Investment pieces
By Gabriela Cambero
Every girl needs a couple of quality pieces she’ll wear all the time. Designer names are usually synonym with durability, however, these rarely come in cheap at their namesake boutiques. But don’t worry; there are other ways to get the brand.
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dmit it, you want the designer bag or coat as much as the next girl. But face it; you don’t have an extra couple thousand pounds lying around, waiting for you to go and spend them in a designer boutique. There’s another way to get designer goods at up to 70% of the original retail price and, no, it’s not illegal, it’s buying pre-owned clothes. Think of it as pet adoption, but instead of a rescued puppy, you rescue a purse from fash-
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Like their motto says, Chic&Seek is a company dedicated to find new owners to preloved garnments. Although they’re based online, they occasionally have pop-up boutiques in the city. For more go to: www.chicandseek.com @TheChicSeeker 8 CHEAP magazine December 2012
You can’t go wrong with this classic coat.