#ThriftNTell w/ @Lipstickxlabelz
Are you ballin’ on a budget? Tired of spending an excessive amount of money on clothes? Do you try to find unique pieces that nobody else has? THRIFT! The wave of thrifting has always been a way for fashion lovers to express themselves for the low low.
I recently got a chance to interview the thrift queen herself, @Lipstickxlabelz, who has created a huge movement on her social platforms called #ThriftNTell. She’s a die hard thrifter and a perfect example to show her followers how to shop on a dime and still be stylish! & you don’t have to spend a bag to serve looks!
What inspired you to start it?
Lipstickxlabelz: ”I started the hashtag #ThriftNtell because I was becoming bored with fashion and what ppl considered it to be. It seemed as if style meant that you had to have on labelz & if you didn’t then... you weren’t in “style”. I actually started thrifting in high school then stopped for a while but got re-inspired to start back 4 years ago when I kept coming across the most unique pieces that I knew i wouldn’t be able to find in a store, & if I did it would be $500 with a label attached to it! So basically it’s a spinoff from looksnLabelz which I plan to just turn into thrift N tell — it’s gets the people going!! Lol”
Army Look
Reconstructed
Top: $7.99
Bottoms: $4.99
Did you expect the amount of supporters to join?
Lipstickxlabelz: “Actually, YES! Lol I knew people would find this exciting! I knew it could easily get a buzz & it was affordable for all ppl. It attracts almost everyone—the rich, the middle class, and the “poor”. Being that most things in the thrift store needs to be tweaked a little, it also FORCES you to be creative— I’M ALL FOR TRIGGERING SOME CREATIVITY & I also knew ppl love to look different. Everyone has on the same similar type clothes!”
How often do you thrift?
Lipstickxlabelz: “Lately ppl have been paying me to thrift for them so i would say 5 times a week lol! I actually find it therapeutic— i come up with a lot of content ideas in the thrift store. Even the old songs you hear in the thrift store are inspiring — a lot of Motown is played at goodwill — I LOVE IT!”
Beyonce Inspired
Top: .99 cents
Bottoms: .99 cents
Bag: $4.99
“Everyone is not a leader. Some like to be shown the way so the main message I wanted to get across to the younger crowd is that the fashions fade, but the style is eternal. You don’t gotta go broke to be POPPIN. You never gotta keep up with the Joneses to make a statement. I wear a few labelz myself but it doesn’t MAKE my outfit, It just enhances it a little. I want being fly on a budget to be trending... fashion repeats itself so why can’t we we recycle clothes too!”