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Aggielife
Vintage Adventures
Dumpsters, resale shops and garage sales can offer treasures
By Nishat Fatima
THE BATTALION
Students find hidden treasures in unlikely
places.
From The Galleria to Pottery Bam, there are
endless shopping possibilities for shoppers;unfor-
tunately, the endless choices usually come at the
expense of a hefty buck. Some students choose
to look in unconventional places such as thrift
stores and garage sales, often finding many dia
monds in the rough.
Erika Ellis, a junior anthro
pology major, said she found
some of her most prized posses
sions in random places such as
in dumpsters.
“I found this really pretty
cabinet in the trash once, and I
decided to fix it up,” she said.
“I polished it, painted it and
added baskets where the draw
ers were missing. The end result
was this really cool, funky-
looking dresser drawer.”
Some of Ellis’ other craft
projects also began from trash
can adventures.
“1 found a scrap piece of wood in the trash
once and shaped it into a headboard for my bed.
1 fitted some nice fabric over it to match my
room,” she said. “Once I fitted it on my bed, it
created a great look and feel for my room.”
Although Ellis often hits garage sales in
search of random items, she once came home
with formal gowns instead.
“A few years ago, I found this beautiful prom
dress at a garage sale,” she said. “It was custom
made for somebody by Neiman Marcus back in
the 1960s, but it still fit me perfectly.”
Ellis said she wore the sea green dress, which
was made entirely of raw silk, to a friend’s prom
and received many compliments on it.
“The dress was the most beautiful, vintage
looking piece of clothing I had ever seen,” she
said. “I never plan on letting it go. The best part
was that I only spent 10 bucks on it.”
Ellis’ garage sale treasure inspired her to shop
for her own prom dress at vintage stores.
“I didn't look in regular department stores
because I knew that’s where everybody else
would be shopping,” she said.
After hitting up the vintage shops, Ellis
bought a very “old-school” gown that was tea
cup-shaped with a petticoat and puffed sleeves.
Other students, such as Darcy Modouni, find
their “going out” outfits at places such as Value
Village.
“I’m a big fan of the retro
look, but I can never find authen
tic-looking clothes in regular
stores,” said Modouni, a psychol
ogy graduate student.
Modouni enjoys rummaging
through thrift stores and the
Salvation Army, where she has
found corduroy pants, velvet jack
ets in four different colors, and
baggy jeans that were “a little
floppy.”
“I love all of the clothes that I
found at value places because
they are just a lot of fun to wear,”
she said.
Sana Mohiuddin, a junior history major,
doen’t necessarily wear what she buys at vintage
stores. Instead, she treasures the artifacts that
can be found in such places.
“I once found a really old British copy of Jane
Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in an Austin resale
shop,” she said. “The publishing date was back
in the 1950’s, so I bought it immediately because
I love reading. I also figured that it will be worth
something someday.”
Mohiuddin said she has also found items that
decorate more than just her bookshelf.
“I found these old, really funky-looking flowers
for really cheap in a vintage store once,” she said.
“I put them in my room and they looked very out
of place. I kept them anyways because they add
character to my room setup.”
Mohiuddin said she has always been a fan of
the alternative shopping lifestyle.
“In all reality, thrift stores are the only place left
to find things that have at least a little bit of origi
nality to them,” she said. “I never really liked
going to the mall because the prices are usually too
high. After all of those setbacks, there is always a
good possibility that somebody out there will have
the same thing that you bought from the regular
store.”
IVAN FLORES • THE BATTALION
u
In all reality, thrift
stores are the only
places left to find
things that have at
least a little bit of
originality to them.
— Sana Mohiuddin
graduate student
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Anthony Hopkins
marries antique
dealer in Malibu
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) - Oscar
winner Anthony Hopkins mar
ried antique dealer Stella
Arroyave during a private cere
mony in Malibu, said publicist
Paul Bloch.
It was the third marriage for
the 65-year-old Hopkins, who
won a best-actor Oscar for
199Ts "The Silence of the
Lambs," and the first for the
46-year-old bride.
The small wedding on Saturday
was attended by family and
friends, but Bloch said Monday
that he couldn't provide a guest
list or any additional information.
A photograph released by a
private photographer showed
Hopkins in a dark suit with his
smiling bride in a white wed
ding gown.
Hopkins reprised the role of
serial-killer Hannibal Lecter in
200Ts "Hannibal" and last year's
prequel "Red Dragon."
Hopkins, who was born in
Wales and knighted by the
queen of England in 1993,
became a U.S. citizen in 2000.
He divorced his second wife,
Jennifer Ann Lynton, last June
after 29 years of marriage. The
couple had married in 1973
after Hopkins was divorced
from his first wife, Petronella,
with whom he has a daughter.
Although Hopkins is usually
guarded about his private life, he
once described himself as a
loner. "I live a separate life and
am not very good with any rela
tionships — with anyone,"
Hopkins said in a 2001 inter
view. "I can't be locked up with
anyone for too long."
Bruce Springsteen
breaks Ticketmaster
concert record
AST RUTHERFORD, NJ. (AP)
— Bruce Springsteen's home
coming has broken a record.
Fans of the musician snapped
up tickets to seven July shows in
Giants Stadium, the first time in
Ticketmaster history that a per
former had sold tickets for seven
stadium dates in a single day.
Ticket demand for three
announced shows on July 15,
17 and 18 was so extraorainary
that two more dates were
added on July 21 and 24. When
the press for tickets continued.
two more shows — July 26 and
27 - were tacked on, said offi
cials at the Meadowlands Sports
Complex.
More than 300,000 tickets
were expected to eventually
trade hands for the Springsteen
extravaganza. The tour again
features Springsteen with the E
Street Band.
Barry Bostwick hon
ored for promoting
cancer awareness
Radner Courage Award from the
Roswell Park Cancer Institute on
Saturday.
"I do all I can to beat the
bushes for early screening for
men," he said. "I've made sort of
a nuisance of myself getting my
message across the air."
Bostwick, 58, was diagnosed
with prostate cancer six years
ago after taking a test. He
underwent surgery to remove
his prostate and is "now as can
cer free as can be," he said.
hurt his popular television
show "The West Wing."
Sheen, who plays fictional
U.S. President Josiah Bartlet on
the NBC series, told the Los
Angeles Times for a story
Sunday that the show's staff
has been "100 percent sup
portive" but top network exec
utives have "let it be known
they're very uncomfortable
with where I'm at" on the war.
The 62-year-old actor helped
lead a "Virtual March on
Washington" last week.
But NBC spokeswoman
Rebecca Marks told The
Associated Press on Sunday
that she knows of "no concern
among top management at
NBC regarding Mr. Sheen's
stand against the war or fear
that it could impact the show."
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Tony
and Golden Globe award-win
ning actor Barry Bostwick has
been honored for being a nui
sance - about promoting early
detection of prostate cancer.
Bostwick, who played Mayor
Randall Winston on the TV show
"Spin City," received the Cilda
Sheen fears his war
stance will hurt his
show's TV ratings
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actor
Martin Sheen said NBC execu
tives fear his opposition to a
U.S.-led war against Iraq will
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