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grunge-queen
http://grunge-queen.blogspot.com
Grunge-queen is a blog about developing personal style on the cheap through thrift store shopping, some dumpster diving, and lots of on-the-fly creativity (read: no craft or DIY projects here). I share useful tips and stories and post inspiring photos of my wardrobe and home decor, showing readers how a bunch of disparate items from the thrift shop or trash can come together and form one stylish and ever-evolving package of "chic."
I also give tips on how to get the most out of a thrift or second-hand shop; share links to my shopping column in a Toronto newspaper; and review thrift shops in Toronto, Canada.
This is a great blog for general and specific information and ideas about thrifting and living a creative lifestyle - please pop on by and enjoy your visit at grunge-queen ... where chic is cheap!
Recent Posts
Silver sparkle for the holidays
Silver is hot this holiday season, and I love the cool elegance of it. For my first Christmas party the other night I put together a thrifty outfit in a jiff. I bought a silver shift dress (Made in Canada, yah!) at a closing out sale on St. Clair Ave...
Which hat is thrift? answered
Last week's post about which hat was thrifted generated some fun comments, but Eyeliah of www.theeyeline.ca and www.stylesymmetry.com guessed correctly - this navy Kangol hat was found for a buck at my local thrift shop, Stretch Thrift, while the bla...
Lavishy lavishes vintage sparkle
Yesterday I visited one of my fave jewellery stores in TO, Lavishy, which has just opened a second location at Yonge and Eglinton.Owner Leo designs and sells mostly new jewellery, but lately he's been picking up vintage pieces at New York flea market...
Grunge Queen shares thrifting tips with 20-something.ca
This is an old pic of me taken outside my fave Goodwill in Toronto, wearing the made in Scotland coat I bought there for under $20.Now I know most of you readers don't need any thrifting tips, but I just have to share a recent interview with a new o...
New or thrift? A tale of two berets
I love doing these posts and you dear readers seem to love 'em too, so here we are again: Which beret is thrift?One is new; the other was picked up at a thrift shop for a buck. Both are wool. I've never really done berets before. Last year my look ...
Thrift gift: yellow shoes
I found these handmade in Spain Arnold Churgin shoes for $5.99 months and months ago (see prior post on shoes & decor under the Arnold Churgin label to the right).I loved that they were in mint condition, and that jolt of colour - so 1980s. Alas I k...
