by Hannah Klose | Apr 8, 2018 | Secondhand Stories
You’re excited when you get the invite, then mild panic sets in….what will you wear to *insert fancy event here*? If we’re being completely honest no one really wants to splash an entire paycheck on an outfit that they may only wear once and then stash in their...
by Hannah Klose | Jan 29, 2016 | Secondhand Stories
It’s always important to have a wing-woman when shopping. 88-year-old, Betty Baldock, is living proof. Over 25 years ago she took her sister-in-law to check out a dress she’d found in a boutique in Alderley. “It had a rolled collar, it had peplum, it...
by Hannah Klose | Jul 19, 2014 | Secondhand Stories
Every garment has a story. A dress worn on a first date, a pair of earrings that were a 21st birthday gift, a t-shirt worn on the best family holiday ever, a sweater that saw someone through winters in a freezing Queenslander with no insulation, a homemade floral...
by Hannah Klose | May 23, 2014 | Secondhand Stories
I love going to Nanna’s house…partly because she has great snacks, but mainly because she always has a story to tell. She could talk me under the table! Given she’s been around 80+ years she’s got some great advice up her sleeve too. The latest...
by Hannah Klose | Mar 31, 2014 | Secondhand Stories
With fuchsia pink highlights in her hair it’s hard to believe Jennine Fanning is a great grandmother aka ‘Nan’! At 74 years of age she scrubs up well in a gold ensemble, which has lived in her wardrobe for the past 17 years. “I bought it up at Cassels in Toowoomba in...
by Hannah Klose | Mar 20, 2014 | Secondhand Stories
To the untrained eye it looks like just another hawaiian shirt, but to Shirley, this blouse represents a dream 60 years in the making. She always wanted to go to New Zealand and started saving at 16 years of age, but you know what they say, life’s what happens while...
