Category Archives: Fashion

Black tie front espadrille wedge shoes - Debenhams shoe sale
  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 6
  • Posted: October 11, 2011
  • Category: Fashion

Shoes for less than £10 in the Debenhams sale

Debenhams has a good sale on at the moment, with up to 50 per cent off items in all departments, including shoes. I was pleased to see that there are plenty of pairs of shoes now going for £10 or … Continue reading

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vintage pearls
  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 4
  • Posted: September 28, 2011
  • Category: Fashion

1940s jewellery for a Blitz Party

One of my lovely work colleagues was off to a Blitz Party the other week, and asked if I had anything that she could borrow. She had the dress and the shoes, but not the accessories. At a Blitz Party, … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 2
  • Posted: September 21, 2011
  • Category: Fashion

Barbara Hulanicki at ASDA: new winter collection

Yes, I know this is my second ASDA post in a week, but all the discounted baby stuff keeps me going back. Yesterday I went in to pick up a Moses basket for the bargain basement price of £15 (result!) … Continue reading

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Psst! Freebies, UGG boots and upcoming competitions.

I once wrote on this blog that I rarely got any good freebies – and then realised, a couple of weeks later, what a fib that was. The truth is, I get offered some great free gifts and products for … Continue reading

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Caring for designer shoes: RESOLE, RESOLE, RESOLE!

The other day, while looking at the Daily Mail website online (while pretending that I am above such things, natch), I raised an eyebrow at a piece about Jimmy Choo shoes. The headline: These Choos are NOT made for walking: … Continue reading

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Leather Round Toe Bow Pumps - Marks & Spencer_1305233378926
  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 6
  • Posted: May 15, 2011
  • Category: Fashion

The best ballet pumps for £20

Every summer I live in ballet pumps. The problem I’ve found is that they tend to fall into two categories: expensive (by my standards) and cheap and nasty. The cheap and nasty ballet pumps come from supermarkets and discount shoe … Continue reading

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Stock up for summer weddings: 70% off at Debenhams

The Debenhams sale is full of goodies – especially if, like me, your mantelpiece is already becoming crowded with wedding invitations and save-the-date cards, Hugh Grant-style. My feathery headpiece portfolio is beginning to look a bit… knackered, so this is … Continue reading

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cath kidston provence rose purse
  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 1
  • Posted: January 10, 2011
  • Category: Fashion

Cath Kidston sale highlights: January 2011

My Cath Kidston sale review was a popular post last year, so here’s the 2011 edition. The thing with a Cath Kidston sale, in my experience, is that it’s very hit and miss. There are always some gems in there, … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 3
  • Posted: November 29, 2010
  • Category: Fashion

Duttons for Buttons: one of my favourite shops

Duttons for Buttons is a shop that sells… well, can you guess? This weekend we braved the blizzards to get to our local TK Maxx, in search of a costume for my husband’s gig next weekend (don’t ask). Anyway, while … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 0
  • Posted: November 15, 2010
  • Category: Fashion

Miss Thrifty Loves: £15 macs from Tesco!

If you’re in the market for a mac, check out the selection in Tesco. I don’t shop in Tesco very often, partly because there isn’t one near us (unusual, I know) and partly because I’m still moody about the Tesco … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 0
  • Posted: November 4, 2010
  • Category: Fashion

Balenciaga handbag for £7.99…!

Ha! I thought that would get your attention. Sadly this beautiful Balenciaga handbag (pictured) is a one-off. It’s a fabulous find by Michele Smith: a Miss Thrifty reader and bargainista extraordinaire, who posted about her lucky discovery on the Miss … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 0
  • Posted: June 17, 2010
  • Category: Fashion

Top thrifty shoe tips – and the SHOO, Jimmy Choo! winner

Miss Thrifty readers sent in some great thrifty shoe tips for the recent competition to win a copy of SHOO, Jimmy Choo! – and here are some of the best. Buying the right shoes Never, ever buy shoes that don’t … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 1
  • Posted: June 9, 2010
  • Category: Fashion

Make Do And Mend: in moving pictures!

Make Do And Mend – in old school style! Take a look at this gorgeous old Make Do And Mend cinereel from wartime. It features an exhibition held by the Board of Trade at Harrods, to show housewives just what … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 9
  • Posted: May 12, 2010
  • Category: Fashion

Cath Kidston discount code – get in quick!

Want a Cath Kidston discount code? The latest issue of Easy Living magazine comes with a code for 15 per cent off at Cath Kidston, but you don’t have to buy a copy of the magazine: just quote the code … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 2
  • Posted: April 30, 2010
  • Category: Fashion

Marissa McLeod: the loveliest prom queen

“With every girl who goes, who came to get a dress, a piece of my daughter gets to go to prom.” Before she took her own life in December 2009, Californian teenager Marissa McLeod had been collecting new and used … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 0
  • Posted: April 29, 2010
  • Category: Fashion

GAP voucher: get 30% off

Here’s a voucher for all Gap customers in the UK. Take it into any Gap, GapKids, babyGap or Gap Outlet to save 30 per cent on the clothing chain’s new collection. Sale items, cashmere items, leather items and giftcards are … Continue reading

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