Solitary Consignment & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #84
I have been having so much fun these past few weekends visiting some local boutiques in my town and playing dress up! Last week, I took you all on a trip through Strut Boutique in downtown Watertown and that post seemed to be received with a lot of enthusiasm. So this past weekend, I popped into a little gem of a shop just a few blocks down from Strut Boutique. Located right in the heart of Watertown’s Public Square is the cutest second-hand shop, Solitary Consignment. Solitary Consignment specializes in second-hand items that range from fast fashion pieces to high end luxury designer brands like Louis Vuitton, Coach, Dooney and Bourke, and Frye Boots. Over the past few years, I have scored some pretty amazing pieces for super low prices from Solitary Consignment.
On Saturday, I met up with Solitary Consignment owner, Denise McLane, for a two hour long dress up session! Denise is vibrant and energetic with a passion for those beautiful luxury brands named above. She has a keen eye for fashion and styling outfits. As a result, we were on fire putting together complete outfits in her shop! Every outfit I styled in these photos is head to toe from her shop, including all of the sunglasses, showing that you can outfit yourself completely in second hand pieces and be absolutely on trend and totally fantastic!
If you are local to the Watertown, New York area, be sure to visit Denise for your styling needs and Laura for all of your insurance needs. Both of these amazing women will take great care of you. And if you are cleaning out your closets for the Fall season, why not make some extra cash by selling your lightly used pieces on consignment. Not only is it a great way to support our environment, but you are also supporting a locally female owned business! Just contact Denise to schedule an appointment to find out consignment works.
Okay, now all the business stuff is out of the way, let’s get on with these outfits! You will notice in the photos that many of the pieces still have the original tags on them. But damn it if I didn’t make notes of all the brands I was wearing. I could kick myself! I will list the brands in the photo captions for the ones I remember. If you are super interested in a piece and I don’t have it listed, just ask in the comments and I will get in touch with Denise for the answer!
Mini Dot Shorts with Bold Floral Blouse
Denim Bermuda Shorts with Harley Davidson Tank Top and Jacket
Green Dress with Denim Jacket
Leopard Tank Top, Boyfriend Jeans, and Cobalt Blue Blazer
Printed Kimono Jacket and Skinny Jeans
One great way to spread kindness in your own community is to support all those local small businesses in town. In supporting local small business, you are also supporting someone’s dream! So get outside, get downtown, and go shopping! You will be surprised by all the wonderful things you find in those quaint little neighborhood boutiques!
Do you shop second-hand? I do love a good resale shop but some of the thrift stores have an odor that I cannot tolerate. Consignment shops seem to be the way to go if you are sensitive to the smells that come with thrifting!
And now your favorite posts from last week.
Marianna of The Sweetest Clementine shared her Casual Style featuring the cutest striped flutter sleeve tee and denim shorts. My summer outfit formula has resembled Marianna’s easy look for the past few weeks. And since we still have a lot of warm weather ahead of us, it is nice to see summer outfit inspiration still going strong.
Emma of Style Splash captured my heart in her gorgeous Black and White Polka Dot Dress with Red Accessories. I am always a sucker for a pretty polka dot frock especially in black and white with dollops of deep red. Well done, Emma!
And finally, the fabulously funny Mitch of Gay NYC Dad with his post, Addicted to the Internet Memes! #StolenFromTheInternet.
I don’t even remember when I first discovered Mitch’s blog…it was probably about 2 years ago now and I visit it weekly. If you are not familiar with him, you must hop on over and check out his posts. If he doesn’t have me in stitches laughing or turn me into a puddle of emotional mom tears, he at least leaves me with a big huge feel good happy smile on my face. Seriously, go check him out!
Keeping it on the edge,
Shelbee
Linking up with these Fabulous Link Ups.
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I am a midlife woman, wife, and stay-at-home mother of 2 boys and 2 cats. I have a passion for helping other women feel fabulous in the midst of this crazy, beautiful life.
72 Comments
Maria | passion fruit, paws and peonies
Shelbee – you look fantastic in these outfits. I have been scrolling up and down trying to decide my favourite, maybe the one with the gold bag, but I just can’t decide. I would love to pop into this boutique if I were ever nearby xx
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Thanks so much, Maria! The blue and gold outfit was the first one I styled and I loved it so much! I didn’t think I could top it, but once we got going, they just kept getting better. There were so many gorgeous things!
xoxo
Shelbee
Cathy Lawdanski
I love all your looks! Really – every single one. Great job styling!
