Monday, October 17, 2022

[Lolita 52 Challenge] My Best Deal



Today's challenge is number 32, "my best deal".


To be honest, I could talk for days about my best deals, how I got a rare dress with some difficulty and solved it, or something that was inexpensive... well, I got a lot of stories, so it is hard to choose only one. Only today I could decide one to share with you, and it was the Vivienne Westwood + Melissa Rocking Horse Shoes collab.

I already had one Rocking Horse from this collab, that I bought while it was still on sale on physical Melissa stores. I got it in black, because at that specific year, I kinda gave up sweet and was more in the gothic side. I didn't see necessity of buying the other colors because my wardrobe was so tiny that I would not have anything to match these shoes. And I hated red, so that's it.

Years passed by and I really wanted a RHS in another color so bad. That's when I discover these shoes got really rare and expensive on the second hand market, and pretty much impossible to find. Lurker that I am, I searched thousands of hashtags combinations on Instagram to see if I could find any RHS for sale. Hundreds of thousands photos later, I ended up finding one, in red! The price was not the cheapest - in fact, it was retail price, but I consider it the luck of my lifetime (especially now that you can find it ten times more expensive than retail price, IF you find it). Really, a treasure.
The shoes didn't came with the original box, so a few weeks ago I decided to customize one. I want these shoes to have a decent home inside my wardrobe, one that makes them feel loved and special, because they are!

And you, what's your best deal?

8 comments:

  1. These nails😍😍😍 Your shoes are awesome too, but these nails!
    My best deal was my IW coat that I got for 170€ on Wunderwelt - I know that Wunderwelt isn’t exactly known for its great deals, but I thought it was a really good price for such a staple piece of my wardrobe🥰

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    1. Thank you! They are from a brazilian store named Chok & Berry!
      That is a very good price for a coat!

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  2. I'd like to hear about the other stories. I love stories! Once, I was in love with the JSK Infanta Strawberry kitchen. I found 2 on lace market, one was $10 expensive than the other (but the expensive one had a pretty strawberry bag as a gift). Talking with the seller, I could buy the one with the bag for the same price of the one with just the JSK. It's my favorite piece <3

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    1. Maybe someday we should schedule a meetup to talk more ^^
      That's a very good deal! I like to negotiate with sellers too!

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  3. I absolutely love learning the stories behind special pieces on other people's wardrobe <3 these RHS are gorgeous and I'm happy you got them! I really want to find them in white but currently it seems impossible...

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  4. They are so pretty! ╰(*´︶`*)╯♡. My best deal was probably one indie-brand skirt I found for around 11 USD. I wear the death out of it :D.

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    1. Thank you!!! That sounds so cool! I love it when we find something for an amazing price and wear it often!

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