First Fridays: Dress For Success Central Virginia - Look Book Launch Party

All my RVA folks- while you're out and about during First Fridays this week make sure you stop by Blue Bones (Vintage Store) and check out the Dress for Success Central Virginia - Look Book Launch Party! I know I'll definitely be dropping in to check out the festivities; the event serves to promote awareness of the Dress for Success Central Virginia organization and all of its many services, advertise for future events such as the 'Shop for Success' sale (July 18th & 19th)  in addition to celebrating the work of the artist who contributed to the Look Book. Drinks and refreshments will be provided- so come out and shop for some dope vintage threads, network with some great people, and support a wonderful organization!

Blue Bones 

322 W Broad St

Richmond VA

My Amazing Thrifted Top!

On a whim I decided to go thrifting yesterday, I was looking for a few new pieces of jewelry and always find my best pieces at thrift stores. Of course I went to one of my fav thrift stores here in Richmond, Fan Tastic Thrift ( in the fan), most of you have probably seen me mention them in previous post! After browsing through the vast selection of women's skirts and blazers, I made my way to the jewelry, saw a few pieces that caught my eye, but nothing that I just had to have. Then I made my way to towards the front of the store, just to make sure I hadn't missed anything when I noticed a little sign in the middle of the clothes rack that read "vintage". I made my way over and spotted a gorgeous beaded yellow top, I pulled it out to see if it was my size and headed straight to the mirror, as I stood there holding it up to myself an older lady walked up to me and said "that's a gorgeous top" which reconfirmed that I needed to take it home with me. This is one of those finds that keeps me thrifting this top is amazing, the color looks great on my skin and is perfect for the spring. Its sheer and the beading is just beautiful, this top has amazing details such as scalloped detailing on the sleeves and at the hemline, its long in length hitting about mid thigh on me. Its just an amazing buy especially for $5 bucks I could't go wrong. These pictures do it no justice, but I will be wearing this top lots this spring so be on the lookout for some upcoming post on how I style it.

Front

Front

Side Slit

Love this scalloped detailing on the sleeve

Scalloped detailing at hemline

Keyhole detailing on the back

Back

Happy Thrifting!

My First Vlog!

I decided that I wanted to start vlogging in 2014, just as an extension of the blog! I feel like vlogs can provide a little more intimate experience and I really want to be more interactive with my readers this year, and take BarclayINC in a different direction! I decided to record my first vlog a few days ago in between taking pics for an up and coming post that I'll be bringing you ladies about some new lippies I recently purchased. So this is basically a clean unedited version of me, videos will get better with time so just bare with me ladies! Stay tuned for some great vlogs coming up from BarclayINC, I'll be covering everything from natural hair to thrifting!

 

What $21 gets you Thrifting!

So I went thrifting this past weekend at The Clothes Rack (2618 W Cary St), and one of my fav spots in RVA, Fan Tastic Thrift which is located at 1914 W Main Street. Anytime I go into this store I'm bound to find something, I normally will just pop in on a whim, this particular visit I was looking for something in particular. I'm a huge fan of the plaid trend that I've been seeing more and more of lately, so I wanted to see if I could find a knee length Tartan skirt. Its crazy because I remember having so many of these when I was younger, and hated them, of course I'm absoutly in love with them now (isn't that always how it goes). Anyway I didn't find exactly what I was looking for just yet, but I did score and find two other great skirts and a clutch, all of which cost $21 a major steal in my book! Both of the skirts are basically knee length and fully lined which I can appreciate in any nice skirt or dress! One is 100% Wool so it will definitely keep me super warm being that the weather is changing so rapidly! I cant wait to pair these skirts with a great pair of knee boots, tights, and a chunky sweater. I'm starting to build my winter wardrobe and can honestly say I'm ready for some cold weather!

The Clothes Rack/ $7 bucks

Fan Tastic Thrift/ $6.98

Fan Tastic Thrift/ $6.98