i must confess i have never bought
anything from zara before
to be fair i may at some point in my
life have gone in and dug around through
their sale items i might have grabbed
something for a dollar or two but i've
never actually gone in and bought like a
nice new trending piece from zara and
because of that i never really knew what
zara was like as a brand i had this idea
in my head that zara was like sheen or
zaful or romwe i've always thought of
zara as just another fast fashion brand
and i assumed that its quality must have
been about the same as things that you
would get from sheehan but when i
started thriftmas this year i bought my
first piece of clothing from zara and i
was really really really surprised
and impressed by the quality and it was
in that moment that she realized wow
zara ain't that bad i wasn't
deliberately looking for pieces from
zara but as i was browsing through
online thrift stores i kept seeing
things that i
really liked the look of and when i
click on it to buy it it would be from
zara so i suppose there's something to
be said for fast fashion brands that
pump out a lot of clothing in multiple
different styles there's going to be
something out there for everyone i've
picked out five holiday outfits from
zara that are all thrifted and even
though some of these items are from
older seasons at zara i'm sure that if
you really like them you might be able
to find them on depop or poshmark or you
might even be able to go into the zara
store and find something very similar
because i think that they
make a lot of the exact same piece of
clothing they just kind of swap out the
pattern or the fabric so with that let's
have a look at our first outfit i found
this zara blouse in the anglicare op
shop when i went out thrift shopping for
an outfit to wear to my husband's
birthday i only showed this for a brief
second in that video but people in the
comments section
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people were saying alex you you better
not have left without that well i'm very
glad that i didn't the skirt is
absolutely beautiful i love the frayed
edges on the hemline the fact that it
zips all the way up from the bottom easy
to get into easy to get out of after the
night of
not really partying but just sitting at
the party and
sitting at the dinner table and just
picking at all the finger food and not
really talking to anyone and i've paired
this with a silver clutch because i do
plan on possibly wearing this with this
piece this is crazy i wasn't certain if
i was going to get this or not when i
saw it on salvos but this came brand new
with tags apparently it was a hundred
and forty dollars when it was new at
first when i saw this on the salvo's
website i thought it was a dress and
then when i realized it wasn't
i didn't really want it but i'm so glad
that i got it this blouse is perfect for
hiding underneath things and showing the
little tiny details sticking out over
the neckline or showing the sleeves
sticking out from under something i love
that because this hangs open it just
shows that little peep of the print from
the skirt the print doesn't end up being
overwhelming but it's just there and you
can still appreciate it if i were going
to a new year's eve party and not just
staying at home eating cheese and
drinking wine with my husband i would
probably want to wear this one red and
gold just screams holiday season to me
so when i saw this dress on the salvo's
website i knew exactly what i wanted to
pair it with i got this chunky gold
mimko bracelet thrifted as well the
earrings too the necklace the bag
dresses like this are perfect for party
occasions because it's a real one and
done kind of thing you just put on the
dress and you instantly look party ready
a dress like this that stands on its own
with all of the detailing in the front
is a no-brainer for party season the
label of this dress says that it's from
the zara basics collection
i don't think i would necessarily call
this a basic the silhouette maybe but
not the lace paneling i'm really
impressed by the quality of this dress i
really like the structure i like the
fabric it's very heavy it holds its
shape really well it doesn't crease
easily at all but the one thing i will
say is that the size small is too small
i'm finding with everything from zara
the sizing is whack it's completely
wrong i don't understand how a company
that beat can get the sizing so terribly
wrong but if you're going in store and
you're trying things on obviously it's a
different story you can try on the small
and you know that it doesn't fit but if
you're shopping online from zara or if
you're thrifting online zara clothing
maybe size up because you can always
take something in but you
can't
manifest more fabric this next type of
outfit is a no-brainer for me the thing
about outfits like this they always look
good paired with boots and stockings and
it doesn't matter what style of skirt it
is you can have a pleated skirt you can
have an a-line one you can have a more
sort of boxy cut skirt
all mini skirts look good with
turtlenecks it's it's the rules and to
dress it up slightly for a party you can
always add a biker jacket this zara
biker jacket
really surprised me the details on this
jacket are amazing there's zippers and
pockets everywhere we've got
zippers up here and they're real pockets
it's not just a fake zip are you going
out the door
no actually don't die for me
i remember when this skirt launched at
zara it was all the rage on pinterest
it's all over poshmark too people are
selling this for
like 80 100 this one isn't an
appropriate outfit for me to wear to new
year's eve in sydney because it's
boiling hot in fact just standing up
here in my lounge room i'm really
sweating
but if you live in a cooler climate grab
a turtleneck a biker jacket a skirt fly
hide boots and you're good to go to me a
little black dress is a holiday staple
it's like the easiest easiest thing you
can possibly wear to a new year's eve
party and this one from zara is
so nice it's a really soft ribbed fabric
it's got frilly lettuce trim around the
neckline it's comfortable stretchy easy
to wear looks nice
oh where where are you going
you you have wings
that is also an option available to you
i've paired this with the pink heels and
the little pink thrifted bag but i
actually don't like it
what are you doing there's something so
creepy about
an animal that can fly choosing to
stomp towards you instead
now that i've put this with the silver
bag and the black heels i think i like
it a lot more a dress like this can be
dressed up with a jacket
big guy a jacket like this little pink
one from zara which is insanely nice i
unboxed this in a video like two weeks
ago and i love it it's probably one of
the nicest biker jackets i've ever had
it's a really nice kind of scuba
stretchy material on the inside but then
suede on the outside the silver buckle
details and the zips and everything
looks so nice with my little gifted
silver bag
i actually think this is my favorite
outfit i i think like for sure this is
my favorite i feel the nicest in this
one if i do go out for something
christmasy or something for new year's
i think i'll choose this over the first
one i love this so much i just i love
the chic black dress with the hint of
pastel keeping with my branding and my
final look may actually be my favorite
this faux leather long sleeve dress
is so cool this is a style that i've
seen a lot of people wearing online i've
seen people talking about it my friend
lucy has talked about this in videos of
hers in the past this is so nice oh my
gosh okay i love pairing the leather
look dress with the leather look boots
and also a little hint of pink on the
boots to match the little tiny thrifted
pink bag i kept the choker i was gonna
swap the choker out
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i was gonna swap the choker out but i
actually think that the choker really
goes with the whole five it feels kind
of punk kind of y2k
this outfit probably suits my new hair
the most i would say oh i feel so good
in this
now i really don't know which outfit i
like the most i thought the first one
was the best and then i thought that the
black dress with the pink biker jacket
was the best but now
now i like this one the most uh these
boots are from lamoda
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and platform boots with a thick heel are
always perfect for me if i'm going out
for a long night because my feet don't
end up sore as much as i have the desire
to want to wear stiletto to parties and
events it's a stilett hell no as far as
i'm concerned but this i actually feel
like
i could wear this all night i would be
so happy i think i think this is my
favorite arty is this your favorite too
bye all right guys that's it that's
everything i'm so happy with all of
these things from zara i think if you
can find things second hand from zara
shop that option first because there's a
lot of it floating around in online
thrift stores i don't know why but so
much of the cyrus will bless you so much
of uh the zara stuff ends up donated i
have a feeling it's probably something
to do with the sizing i would say so to
try to reduce the amount of zara
clothing that's ending up in landfill
check out your local thrift stores flick
through the racks have a look for the
tsar tags if you've got online thrift
stores available to you search up zara
on those and i think you'd be really
really happy with the things that you
find so with that thank you guys so much
for watching and i'll see you tomorrow
bye
do you want the bag
oh very nice