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Thanks so much, Cathy! It was super fun. I could seriously play dress up all day long!
xoxo
Shelbee
Kellyann Rohr
Shelbee, each outfit is outstanding! Denise styled you so well and it’s hard to believe those clothes are all consignment! Can’t wait to see what else you do with those jeans. If I was you I would have had a hard time leaving all those great clothes behind! What a fun couple of hours! I want to go visit Solitary Consignment!
xo,
Kellyann
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Thanks so much, Kellyann! We had so much fun putting these outfits together. We even had other customers jumping in to help us accessorize. She has some really amazing pieces there. I actually need to do a major closet clean out and get some of my things down there to sell. They don’t seem to be moving too well on Poshmark so consignment may be the way to go for me.
xoxo
Shelbee
Laurie
I’m enjoying reading about your shopping trips Shelbee xx
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Thank you, Laurie! I am having fun sharing them!
xoxo
Shelbee
Tamar A Strauss-Benjamin
Love the shop name!!
The blue and gold outfit is so cute!
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Thanks so much, Tamar! I always loved the name of this shop, too! So fun.
xoxo
Shelbee
Kathrine Eldridge
I would kill to shop at this consignment shop. They have such amazing items! Love this patchwork denim look! Thanks for sharing and for the link up Shelbee.
https://www.kathrineeldridge.com
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Thanks so much, Kathrine! Denise really does have some amazing pieces in her shop. She is pretty selective about what she will take so you know you are getting a variety of great quality on trend pieces to choose from.
xoxo
Shelbee
Laurie
Love the name of the consignment shop. Perfect! I used to be a school teacher and was always amazed at the number of kids who shopped consignment and thrift stores. They are a perfect place to find good clothing at very reasonable prices. I think I liked the kimono jacket with the skinny jeans outfit best.
I visited Mitch’s blog for the first time recently (maybe through your link up?). He is hilarious. I will definitely visit again.
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Laurie, thanks so much! The kimono jacket is my favorite, too. Then the blue Chico’s jacket next! I do love to shop consignment. I need to do it more often, I think! But right now I am on a bit of a shopping freeze. I saw that you commented on one of Mitch’s post recently, too! He is hilarious, for sure! Have a great week, my friend.
xoxo
Shelbee
Michele Morin
It’s been ages since I hit the consignment shops in my area! Gotta do that soon!
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I definitely need to shop consignment more often, Michele! There are so many great gems to be found.
xoxo
Shelbee
Theresa Campbell
Oh my. Where to start. First off, adore the name of the shop. And you’ve put together so many cute outfits here. Like you, I do covet that kimono jacket. I would have probably left with that one. I also love the flowered top with dotted shorts and the green dress with denim jacket. And those amazing triple strap studded shoes. Swoon! That’s fabulous you are promoting your local boutiques. As a small biz owner myself, I know how hard it is to compete with all those big chains, which is why I try to buy local whenever possible.
Theresa
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Theresa, thank you so much! Isn’t the name of the shop just the cutest?! That kimono jacket is completely on my radar but I am on a bit of spending freeze right now. The kids need all sorts of back to school stuff that is taking priority. Darn kids! Ha. I actually have those exact same dotted shorts (in the correct size) so I need to pair them with a floral blouse one of these days. And I definitely need to get out to more local shops and share here! It’s the least I can do to help promote shopping small!
xoxo
Shelbee
Rena
Shelbee, each of those outfits was fabulous and I agree that the floral kimono is a winner that you need to get. You and Denise put together some fantastic ensembles. It looks like Watertown is a fun place to visit and for shopping. Thanks for sharing these styling inspirations and for hosting. I’m looking forward to checking out your blog recommendation. Be well.
Rena
https://www.finewhateverblog.com
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Thanks so much, Rena! I am having so much fun visiting the local boutiques. I may need to branch out into neighboring towns! There are some wonderful clothing boutiques in some of the 1000 Island towns around here, too. Have a great week, my friend.
xoxo
Shelbee
CHERIE
How great is this post Shelbee, such a fun idea to visit local boutiques. I have to say though, my favorite look on you is the leopard top with jeans! You look so great in this outfit, so flattering on you!!!
Cherie
http://www.stylenudge.com
STYLE NUDGE
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Cherie, thanks so much! It is super fun to go play dress up with women who love fashion as much as I do! That blue Chico’s coat and leopard top were the first outfit I put together and I absolutely loved it, too. The only problem was that other than the jeans, everything was a size too small! Otherwise, I may have brought the whole outfit home with me!
xoxo
Shelbee
jodie filogomo
I absolutely love thrifting now and it’s amazing the deals you can find!! You should join us on Instagram for the #thriftedchicstylechallenge….if not this month, maybe next???
