- This is fun.
- Boy that looks see-through.
- Looks a little Victorian.
- Not sure how I feel about that.
- Am I being too adventurous?
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- Hello I'm Chloe.
- Hello, I'm Becky.
- So how do you feel about thrifting?
- You've got things you'd never normally pick out
or necessarily find and it's always different
every time you go in.
- Did you know, there are online thrift stores?
- No.
- So there are consignment stores online.
Basically, it's the same thing,
they're gently used second hand clothes for a cheaper price.
So, what I thought we could do in this vid
is I can try and find an outfit on an online thrift store
and you can do it in a real life thrift store
and we can compare and see what it's like,
see who gets the cheaper bargain.
So, what kind of outfit do you think we should try and get?
- I mean, something everyone enjoys, which is brunch.
- Alright, so let's do a few items.
So, I think we could do a dress or a romper,
we should do shoes, and we should do
some kind of cardigan or jacket.
- Beautiful. - Oh my god.
- Oh my word. - Amazing.
And I think, the budget, we should keep it under $100.
- For the the three items?
- Yeah, three items under $100.
So once we've got our items,
I think we should bring them back here, see who did it best.
- Do a deep dive analysis.
- Yeah, without any further ado I think it's time to go shop
- I do to.
- So here at Buffalo Exchange, I hope to find some bargains.
I mean, there seems to be a lot of stuff around here
so I think it's going to go pretty well.
- Alright, let's get going with the online part,
I'm on ThredUp right now.
This seems quite overwhelming
because I've never been on this site before
and it's just a lot.
- Ooh aah navigation, oo dresses.
- I think I'm going to start with the main deal,
which would be dress and or romper.
I prefer rompers, so I do really want to find a romper
but, the problem with them,
I don't like them really, really short at my butt
so I need to know that they are slightly longer legged
and you can't usually tell that
until you have them on your body.
- Oo that's a romper, I think?
That's getting on my arm.
- Okay, this is kind of cool, you can put in your sizes,
thrift stores only usually have one of everything,
so that I don't need to see something
that I fall in love with
and realize that it's in the wrong size.
- This is fun, looks a little Victorian.
Am I being too adventurous?
- Oo this one's cool.
Oh, this fabric is too thin,
you can tell it's just going to be all like "plplpl".
- This is interesting.
I don't know what it is, but I want to try it on.
- That's fancy, too fancy for me.
At least it would cover up the fact
that it might be really short on my butt.
- Oh my god, now that is different.
- I wish I could see it on a person.
Oh, it's got a two in brackets, mm mm.
- I kind of like that, but it's a kind of suede,
which I think for LA is a little thick.
On the arm it goes.
- Size four, I don't know if it's going to fit me somehow.
Luckily I know Topshelf runs small.
- This is brighter than I'd usually go for.
I usually like more earthy tones,
maybe I'll go out of my comfort zone.
- Wait, that looks see-through,
I'm not sure how I feel about that.
- Got my dresses, then I'll work my way up to jacket,
once I've narrowed these down.
So, let's head to the dressing room.
- Okay I've refound this Peach Love Cream California romper.
It might be a bit big for me
because sometimes random brands mediums are pretty big.
$30, it's unique, I haven't seen a lot of things like this.
I'm going to add it to the cart,
it's going to happen, I can't spend all day on this.
- Okay, I like 90% of things about this
except it's doing a weird bunching up here.
Next.
- Now, I want some shoes to go with it.
I kind of just want to go straight in and do wedges
because I think that's good for a brunch.
- I like it, it's very small.
It's so interesting, I've never seen anything like it.
I think this is a high contender.
- This, $77, good.
Oh, maybe I should do it by price.
- I like it, but, like I said, it is a little thick.
Feels more businessy than brunch, I don't know.
- I think I'm just going to write tan wedges,
let's just be really specific.
- Dammit, I like both the things.
It feels like a boat.
I think this is the one,
and so now I have to dress it with a jacket.
- Oh they're nice, they're too light.
Too light, I don't think this company knows what tan is.
To me, tan is like, pretty dark.
