Last Wednesday I attended an awesome swap event hosted by The Bloggers’ Collective. It was totally fate that I was clearing out my closet when I saw the post about it on I Have a Degree in This. I took fun things like my old Burberry sunglasses and DKNY scarf that have been on my swap page forever, as well as an American Apparel skirt that apparently was in high demand (sorry Nnenna, but you know I’ll just be giving things to you when there’s no swap to go to).
I got to connect with old friends (um, and by old I mean about six months?) and made new ones.
Nnenna and Naina, who blogs at Sidewalk Catwalks.
Christina (The Happy Shopaholic) and Nnenna.
I actually wore this shirt and skirt the first time I met Nnenna. Added a belt, which is something I haven’t done before. I’m wearing my J.Crew leopard perfect shirt, Gap leather skirt, Forever 21 belt, and trusty Stuart Weitzman Forsure pumps. I took my Merona faux-ostrich tote again, which is now available online. I can’t recommend this tote any more though, because the handles are already pulling off of it after only about a month.
Nnenna wore something awesome! I took her photos (and she took mine, I always forget to tell you but I think you already know), so you should go see.
That’s it for photos. I didn’t even get one with Jamillah– too busy socializing! If you’re looking for further reading, Kimberlee’s post about the swap was up in a much more timely manner than mine, and Nnenna’s went up today.
Jealous! I would have loved to go to that!
So sorry to hear about your bag! I remember getting that tweet from you about it, and my heart sank because it was such a cute bag. May it rest in peace.
Looks like it was alot of fun! Lovely photos here and on Nnenna’s site! That shirt looks really versatile, too.
how fun
brett
Glad you had such a fun time. Love this look and the photos from the event.
can I please please please be IRL friends with you and Nnenna? I wanna go to all these fabulous things!
I hope you come to New York one day! I want to be IRL friends, too. But be warned, all Nnenna and I do is eat dumplings or pho, shop, and take photos of each other :)
Looks like so much fun and so trendy to swap and stay on budget!
Wow! a NY fashion swap. How fun. What did you get?
I got a lot of great beauty products, a vintage Oscar de la Renta shirt (I’ll be swapping it because it’s too big for me), and a red dress I might give to Nnenna because I think it would look better on her. I love swaps but realize I might not be leaving with many clothes– a lot of bloggers here are sample size and I’m not.
I so need to go to a swap – I literally have bags of stuff I took out of the closet but don’t want to deal with trying to consign and are getting zero attention on my blog shop.
Your night photos just keep getting better, and that top and skirt is an excellent combination.
I want to swap stuff too!
Maybe you can host your own event? Or just invite some friends over to dig through. I tend to to give things to Nnenna that I think she’ll wear.
Thankfully there’s a lot of light in New York all the time, otherwise these would never come out. Now to work on my indoor photos! Need to get a grey card in the worst way.
hehe thanks for the post :) Glad you had fun!
P.S. I always feel guilty not putting up a post the day after event so don’t feel stressed by my weirdness :x
No, it’s not weird… that’s what you’re supposed to do! But it doesn’t always work out with my editorial and real-life calendars, haha.