XOXO
Jodie
http://www.jtouchofstyle.com
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Jodie, I definitely need to join the challenge. But I am so bad at keeping up with all the social media schedules and stuff! What do I need to do?!
xoxo
Shelbee
jodie filogomo
Just post your outfit/s this week especially and use the hashtag #thriftedchicstylechallenge. Tell us what is thrifted. Heck, you can even edit some of your older Instagram posts from last week if they had thrifted pieces in them because this month we extended it for 2 weeks. Usually it’s one week out of the month. Keep an eye for a post at the beginning of the month to tell you which week, and who to follow. You can even win a prize!!!
See my feed at @jtouchofstyle
XOOX
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Jodie, thanks so much! I plan to post all of these consignment outfits on IG this week, so I will certainly tag them #thriftedchicstylechallenge and I will go back and edit the two that I already shared!
ROBIN LAMONTE
Shelbee,
First of all, I want to thank you, my sweet friend, for joining my “not ready for prime time” link up party!
I have been swamped with work and the new midlife conference that launched over the weekend that I thought I had rescheduled the blog to post at 0815, not 0015!
One sentence in and a completely new blog post is up and running! I hope you go back and read it!
I enjoyed how you styled the green dress with the denim jacket! So pretty my friend!
I know you shop locally and the women will appreciate the shout out from today’s post!
Hugs,
Robin
https://helloim50ish.com
shelbeeontheedge@gmail.com
Thank you, Robin! I did head back over to read your full post! Hey, it happens to the best of us. Life just gets us all crazy! I loved the way you styled that chartreuse tunic. It is so vibrant and pretty!
xoxo
Shelbee
Lauren Sparks
I LOVE to resale! And sister, outfits en feugo! Nicely done. laurensparks.net
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Thanks so much, Lauren!
xoxo
Shelbee
Mitch
I was scrolling through your post, thinking of my comment, about to write about how I love thrift store shopping (which is similar) and how I love that my teenager has discovered this type of shopping as well! And then I saw my name and face! I cannot thank-you enough, you are too kind to share my blog with your readers, I am humbled.
Lastly, I have said this before, I love your posts because it is about a woman who is proud to be herself, and shows great self-esteem every week by showcasing herself and her fashion picks, along side others that she chooses (and this week it is me!).
You are a great example for us all to see!
Many thanks,
Mitch
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Mitch, thank you so much for your very kind words! I don’t really know how to be anything but who I am…I guess that would be self-pride, right? I always have so much fun visiting your blog. You seem to be having such a great time all the time which is refreshing to see! Thanks for linking up with me and keeping it real in your neck of the woods!
xoxo
Shelbee
Deborah Stinedurf
It is truly a tragedy that those shoes did not fit…they are killer!
Debbie
http://www.fashionfairydust.com
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I know, Debbie! I might need to go find a pair in my size somewhere!
xoxo
Shelbee
Patrick Weseman
You need to be the official model for all of the stores in your neck of the woods. Great job. Thanks for hosting and I hope that you have a wonderful week.
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Patrick, you are too sweet! Thanks so much!
xoxo
Shelbee
Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom
Cute, cute, cute! I just love that first outfit with the colorful floral top AND the shimmery outfit with the blue fringe jacket (I also love those sandals!).
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
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Thanks so much, Carrie! Oh, I do want all the pretty things I found there!
xoxo
Shelbee
Jessica A Jannenga
Love these outfits on you!~ The floral top has so many great colors- I love Frye boots and have a pair.. I know that style and the fun Harley outfit looks great. I really love the last colorful jacket and the cobalt jacket outfit …really it all looks great! I love to on-line thrift shop and shop on Poshmark often. Of course I love the LV tote!
Have a great day!
jess xx
http://www.elegantlydressedandstylish.com
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Jess, thanks for all the love! I really was happy with all of these outfits. Some were not the perfect fit on me, but I managed to make them work to showcase how you can create entire outfits from a resale boutique. It was super fun playing dress up, too! I really want a pair of Frye boots, but they seem to run really small. Actually, the boots at the shop were my size and I couldn’t get my foot into them at all. Which was a valuable discovery before I went and ordered a pair in that size. I would have been very disappointed!
xoxo
Shelbee
Nancy Baten
Oh that green dress looks very beautiful on you, and I also love the Leopard outfit! Looks like a great boutique!
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Thank you, Nancy! I was kind of loving all of it!
xoxo
Shelbee
Liz
All of these outfits are so cute on you! You look really great in bright colors!!
