Now anyone who’s been on holiday with me before (or observed me in New York) knows that I regularly will disappear for a bit of shopping. It’s always interesting to see what the retail offerings they have abroad and I was most excited to see how Berlin might have changed since my last visit seven years ago. So Feminine got in touch with me about a blogger challenge and donated a much appreciated £50 to the cause to find the ultimate fashion bargain. Even though time was limited, I’d decided that the sole Weekday store was a must-visit but also heard about the Humana chain of charity shops thanks to a tweet from Melanie. I managed to visit two different branches, the first at Alexanderplatz was a sprawling single level affair in contrast to the overwhelming four storeys at the Frankfurter Tor location. I was pleasantly surprised with the selection and pricing of the items, with only a few items seeming rather steep (at first I kept confusing Euros with dollars) at over the €20 mark. My visits to Weekday were overwhelming as I had such high expectations and wasn’t quite sure where to start (most of the store was in sale) so I decided to just get a few basics. I was more drawn to their Autumnal bits and pieces like sweatshirts and wine coloured jeans but the heatwave threw me off somewhat, so I’ll wait until their Selfridges concession opens (well Cheap Monday at least). I’ve decided to count only the vintage items as part of the challenge as they were under £50 in total, so any thing with a ‘€’ counts!
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Oooo there's so much swag (in both senses of the word ahaha) here! You've been very successful with your purchases. I particularly adore the daisy print dress, the AA-looking lace top (was convinced it was AA – lucky you for finding a cheap look-a-like) and the cranberry skirt. Styled really nicely; looks like you're going to have a relaxed summer in the wardrobe department 🙂 xxx
The sunflower and lemon dress looks so gorgeous and striking on you, very nice indeed! x
Love the outfits you got! x
What a fantastic shopping spree! Love the first dress – gorgeous length and print!
Wow, you got some great bargains. Particularly love the navy dress with the white flours! Looks gorgeous.
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Loving literally every one of those outfits especially the yellow, floral dress! Beautiful.
Awesome outfits – I especially like the two lace tops.
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Love the red skirt – just my kind of thing! So excited to get around to seeing you soon!
The sunflower dress and the cardigan are my favourites, and can be warn together during chillier (have i spelt that right? Probs not) days.
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Your have some lovely purchases here! And I'm exactly the same with wandering off to go shopping…actually I wander off quite a lot for walks etc Its fun to just have a mosey round on your own sometimes 🙂
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I love your outfits! Stunning. The Sunflower dress is just beautiful on you.
I'm very jealous of the Humana shift dress too!
Perfect with the sandals!
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Good work! Particularly like the pleated skirts. Love how hilariously vague the So Feminine things seems to have been – have seen a bunch of bloggers post and they have very little in common! Nice treat though.
I love every single one of those looks, in particular the yellow floral dress. I think it is the perfect length for you and you have reminded me how much I need brown brogues…I only have black or white and that will just not do!!
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I love that floral maxi! Such a sweet print, looks great!
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I love the second and last outfit posts, they look amazing! I was actually lucky enough to find a pair of hasbeens in the sale recently (in black but I prefer your brown ones) and this has given me inspiration on how I should wear them
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Brilliant finds; you really put the money to good use, I love each one. Lovely look adding that collar to the mix in the last photograph too, looks great! x
need to get to berlin, Humana looks amazing!
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These all look great! Love the sunflower maxi/tan shoes combo especially though xx
i love the sunflower long dress
Ohhhh the Humana shops are awesome. The best one I have found is in Wedding. It's massive and waaaaay cheaper than the others. I found an amazing camel leather crop top in there a couple of weeks ago!
Sounds awful but trust me, it's hotness 🙂
You bought some amazing bits! How the hell did you carry it all back on the plane?
God, I miss Berlin already…. think I might go back for my bday at the end of this month!
Wunderbar!!
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Beautiful blog! I'm very jealous of your shopping trip in Berlin, it looks like you found some really wonderful things, that cardigan from Humana in particular is gorgeous <3