{"id":408983142,"date":"2010-12-01T17:08:02","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T22:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/?p=408983142"},"modified":"2019-10-21T06:36:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T11:36:10","slug":"thrift-wars-cubicle-chic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/thrifting\/thrift-wars-cubicle-chic\/","title":{"rendered":"THRIFT WARS: How to Shop Designer Looks for Less"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"385\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/rRMAIEQr__I?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"500\" height=\"385\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/rRMAIEQr__I?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Stage: <\/strong>One giant thrift store &#8212; a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodwill.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodwill<\/a> in East Harlem, New York City<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Competitors:<\/strong> Sammy of Sammy Davis Vintage versus Meredith &amp; Lindsay of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cubiclechicblog.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cubicle Chic Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mission: <\/strong>To shop a thrift store for an outfit that matches a designer look &#8212; this episode, straight from <strong>fall\/winter 2010 collections appropriate for work<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Catch:<\/strong> Competitors shop an expensive designer look with a frugal thrift store budget &#8212; this episode, each team has only <strong>$40<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Winner: <\/strong>Who matched the look best? <strong>YOU<\/strong> decide by watching the episode above and casting your vote for the winner below!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-408983167\" title=\"cubicle chic thrift wars\" src=\"http:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cubicle_chic_final_dries-e1291246460119.jpg\" alt=\"cubicle chic thrift wars\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cubicle Chic matched &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.style.com\/fashionshows\/complete\/slideshow\/F2010RTW-DVNOTEN?event=show2062&amp;designer=design_house35&amp;trend=&amp;iphoto=35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dries Van Noten Fall\/Winter 2010<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-408983168\" title=\"thrift wars final look christian dior\" src=\"http:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/sammy_christian_dior_final-e1291246659390.jpg\" alt=\"thrift wars final look christian dior\" width=\"500\" height=\"351\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sammy Davis Vintage matched &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.style.com\/fashionshows\/complete\/slideshow\/F2010RTW-CDIOR?event=show2062&amp;designer=design_house27&amp;trend=&amp;iphoto=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian Dior Fall\/Winter 2010<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Cast Your Vote!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<form style=\"text-align: center;\" action=\"http:\/\/poll.pollcode.com\/gx48\" method=\"post\">\n<table width=\"150\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\"><strong>Who matched the runway look best?<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\">Cubicle Chic<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"2\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\">Sammy Davis Vintage<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Vote\" \/> <input type=\"submit\" name=\"view\" value=\"View\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"white\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: black;\">pollcode.com <span style=\"color: navy;\">free polls<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stage: One giant thrift store &#8212; a Goodwill in East Harlem, New York City The Competitors: Sammy of Sammy Davis Vintage versus Meredith &amp; Lindsay of Cubicle Chic Blog The Mission: To shop a thrift store for an outfit that matches a designer look &#8212; this episode, straight from fall\/winter 2010 collections appropriate for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":408983167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[1053,1134,1141,1143,241,41,1142,1137,1140,1136,1139,1135,21,1138,1133,233],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408983142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408983142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408983142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408983167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408983142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408983142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408983142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}