The Rag Factory + East End Thrift Store HAUL! (and my other vintage possessions)

Finally, I'm here to talk about my (not so) recent vintage hall at The Rag Factory and East End Thrift Store!

I'm sure me and Marisa did this trip on the 11th February, so it's still recent enough to blog about I think :)

I remember it being a glorious day which made the trek to the East End a bit better, especially with my headache.

First stop was The Rag Factory, based on Henneage Street just off Brick Lane. It's actually quite dramatically tucked away into the 'backstreets', to such an extent that you literally will not be able to see it if you didn't walk past it. We actually walked passed it and did not even see it haha.

But it's a treasure of a place, I was experiencing an 'Open Sesame' scenario. Kicking myself for not taking a picture of the entrance because I was too busy rushing in to the goods inside. That day they were holding a Kilo Sale where everyone was given a massive (when I say massive, I mean HUGE) plastic sack to go around the racks of clothes and, quite literally, stuff kilos of clothes into the sack. To give you an idea, if you held the bag upright, it would easily surpass my height.

The place was stocked with amazing items, all of vintage quality (I checked the labels), so it's definitely classic vintage, and not just someone's old clothes from the last decade. There were shoes and bags in a separate room as well, to my despair actually because I already had a lot more than two three kilo before I discovered that room. In the end I still managed to get a pair though, which is totally my baby now and I wear it everyday.

We came quite early, so I had a good rummage through everything before they was flying off the racks (they were literally disappearing like lightning; I suppose it's because no one had to check the price because everything was untagged - you just had to stuff your sack). Each kilo was worth £10 and every kilo above that was £10 extra. A overheard a girl with her friend trying to stuff 15 kilos (that's £150!!!!) of clothes. I sincerely hope she made a wrong calculation...

After looking through eeeeeverything, we located to the upstairs lobby which was conveniently changed into a dressing room. They had to place a guard there since girls were just throwing off their clothes and flashing their underwear without giving a crap, which I thought was quite funny. There was no time for pictures then, so I can't show you the huge sack of clothes I got, but I can show you some of the things I did buy :)

Afterwards we stormed off to the East End Thrift Store not far off. Again, this ginormous place was so tucked away (this time in a very very narrow alley way) you'd think that it wouldn't get any business. But when we entered it was a huge warehouse place full to the brim of the finest vintage clothes I've ever seen. I don't know why this place gets lots reviews less favorable than Beyond Retro (which I love as well), because to me it was just as, if not more, readily stocked with all styles of vintage.

The sale this time was 'stuff a bag', where there were 2 bag sizes, the smaller costing £10 and the bigger £20. To be honest I was quite disappointed because a lot of the stuff were old clothes and not vintage enough to be classified under that word. Maybe it was because I came way to late to catch the best of the sale.

But I managed to get a few things including a denim jacket which I absolutely ADORE. Stuffed everything into the £10 bag, the belts were practically bursting out of it!

Here are some pictures of the clothes I bought. I also included some other vintage items I bought not too long before. On average I think each piece is probably below £5 (I'm a cheapskate :D)

Cropped denim top: Beyond Retro
Cropped acrylic top: The Rag Factory
Striped shirt: Beyond Retro

 I love this collar

 Picture didn't come out very well, but the pink is a very nommy and bubblegum-y one :)

Pink Floyd t-shirt: can't remember, probably TopShop though..
Grey t-shirt: The Rag Factory
Striped jumper: Rokit

Gypsy print jacket: Rokit
Black woolly jumper: East End Thrift Store

Nom

Denim jacket: East End Thrift Store
Beige overcoat: The Rag Factory

These are all men's stuff I believe..
Shirt: The Rag Factory
Both checkered shirts: East End Thrift Store

Jumper: The Rag Factory
Red and grey shirt: Rokit
V-necked jumper: The Rag Factory

I bought black velvet maxi skirt from Joseph (seen in my profile picture now). It just goes so well with the white jumper!!

Shoeeeesss: The Rag Factory

I love old, sturdy shoes that look like they've been through history.

Amazing bag that I now use for uni: Spitalfields Vintage Fair (it came without a strap, so I used a belt haha.. but I want to get a properly restrapped to a black leather one..)

That's all folks! I have YET to do a Japan haul post and upload those damned Japan pictures that I have no time for! xxx