Vente by Vanessa

Hey fellow bargain hunters!  I'm back!  Thanks for the emails and messages sharing your deals.  It's pretty amazing to see how much you all have saved by scouring the clearance racks and thrift stores. Today's post was inspired by a quick trip to Kohl's Department store.  I was in search of some jewelry to match a dress I'm wearing to an event this week.  Let's backtrack- I'll tell you about the dress. I picked up this little beauty a couple of months ago at JC Penneys.  It's from the line that designer Duro Olowu did for the department store.  Do you know about this trend?  Famous, high-end designers do affordable lines for department stores in a effort to bring their talent to the masses.  Target features designers pretty regularly. Anyway, the benefit of this concept, if you live in a relatively rural area like I do, is that the pieces typically go to clearance very quickly.  Case in point, this $60 gem cost $1.97 on cleara...