However, over the years I have become lazy when it come to scouring through one of these Op-Shop gems, partly because I start sneezing like crazy, and partly because I look at clothes and shoes for a living all day every day. My sister M is a gun Op-Shopper though, so I always go with her. She can spot a never before worn Ann Demulemeester dress in a pile of junk as high as a Snoop Dogg.
She took me to her 'secret' place in Sydney's Inner West. What a crazy place...piles of stuff everywhere, resembling a cross between a mountain range (in size and height) and a teenager's bedroom (in mess and smell). Still in shock, I realised I was standing next to a massive crate of handbags. I started poking around in there, without much gusto I admit, I didn't want to fall in! Then I spotted something that caught my eye...could it really be something in the EPI leather I love so much from Louis Vuitton?
OK listen....Ever since I worked at a fancy pants Furniture Showroom (about 10 years ago) and my boss had a Saffron Yellow EPI leather "Noe" Bag from Louis Vuitton, I'd always dreamed of getting one. I think I even asked her is I could have hers when she died. So imagine how I felt when I realised that what I had just pulled out of that industrial sized crate of bags was a real genuine black large Epi Noe LV bag. OMG.
And the best part? Well, you wont believe me but it's true. It only cost me $3. That's right, I got enough change from a fiver to go get a coffee.
That is my best ever Op-Shop story. I'm pretty sure it doesn't get better than that. If you have a better one, I want to hear it.
Posts
2 comments:
one thing i've foung time and time again- if you roolly roooooolly want it, you will find it at the op shop... eventually... and when you do? that feeling!!!... awesome...
Ok then...I roolly rooolly want an LV "Speedy"in the new purple Epi leather...can you find meone at the Op-Shop please?
Post a Comment