Hey y’all! I hope you’ve had a wonderful week. Today I’m sharing an outfit I bought for under $20 as part of ModestlyHot.com’s challenge!
My sister and I hit Our Thrift Store in Franklin, TN between doctors appointments last week and boy did we score some great pieces!
While buying them, I didn’t expect to wear these two pieces together, but when I went to my closet to find something for this challenge these this shirt and skirt jumped together and I had an outfit in literally 3.5 minutes.
Although I think lace is super pretty, a lot of these “lace-backed” jackets/shirts I see are super awkward when layered to be modest, so I stay away from them… or I did, until I found this one! The crochet design is tight enough to be modest, but pretty enough to make a gorgeous statement.
// outfit details //
Wet Seal brand shirt: $4
Abercrombie and Fitch brand skirt: $3
Forever 21 tank: $1.80
B.O.C. brand sandals from ThredUP: $7.99
Earrings from Walmart (3-pack): $3
Necklace was my great grandmother’s.
Grand Total: $19.79
Thank you, Ashley, for this awesome challenge! It was fun to pull together an outfit and remind myself it’s totally possible to be covered, cute, and cost-effective! 🙂
How bout y’all? If you had to take a rough guess, what do you think the average total per outfit you wear would be?
Fresh Modesty 
Op (thrift)-shopping is so much fun! I've put together a few lovely outfits for under $20 on my op-shopping adventures 🙂
This looks like a such great outfit. love the colours.
becci
http://rebeccafashionandlife.blogspot.com.au/
The lace on the back of that top really is perfect – a good detail without skin really showing through. A really good find!
My outfits would definitely be pricier – I have a really hard time finding thrift-store or cheap jeans that fit so I have to kind of invest in pricier jeans… and then I just wear them nonstop. So my outfit cost would be like 2/3 jeans and 1/3 every other thing I'm wearing.
I'm going to go with probably ten dollars at most! Everything I wear (except for maybe two pieces) is from the thrift store! It's awesome! I like the outfit! You're always so pretty 🙂
My average total per outfit I wear normally is probably around $50-60. I spend about $30 on jeans (or $15ish on skirts), then add in a $10-$15 top and some $20-$30 shoes, and there you go. I get lots of use out of my clothes though, so the numbers aren't really as high as they sound! I haven't bought new jeans in probably 3 years! I do buy inexpensive clothes and shoes at the end of a season, but I don't really count those into this average because let's face it, $5 boots are out of the norm!
My outfits are normally $20 or less. Most of my clothes come from thrift stores so that helps keep my apparel on a budget. Beautiful outfit! Thanks for posting. I always look forward to the next post.
Kate
That's such a pretty shirt! I'd say my casual outfits are around $20, but my fancier ones are a little pricier.
I would guess around 10, if I wear jewelry then 15. (Shoes not included! Typically I buy $10-20 shoes, but they last a couple years)
Cute shirt! I love it 🙂
-Margaret
http://happyinheels.blogspot.com/
What a fun challenge!
My outfits are typically well under $20, most of the time. Except lately my feet have been finicky and I've had to start buying more expensive shoes.
Oh well!
You look beautiful, Olivia.
Natasha
A modest fashion blog: http://www.natashatkerson.blogspot.com
I LOVE this outfit!! The shirt is so cute!
My average cost per outfit is probably about $18 to $20.
This is such a neat challenge. Great post. 🙂
-Alice Wright
http://www.thewrightfamilyfarm.blogspot.com
http://www.whatsoever-lovely.blogspot.com
The average cost of most of my outfits (top, pants/skirt, and sometimes shoes) is probably 5 dollars! We shop the dollar rack at goodwill all the time 🙂
I love your outfit! The design on the back is so beautiful, yet still modest. And a skirt like that is now on my to-buy or to-make list.
Cool!
I keep most of my outfits at 20$… mostly 🙂 I love our thrift shop, once I got three really nice skirts, three very nice sweaters and two little outfits for my little brother, Grand Total: $21.63
Rivka
Hey Natasha!
I tried to go to your blog but it said that blog didnt exist…???
Super cute outfit! Love the lace back!
-Hannah
I am the same Anonymous that replied most recently to the Coral + White outfit. My name is Annalise Ikeler. That's a really cool challenge; it must have been really fun. I especially love your shoes in that outfit — I love sandals but I have way too many shoes right now! Yes, I also do a lot of thrift shopping which I really like, because I always seem to find so many awesome clothes that I love! And isn't it great when you buy something at a thrift store then take it home and realize it matches perfectly with something else you have? I think my average outfit costs from $15 to $30 or so. But like I said, I love to sew too, and just yesterday I wore a beautiful sundress I had made last year but only got to wear once. It fits absolutely perfectly, and I got a lot of comments on it yesterday! I want to make another one like it soon. Anyway, you look great like always! (By the way I really liked your Study Your Face series; it really helped me a lot. Maybe you can do another one like that again soon?:)
My sisters and I get A LOT of hand-me-downs (which we love!) from our friends. Almost all the rest of our clothes come from Plato's Closet! So nearly all of my outfits cost less than $20! Yesterday's church outfit (which I got a lot of compliments on) was probably only around $10!
LOVE IT! Thank you.
Such a fun and feminine outfit. You look beautiful! : )
I think she meant natashaatkerson.blogspot.com
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Hey, Olivia! I was looking at your pictures, and I noted you have very well toned arms! (Forgive me if this is in any way offensive, weird, or irrelevant.) If you do any workouts, mind sharing them? Thanks!
-Jazzy ( http://thetruthsofmyheart.wordpress.com )