Day at the San Jose Flea Market
The friendship bracelets stand
Wore an amazingly comfortable James Perse cotton racerback maxi (that obviously need a little trimming) and my Juicy Couture fedora who always come to the rescue for those bad hair days!
[Photos by NR]
Dress: James Perse maxi cotton dress (sold here, here and here)
Purse: Rebecca Minkoff Swing Black Shoulder Bag
Shoes: DV by Dolce Vita Archer Sandals
Hat: Juicy Couture Perforated Fedora / Glasses: Gucci
Bracelets: spikes from Ebay, friendship bracelets from Flea Market / DIY wrap bracelets
About a month ago I was on the hunt for more friendship bracelets and decided to check out the San Jose flea market. My little brother (who’s now a New Yorker) came to visit and was conveniently dragged along for the ride. I’m sure he was super thrilled!
I can’t believe I have been living in CA for half of my life but I have never been to a flea market. “What the heck is a flea market and do they sell fleas?” That was a questions I used to ask when I was little… Flea market was a term used for street markets that sold mainly secondhand merchandise, which would be the type of items that might be infested with fleas. The first few flea markets were in Paris in 1922 and they were called marché aux puces which translates to ‘market with fleas’.
Of course that has changed over the years and we know/hope flea markets no longer sell items infested with fleas. Actually everything we saw seems new and they have everything from furniture to car parts to under garments to haircuts to food. You name it, they got it. It was pretty cool, but I think we enjoyed the snacks the most. My favorite was the mangos with chilli powder and fresh coconut that the nice man behind the food stand chopped up for us.
We did had a bit of a snafu with a furniture vendor (well, it was actually a bit of a nightmare) and my only advice to you is: if you ever decide to purchase furniture from a flea market (or any place in general), check your items carefully when it arrived at your home. I didn’t and I got the wrong item, the wrong brand and wrong color (lol). Oh well, problem eventually was solved and now we’re all happy with our purchase from a store. :)
Readers: What’s your best and worst flea market experience?
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Hey I love the maxi dress, the color, the style and length is just fab. Also the lace trimming from your bra adds a cute touch, may i ask who is that by?
Hi Kristin – it’s by Agent Provocateur…
hey! so cute, fab and comfy perfect for a high humidity state where i live at. Was also wondering what is the
name and color of your fingernail polish? so chic and summery love it!
Hi Sam, it’s a color from Nordstrom Rack, I think Nordstrom’s brand…
Your blog is wonderful!
On behalf of the Flea Market, I want to thank you for sharing your experience in our acres of shopping. I ensure you, we have no fleas. Very glad you found your friendship bracelets. Hopefully those studs will begin to appear.
I want to apologize for your poor experience with the furniture shop. If you encounter another dispute with a vendor, our sellers crew in blue shirts are more than willing to help settle it, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Thank you again for the wonderful pictures. You look great! Hope you’ll come back again and find me in the yellow reservation booth. Maybe we could do a photo shoot for our blog?
Happy Summer shopping!
Hi Megan,
Thanks for your sweet message, I’d love to come back and visit soon! :) xo
You look gorgoeus! I absolutely love this dress!
XoXo
Plami
http://www.fashionthrill.com/
I loooooove this post! I love all your outfits!! once again such BEAUTIFULL pictures amd who doesn’t like a good fleamarket?!…yesterday The Netherlands celibrated Queensday (the queens birthday) and the whole country is a one BIG fleamarket,everybody is allowed to sell their goods and foods on the street,it is sooo much fun!
keep up the great posts sweety! xo
My family and I will always go to the flea market every Saturday to buy fresh fruits and vegetables. Your photos bring back lot of childhood memories. The flea market here are known as Swap Meet. Your outfit is so perfect for a stroll through the flea market.
I’ve 2 different experiences related to flea markets. 1, as a buyer and 2, as a vendor in a flea market. As a buyer, I had the best experience and as vendor (for the 1st time) I had the worse experience.
I bought a really nice bag when I travelled to Vietnam and visited the flea market. I think that was the best purchase so far.
As for the worse experience in the flea market, I was actually the vendor and was trying to take an experience as a seller in flea market. It was totally the wrong location to even had a flea market and I think the organizer was just bad in marketing it. I sold 1 item the whole day (I’m taking about sitting there for 10 hours!!). Can you imagine how bad was that? =(
OMG that is horrible! I would be so grumpy about that…but on the bright side, I’m glad there were good experiences in Vietnam and you found a nice bag :)
KTR, you’re just getting better and better dear! =) I’m loving your blog so much!
Cutest pictures ever! Love your hat and your dress. And I love the bubble picture the most.
xo
Layla
Hi! Thanks for dropping by my blog and for your sweet comment on my outfit post :) Truly appreciate it. You look so cool with the fedora, dress and simple sandal. Almost the ssame as what I wore in my post today here http://mrsjackofalltradesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/04/modest-maxi-or-sleeveless-in-dubai.html
Hope to see you again on my blog :)
Flea markets are totally the business! I love them because you never know what kind of awesome or strange treasures you might find. And ack, I remember you telling me about your furniture mishap the last time we hung out, but I’m glad that it’s all sorted out now. This look is so darling–casual yet stylish, very effortless, and I love how there’s a slight peek of your lacy bra showing, quite sexy! And awesome hat too! I especially dig your bubbles pictures; they’re so cute!
Sabrina x
http://www.thepetitestyle.com
Maxidresses are simply the best…..so comfy yet so sexy!
Gorgeous maxi! Love your blog :)
Thanks for your comment and stopping by my blog!
xo, Megan
http://indieflower-meg.blogspot.com/
I grew up going to the French Market in New Orleans. It’s a well known flea market in the French Quarter and filled with all different types of merchants. What was so cool was it was constantly Mardi Gras. Lots of beads and doubloons and beautiful masks. Now there’s more New Orleans’ works of art for sale at the flea markets. New Orleans also have a Vietnamese Village called Versailles which is a Saturday morning flea market.
I love your blog! You have an amazing sense of style and you’re so creative!
You are so adorable! Love how you can transition from a princess (your other post) to casual chic! :) Love your blog!
Your maxi dress looks incredibly comfortable and stylish, perfect for a day of flea market shopping. I’ve never had the patience to browse through one, probably because I don’t find the ones in Vancouver to have many treasures. The one you went to looks like there were some fantastic finds!
Marisa
http://style-rhapsody.blogspot.com
Nice outfit!
I love your pictures :) Best flea market experience is when people give things away that I want :) Worst is when they don’t want to bargain with you and get all huffy.. that’s when you walk away :)
The first photo is my favorite!! Love how the colors of the bubbles was captured and love your dress, hat and sunnies!
I love this casual look!!
Jenn
A Petite Treat
Love the maxi and I do agree it does need a “little” trimming lol but you still look adorable. I really must say you look great with hats on and I like this casual chic look! Regarding your question, I love flea markets, there are always great finds. My husband bought a car stereo system from there a year ago and got a pretty good deal. Sorry to hear about your furniture experience at the flea market and glad everything’s all resolved!
p.s. what is that guy in the 3rd picture doing? lol
Cute dress and hat, we don’t have a flea market in my town so I’ve never been however the fleas thing is kinda scary. Haha