Lizzie
http://www.lizzieinlace.com
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Thanks so much, Liz! I do need to wear more bright colors. I have been very much into the blacks and grays lately!
xoxo
Shelbee
Emma Peach
Oh I love places like this! Looking through all the clothes is so much fun! You’ve picked out some fabulous outfits – I particularly love the cobalt blazer with the leopard print and killer heels, and the colourful kimono too, which looks fab with the black belt! Thanks so much for featuring me 🙂
Emma xxx
http://www.style-splash.com
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Emma, thanks so much! It was so fun digging through the racks and finding pieces the I could style together! And it was my pleasure to feature you, my friend!
xoxo
Shelbee
Laura
You put together so many amazing outfits! Those heels are fabulous! Too bad they weren’t your size! I love the jeans they gave you too!
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Thanks so much, Laura! I am totally bummed about the shoes! They were an amazing price, too. I totally would have brought them home with me.
xoxo
Shelbee
Cheryl Shops
It looks like Solitary Consignment has some great finds—especially that Michael Kors tote—but I think I’d make a visit for the name alone! 😉 Can’t wait to see how you style those cute patchy jeans!
Cheryl Shops | http://www.cherylshops.net
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They really do have wonderful items, Cheryl! Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait for the weather to cool down some so I can wear my new patchy jeans.
xoxo
Shelbee
Mica
That sounds like such a fun day, and you got some great outfits! 🙂
I love the green dress outfit the most – perhaps as it’s cold here and I’m loving the layers, haha!
Hope that you are having a good week! I have the week off so I’ve got lots of relaxing things planned! 🙂
Away From The Blue Blog
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Thank you so much, Mica! It’s always fun to play dress up! I am a bit envious that you are having colder weather. It has been so hot and humid here and I am so over it! Enjoy your relaxing week!
xoxo
Shelbee
jacqui berry
Fa-bu-lous! thanks for sharing all these different looks. I bet you had a super time trying these on. Jacqui Mummabstylish
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Thanks so much, Jacqui! This was really a lot of fun playing dress up with all the pretty things!
xoxo
Shelbee
Helena Primeira
Nice and fun look’s.
Better still your good disposition and joy that transmits in the photographs 🙂
XoXo
– Helena Primeira
– Helena Primeira Youtube
– Primeira Panos
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Thank you so much, Helena! Have a great day!
xoxo
Shelbee
Elizabeth Ramsey
So much fun! I love that you got to try so many different things!
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Thanks so much, Betsy! It was so much fun!
xoxo
Shelbee
Trina Morgan
Gorgeous outs! I love them all 🙂
https://www.tipsyheelz.com
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Thank you so much, Trina!
xoxo
Shelbee
Edwige
wow, these are so cool and you look so fabulous in all outfits! I need to hit my consignment stores soon for Fall!
Edwige | http://www.hypnozglam.com
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Thanks so much, Edwige! I definitely need to shop consignment more often myself!
xoxo
Shelbee
Susan Hinesley
Wow! You really found some great stuff. Awesome.
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Thanks so much, Susan! I am really happy with how all of these outfits came together for this post!
xoxo
Shelbee
Nailil
Wow! So many fun looks. I have never shopped at a consignment store but I always hear about all the lucky finds! I really need to get on board…
Xx, Nailil
http://thirtyminusone.com/
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Thanks so much, Nailil! You definitely need to check out some consignment shops! You will be surprised at all the great things you can find.
xoxo
Shelbee
Nicole at High Latitude Style
great looks and styling. Love the one with the abstract floral jackt the most! But they are all great
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Thank you, Nicole! I am so pleased with how all of these outfits came together! But the floral kimono jacket is my favorite, too!
xoxo
Shelbee
Lorena
YOU HAVE GOT to get that bright blue blazer/cardi – YOU LOOK amazing in it Michelle. I loved so many of the items you wore, what a great style session.
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Thanks so much, Lorena! I was drawn to the blue blazer immediately because of the color. Unfortunately, it is a size too small across my shoulders! Otherwise, it would probably be hanging in my closet right now.
xoxo
Shelbee
Ada
I first saw this post on Friday and loved all the outfits so much, especially the kimono and black pants outfit and the leopard+cobalt look. But girl, green is your color so I am sure you felt fabulous on that green dress. But seriously you look FAB in all of them and good for you for supporting a great local business. Did you keep some of the pieces?! I hope so. Also, I have to check out Mitch’s blog.
Thank you for linking up with Thursday Moda last week. A new one will be live on Wed at 8 PM Eastern time so join it again, my friend. =) Meanwhile there is a new poem on my blog, hope you like it. It is a good one. 😉
http://eleganceandmommyhood.blogspot.com/2018/08/like-branches-of-tree-poetry.html
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Ada, thanks so much! I was super happy with all the outfits we created at Solitary Consignment. Unfortunately, not all of it was the right size…we just made it work for the photos. I did keep the Lou & Grey patchy jeans though and have styled another outfit with them which I will share soon. Heading over to check out your brilliant words now, my friend!
xoxo
Shelbee