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Thursday, 21 June 2012

#02 Thrifty Thursday : The £5 Outfit.

I was super excited to get this post up and show you guys!
I've seen a few of these '£x outfit' on other peoples blogs, but hardly every a whole outfit, shoes and bags included, which cost a mere £5. thats right - a fiver!

I struggled with this, and I wanted to make sure I didn't cheat. It really had to be a £5 outfit. The rules are as follows :
1. No gift items or company items sent free - otherwise it's super easy!
2. You have to include at least 4 items of clothing. So I have chosen shoes, bag , skirt and top, wheras you could easily do shoes, dress, necklace and bracelet - as long as it's 4 items! I find it much harder to do a top and skirt however, as I have a million 50p dresses lying around!
3. You can do this with any price you like as long as it's a bargain - wether it be £2 or £15 outfit!









New look drop arm baggy dress (worn as vest!), carboot - 50p
Zara floral TRF skirt, carboot - £1
Primark suede wedges, carboot - £3 (brand new!)
Warehouse quilted clutch bag, carboot - 50p

Total Price : £5!

I really fell in love with the new look dress as soon as I saw it! It has a drop arm hole and is similar to the black topshop vest I thrifted and showed you on my wear yourwardrobe challenge, it a great piece to go with everything!
The Zara skirt is ridiculously perfect for summer and I love everything about it! The Clutch I've already shown you, but is by warehouse and is a little scuffed but still perfect as a go to clutch. As its super big I can fit everything into it aswell :-)
And finally the shoes! I instagrammed this a little while back, as I was super happy to get these for £3! they're alot smaller than my usual high heel, but perfect for everyday, and when I feel like I'm going to be doing a little more walking than usual! They still had the £20 tag at the bottom, hadn't been worn, and they were in my teeny tiny sized (I have size 3 feet!) so they're definitely a complete anf utter bargain!

I hope you enjoyed this post and my bargain pieces!
I tag everyone to do this! Its very exciting and quite difficult to put together, and even I found it hard - and I own a million different thrifty bits. The best thing is that these are all highstreet brands , Newlook, Zara, Warehouse, Primark - not just vintage or not wel lknown brands. Just goes to prove that you can get the highstreet for a fraction of the price!

If you do this little 'tag' or whatever, please tweet or instagram me or comment - I really wanna see what people come up with!!

41 comments:

  1. wow! who knew a £5 could look so good!

    Escape 

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  2. wooow.... i never thought great look can looks sooooo good!
    aplaus!

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  3. Obsessed with your style, I can't believe this was just a fiver!

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  4. I have these shoe boots but I got them full price, they're literally the best wedges ever! Mine are scuffed now but wow you got them at a bargain price.

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  5. you're so good at finding bargains! great outfit :D

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  6. oooh i love this idea! and the outfit is really great, would wear that straight away! sadly it's too cold over here.. mind sending me some sun? ;)

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  7. wow! you're so lucky to have found those so cheap! I can't wait to get back to car boot sales :)

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  8. Seriously lady, that is some rock and roll outfit- £5, how bloody amazing, and it just looks gorgeous! STUNNERRRR X

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  9. This outfit is gorgeous, £5! Should try this myself!

    http://thefashiondistrictnlc.blogspot.co.uk/

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  10. This is amazing, I can't believe it only cost £5... the boots are gorgeous! I definitely need to try this, it does look difficult though!

    Frances xx

    http://francescassandra.blogspot.co.uk

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  11. This is really good idea, and I can't believe you got all of it for £5! I love the skirt x
    Sirens and Bells

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  12. I can't believe you bought all these things for five pounds!!!