- I don't know if that goes, it doesn't go.
- I really like them but they're so high.
- Oh my god, this jacket is everything in the world,
literally, look at all the animals.
- That's it, ****.
- Just to try and not just try denim on,
this is also colorful, it might be the wrong color,
but I'm gonna try it, this is a backup denim
if I can't find anything else.
- I will say that the range they have
of clothes and shoes here is insane.
Yeah, they're quite cute, would they go?
- I've got a very big 80's shoulder vibe going on here,
but there's something about it that I like.
- Hmm, these are kind of cool, hiding up your leg I assume.
- I kind of like this, but I don't think the colors go,
plus there's this huge bow in the back.
- I get 20% off with the code new,
wow, the estimated retail is $149, not bad.
- I think this might be my only option,
because you can't really expect
to get everything at one store, shoes.
- Now I want a jacket, or a cardigan,
I don't love cardigans, so, I'm probably just going to go
traight to get in a denim jacket.
I could get a leather jacket,
I don't think I could afford a leather jacket.
- So here comes Mrs. Clownfoot,
ready to dress her giant fins.
- These are all not quite normal denim jackets.
Recently discounted? I don't want it sorted by that.
That's the problem, let's do newest first
because maybe the coolest ones will be newest.
- Do I like these?
Okay, that's an option, let's grab them.
- I like this one, it has something on it,
that's not going to work with my dress.
- That could work, I mean,
this is a very perfect color for this.
- (Chloe) This denim jackets, has like, lines all over it,
I can't tell if it's corduroy?
- I've just put the heels on
and there's just no competition,
they could not be more perfect.
They're just so interesting and chunky
and they go perfectly with my orange.
This is an excellent outfit.
- I like how light it is, because it will go
with the whole light color of the romper.
Add to cart, alright, I think I have everything.
- Excellent news, I just figured out the price is,
added together without tax, is $60.50,
which is way below 100 I should go buy a very expensive hat.
- So I've got 5.40 off because of that promo code,
so 84.89, wait, I don't have free shipping,
and $5.43 away from free shipping.
- Now I just have to wait to see
what Chloe's got in the mail and then we'll try it all on
and have a little fashion show, seeing who's the best.
- I'm still under $100, so I am happy about that,
it's just a shame about the shipping,
but, I'm excited to see everything when it gets here.
Alright, so the thriftup stuff has come in,
this looks way whiter in real life,
it was like cream on the website.
Oh, you can smell a bit weird.
It's really cute, but I do think it's a bit big.
Oo, this is not denim, but I do quite like it.
Oh these are cool, again different color than on the website
these look darker in real life.
- Alright. - Yeah.
- What did we get?
- Did you complete your tasks?
- Yes I think it was very good value for the money actually.
- Good, mine wasn't the best honestly.
Total for this was 84.89,
so I was like $15 away from 100 still.
- I spent 66.25. - Winner, winner.
What'd you get?
- I got this really cute romper,
this cute denim jacket to cover It.
- Oh it's a little cropped.
- Oh my god, I couldn't believe how well these shoes go.
So yeah, I'm actually quite impressed.
- So I got wedges, which is what I was after,
I got this jacket, I'm still not sure if it's denim or not,
because it has stripes all down it.
- Wait that's such a mind F.
- And I think it goes quite well with this,
which is the romper, it's like a romper with a train.
Obviously I haven't tried mine on,
so I don't know how they fit.
So, I think it might be time to try these bad boys on.
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I'm so sad, mine didn't fit very well.
- No.
- Yeah, the romper was just too big,
it wasn't horrible, but it definitely was more baggy
than I wanted it to be and made me look
a little more matronly than I'm used to.
- That's the thing, thrift stores all different brands
and if you're used to a brand,
you can kind of guess your online size, but that's tricky.
- I think it's pretty obvious that you won
because, not only did it all fit you,
it was also a lot cheaper than mine.
So, well done, congratulations - Thank you.
Should we go to brunch and we'll just pin yours a little bit
- Alright, what do you guys think of thrifting?
Have you ever tried online thrifting?
If so, what do you think?
- Bye - Bye
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