First off, My class and I went vintage shopping because we were competing in a group challenge. The challenge was for each group member to find an article of clothing that could not exceed the total cost of $60.00. After each group finds their clothing, they then have to create a scene and a theme using the materials that they purchased.
We had to create a blue print so we could know where we were going. My group traveled from Ossington Avenue to Queen and Spadina for three hours...Three hours! Looking for a costume or a prop that will fit our characters. When my group got to Ossington Ave. the vintage stores were not open as yet; therefore, we decided to have our brunch first. While we were looking for a place to brunch, we looked for stores that sold vintage clothing. One thing that I dislike about vintage stores is that their clothes do not smell pleasant.To be honest, I actually had a hard time staying in the stores. But I have to say.... vintage stores sell very cheap clothes!
When the vintage stores finally opened, we went crazy! We started looking back and forth asking people questions so that we could have a successful time looking for what we needed.
Unfortunetly, we were unable to find what we needed in the first four stores. Until we were directed to walk a half an hour to a cheap vintage store called "Black Market". It was hectic! One of my group members was nearly a kilometre away.
Man were we happy! And the best part was, nearly everything was $10.... We all screamed Hallelujah! We were shopping like crazy! We were trying on all these clothes, and helping one another with our costumes. We were so happy that we got selfish to the point where we didn't want to share 'Black Market' with any of our classmates, we were willing to send them to the wrong store if we had to (Well actually it wasn't my groups idea, it was mine...Lol!). At the end of the day, we were successful for finding our costumes, and having each of them cost $10 plus tax, but we bargained and the price came up to be $56.00 instead of $60.00.
Despite the negative stuff I said, Vintage Shopping was and is an excellent experience to enjoy. I recommend anyone who have problems shopping for great clothes to vintage shop whenever you have the time...Vintage shopping is for everyone to enjoy!
Thank You....And God Bless!
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