    You look lovely

    Niki xx

    http://nikiniknak.blogspot.co.uk/

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  13. I recently set up a stall at a car boot, it's a great way to earn money plus when i had a wonder round i bought four pairs of Topshop jeans for £1 each, then went on to sell them on eBay for about £6 each!xx

    http://lockedupinfashion.blogspot.co.uk/

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  14. i love that skirt so much :) xx

    http://emeli-j.blogspot.co.uk/

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  15. SO so pretty, Kavita! In love with those boots, I need to get my hands on a pair of those. xx

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  16. love it! i'm wearing that exact skirt from Zara right now! except i got it for about 8 euros in spain about 2 years ago :p xxx

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  17. I'm a fan of 50p rails so I love adding up the cost of my outfits! £5 is pretty impressive though, especially for such a lovely outfit!

    x

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  18. omg what a bargain! i love the skirt :) you look fab xoxo

    http://fashionable-addict.blogspot.co.uk/

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  19. wow I can't believe this is under a 5er! love your skirt xxx

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  20. Wow, that's insane.. all for a fiver! The shoes are amazing.. I need to go to more carboots! xo

    http://prettypetticoats.blogspot.co.uk/

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  21. Wow £5...I think I need to start going to carboot sales xx

    http://i-am-fearfully-made.blogspot.co.uk/

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  22. What a bunch of good buys! I wish I had more luck when going to boot sales - I do love picking up odd bits and bobs like glass bowls for jewellery and stuff though!

    Monochrome Magpie

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  23. I really love those shoes, I have seen a few bloggers mention them but to get the for £3 an amazing deal. Great post.
    Keyta x

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  24. Such an adorable outfit - you are the queen of car boot sales!

    Emily Wears Things
    xx

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  25. oh my g! I actually cant beleive that the whole outfit was only £5!! I mean...you cant even buy a cinema ticket for £5!! I need to get carbooting pronto!

    Cherry Lane xoxo

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  26. Wow, great outfit and so cheap, what a bargain! xx

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  27. you look super cute! i just adore your skirt! it is amazing!

    http://sarassweetstyle.blogspot.com/

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  28. Love this outfit and the concept of the post. £5 for all that? Bargain! Might try it out in the future on my blog. Exciting times!

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  29. Love this outfit, the vest looks amazing- I love the fit! Xx

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  30. Love the outfit, I have those booties x

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  31. I still can't believe your whole outfit is £5 and it looks so cute, I love the skirt- I have a similar one but I paid much more than £1 haha:) lovely outfit xo

    http://mademoisellecharlotteanne.blogspot.co.uk/

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  32. this is such a great idea! lovely outfit as always xx

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  33. this is great, and it's unbelievable that one can get such a cute outfit together for only £5! the shoes were a real bargain! x

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  34. Very impressive. You are right whenever I see these posts it never usually includes the whole outfit. Tht's why I love it how you challenged yourself and succeeded.

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  35. wow, that's amazing! outfit def looks worth more then £5!

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  36. Love how you always get bargains!
    http://nowrongorright.blogspot.co.uk/
    S xx

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  37. Love your blog Kav, and your bargains are always awesome!!

    I wish I had your teeny tiny size 3 feet as all the bargain shoes are always in a size 3!! Since I know you're a bargain lover had to post you the link to a couple of pairs of shoes I'm totally in love with in the Dorothy Perkins sale - wish I could get them, but I'm a very boring average size 5.

    £7 biker boots!!! I'd kill for these!!

    http://www.dorothyperkins.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=33053&storeId=12552&productId=4242556&langId=-1&categoryId=&parent_category_rn=&searchTerm=biker%20boots&resultCount=1

    A bit more expensive but sooooo lovely, £15 textile coral heels!

    http://www.dorothyperkins.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=33053&storeId=12552&productId=4808715&langId=-1&sort_field=Relevance&categoryId=291043&parent_categoryId=291042&pageSize=200&refinements=category~[291055|291043]&noOfRefinements=1

    I'm not an affiliate or anything, just a fellow bargain hunter sadly without size 3 feet :-(

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  38. So gorgeous!

    lindsayfrances.blogspot.com

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  39. wow it look so effotless and chic if i cud buy clothes this cheap and look this great i wound not need money
    x

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