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Vintage shopping gods have again been good for me this week with some wonderful pure wool skirts from the seventies. I finally found the tartan skirt which I needed

for my upcycled handbag..the one in the Japanese craft magazine you may remember I found in Kinokiniya a few months ago?

Well now I am going to make it into a tote bag after I found the gorgeous suede handbag above this week. Can you believe it is also Japanese? It is by Tokio Yoshikawa. I can’t find out much about the brand but some of the bags are going on ebay for between ninety and four hundred dollars. The inside of this bag is delightful, its pure cotton and a little like a William Morris print in dark patterned beige/gold.

Earlier this week I found another stunning skirt

which should also work well in a tote bag. The necklace set I bought [from a trader who was going out of business] for an unbelievable five dollars…could not make it for that price!

So this week I have really had a lot of fun vintage shopping and was able to donate a few large bags of clothes which are too big for me now so it was all good..as they say!

The  tartan skirt was eight dollars

The handbag was also eight dollars

The turquoise tweed skirt was five dollars!!