Thrift Score Thursday!

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Welcome to Thrift Score Thursday! Today’s find comes from a Goodwill in Mooresville, NC!

Oh Yeah!

You’re looking at a quite gorgeous and totally flawless fur jacket. I think it’s mink. I don’t know any furriers, but I do know a hunter who has assured me it is indeed mink. 🙂

And I scored it for $20!!!

Glam, no?

PLEASE don’t think that I think killing animals purely for their pelts is okay. I don’t. But, I love the furs I own that were either left to me by relatives or that I’ve scored at thrift shops and antique malls. I appreciate their craftsmanship, style, and warmth! I feel like a curator, taking on the responsibility of caring for these properly. 🙂

And I loooove how fabulous I feel in a good fur!

Perusing January’s VOGUE while looking quite en vouge myself! 🙂

There was quite a stir when I hopped into the Piggly Wiggly to grab a bottle of vino for an all-girls movie night with pals! 🙂

Why yes…we most certainly are in the south, my friends!

Before you go out and score your own pretty pelt, make sure you check out this handy guide on telling the real from the fake. 🙂

Cheers!

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16 Responses to Thrift Score Thursday!

Very nice. I own two monk shawls. One was my mom’s. The other my grandmother’s. I also have a full length mink that is so wonderfully cozy in the cold weather! Oh, and I have one of those fox collar things, you know where you use the fox mouth to latch with the tail. That was my grandmothers as well

That should be mink shawls…

I was gonna say…Those poor monks must be cold! 😉

LOL!

very cool! I live in the bay area of California and here we have Alemeda Antique Fair.. i scored a leather beige jacket with a fur lined bottom and fur collar.. amazing! and it was from the 70′s . bought it from the original owner she took such good care of it.. and for only 30 bucks! IN love 🙂

I’m such a huge fan of the vintage fur – especially out of context – going to the supermarket et al. That mink is simply gorgeous and the STYLE of the jacket is fabulous. I always feel sad when I find a jacket that is made of gorgeous fur but is a hideous, unwearable style.

Suggestions for restyling fur???

Isn’t it amazing? I love wearing it. I’m sure this is silly, but I feel like a celebrity. 🙂 I wouldn’t want to attempt restyling fur, because it’s so valuable. I know this is a service at least some furriers offer though. 🙂

whoa what a find. I dont think i’ve ever seen any real fur in australia. I’m pretty sure its not all that common here 😀 Hope no crazies throw paint on you, do they still do that? XD

I was a little nervous. Will probably avoid art supply/hobby stores just in case! 😉

u da woman!

Unfortunately while I get your point about taking over the second hand fur to keep it meaningful and prevent the waste of disguarding it, wearing a second hand fur still sends the message that all fur is okay. The many posts where you have mentioned how hot it is where you live suggest to me that fur isn’t any kind of practical essential. I’m sorry Gillian not with you on this one. All fur carries bloodshed to me.

I love (vintage only) fur. And I know that’s not a popular thing to love. For me it’s a question of where to draw the line. I wear leather shoes, and I sometimes eat meat that was probably factory farmed. The leather and food industries are also famously cruel to animals, but I used these things. Most of us do. When I buy something used (the food analogy ends here btw), I feel like I’m separated from that. Sort of like how I’m against sweatshop labor-powered fast fashion. When I thrift, I’ll still buy pieces that I know were probably made using unethical labor and feel guilt-free because at least I’m keeping it out of a landfill.

I understand that fur is different for its conspicuous “cool factor”. I really don’t know if by looking awesome in my fur I’m encouraging women with the means to buy new furs to do so. I hope not. Whenever anyone compliments me on my furs, I tell them that they’re from a thrift shop…trying to keep them away from new furs.

It’s a tricky situation.

When I wore this fur, it was 34 degrees out, so I DID need to wear something warm, but you’re right, wearing fur was NOT a necessity.

But where do I draw the line?

I guess your recycling message is the stronger one in this blog which is good. And that way you’re encouraging people to think about it from a different perspective.

That is an AMAZING coat! I think I really need to start thrifting.

Incredible find. I, too, don’t believe real fur should be currently produced anywhere and share in your sentiment of feeling as a “curator” to the gorgeously made pieces of the past. The fur guide you posted is a fabulous resource. Look forward to the new — and upcycled — treasures you find.

Lovely mink! I have a few vintage fur pieces also. One is a curly lamb crop with mink collar but some of the pelts are starting to tear and separate. Do you know what causes this? How to prevent further damage? I am just very careful with it. Maybe just an age thing. I love when you find a vintage fur how the owners initials are monogrammed :).

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