pay for it!"
I think people forget that there's a difference between original retail (which often is inflated/planned to be marked down), seeing it on The RealReal with restoration and cleaning work done, and finding it in real life at a thrift store. I mark my prices to reflect a slew of things, including condition/wear, "name"/brand, and textile.
While it's fun to see how much something similar to what I found in a thrift store could sell for in new, pristine condition, THAT THING HASN'T SOLD, has it? So the price is not actually what a thing is WORTH.
Value to me still lies in my reaction to something, how I feel about it. One of my favourite bracelets (I'm wearing it now) is a giant yellow cuff that I paid $2 for in a thrift store, and I've worn it hundreds of times in the past 15 years. What's it worth? It's my best yellow cuff! I'm never selling it! That's what it's worth.