Well this theme is a fun one! I look forward to seeing what the other ladies come up with. Me? I really wish my perfectly coloured peach blazer didn’t cost me almost $100 so I could be wearing it with this outfit too. Haha. But what I can I do. Rules are rules so here I am without the blazer in an outfit that cost me a grand total of $50. Challenge accepted and met my friends.
I’ve been considering the costs of my outfits lately so this theme really is perfect. Not just the monetary cost, the cost of producing it, the labour used and whether that person is being fairly compensated and is safe. I’ve also been reworking the Budget Fashionista series which is being turned into a workbook {due out soon!}. What we spend on fashion is an individual thing.
We all have different levels we are comfortable spending of clothes, we might be at the start or at the end of our wardrobe journey. My wardrobe is jam packed so I don’t really need to add to it that often. For ages it wasn’t that way but I didn’t really WANT to buy anything. Some ladies op shop, clothes swap or share and some scour the sales.
Whatever it is, $50 means something different to each of us. That’s why this is going to be so much fun!
Here’s some tips I shared on reusing and recycling the clothes you have to expand your wardrobe.
Dress – Forever 21 + $20 {secondhand} Necklace – Diva $5 Shoes – Torrid $25 {secondhand} 
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Love love love this outfit Melissa 🙂
Thank you Wendy!
At the moment, I don’t have a lot of money to spend on fashion, so a $50 outfit is pretty standard for me! Love the colours in the dress by the way 🙂
Thank you Amy. It’s the way it goes sometimes and it’s absolutely possible.
I love that Dress its gorgeous and so are you 🙂
Thank you Lisa. As soon as I saw it on Liv’s for sale pile I knew I had to have it.
I love that dress!! great outfit!!
Thanks L-A!
I LOVE this dress!!! Such a beautiful summer outfit 🙂
And bring on Summer I say! Thanks Sarah.
Love these colours on you!
Thank you Rachel.
Gah! This is perfect! Nailed it! Love, love, love this!
Thank you muchly Ms Sophie. x
LOVE this! Blue and orangey peach are awesome together and I’m always a sucker for a stripey pattern cut on the bias. Love this dress and your necklace it fabulous too. 🙂
Thank you Alison. Anything stripey and it just sucks me right in.
Lovely dress! Even without the blazer, ha
Haha. Thanks Gi!
such a cute outfit and so well colour coordinated – you rocked this challenge!
I love a bit of matchy matchy goodness! Thanks Katie.
Argh!! I need orange heels so bad- those are killer gorgeous! You are totally rocking this dress, I love this whole outfit! It needed you! xx
They really are amazing. I find the 11 a little loose around the slingback part. Thank you hun, I’m happy to be the new owner!
Stripes look freaking amazing on you! Loving the orange too, its not an easy colour to wear but it looks fab on you!
Well thank you muchly Ms Ashley Rose. And you’re so right about orange it’s tricky and with any other hair colour I don’t pull it off either.
You look smashing, even without the blazer LOL. Love, love the necklace the mostest.
Thanks Kylee! This necklace has served me well.