Today's foray around the high street charity shops resulted in a couple of rather nice accessories. As I get older I find myself becoming more and more like my Mum - especially with regards to a nice handbag. Mum dearly loves a nice bag and has quite a collection of them these days. Me, I don't have so many, but I'm gradually amassing a few via boot sales and charity shops.
This little beauty really caught my eye this morning, it's wonderfully soft leather and muted green colour shone out from amongst the usual jumble of cheap, plastic tat on the handbag rail. It just seemed to ooze quality right down to the heavy brass bobble that it closes with.
When I got it home I discovered that Bottega Veneta is quite a covetable brand (personally, I'd never heard of them, but some of their bags sell for humungous amounts on eBay.) Mine has got a couple of marks on the front but I'm going to give it a good rub with some leather polish and see if I can get them to fade a bit.
In the same charity shop I found a lovely cotton summer scarf from Lands' End - and if ever a summer warrented wearing a scarf, this one does! I've certainly heard of that company but, again, had no idea their scarves could be so expensive. So that was another nice bargain find.
Finally, the Coffee and Jumble yielded three vintage chiffon headscarves for the princely sum of 5p each. I haven't come across a chiffon scarf in many a long year - I remember my Mum wearing them in the late 1960's. These ones are destined for eBay.
Blimey if that's real Bottega Venata it'll be worth a pretty penny! Amazing find.
Posted by: Lakota [Faith hope and Charity Shopping] | 06/11/2012 at 10:32 PM
Bottega Veneta handbags? Oooh, Lordy, they are nearly up there with the Hermès of this world. They do lovely woven leather bags as well. What a fabulous find, Elizabeth - well done!
Posted by: Caroline | 06/12/2012 at 10:07 AM
Bottega Veneta are top dollar, well done on such fab finds. xx
Posted by: fiona | 06/12/2012 at 07:45 PM