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Tina Boetto's avatar

What a read! I loved everyone's shopper persona stories and was clapping my hands for Angie tracking down her Celine jacket in perfect condition on TRR - fashion dreams coming true right there.

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Shop Girl at Carted's avatar

Tina please, please tell me your most recent purchase through the lense of your Shopping Spirit 🙏🏻

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Tina Boetto's avatar

Haha, twist my arm! The Curator feels most relevant to me. I just talked about this in my chat with Future Reference, but I got these incredibly lightweight Jenny Bird silver sculptural hoops and an oversized The Frankie Shop blazer (via TRR ofc). They've been on my wishlist for quite a while and are cohesive to my tonal dressing aesthetic.

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Shop Girl at Carted's avatar

hehe—I had to ;) I saw you work that blazer for a whole week and was very impressed. Thanks for sharing! I thought you might be a Curator...

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Shop Girl at Carted's avatar

How fun are they to read!!! OMG Angie, what a find. And also...what patience and perseverance. She's SHOPPING WINS personified IMHO.

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Tina Boetto's avatar

It's such a happy feeling to see someone get something they've dreamt of for years secondhand. It's like when you see someone running to catch the bus and the bus actually stops for them to get on (I am always cheering these people on).

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Shop Girl at Carted's avatar

THIS Tina. Living for you freudenfreude 🙌🏻

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Tina Boetto's avatar

Love some freudenfreude 💕

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Phoebe's avatar

I’m 95% analyst, 5% curator but I’m not very good at adhering to analyst. I would be more of a curator if budget weren’t such a constraint. But I also don’t want to amass too much stuff so I cycle back to analyst 😂

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Shop Girl at Carted's avatar

Yesssss. Analyst is absolutely there for us when we have certain constraints we're working around. What was your most recent purchase Phoebe... tell me the story :)

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Phoebe's avatar

My most recent purchase was 10000% analyst. I lost some postpartum weight so I replaced a favorite pair of shorts…but not before I waited for a sale and made sure tailoring wasn’t a good option 😅

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Shop Girl at Carted's avatar

Yessss!! I wish I could dial up my analyst more often like this.

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Kelly Williams's avatar

You kind of nailed it; analyst + budgeter go hand-in-hand for me!!

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Shop Girl at Carted's avatar

100% x

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Angie Uh's avatar

This was such a fun read!! I love how everyone had different personas and even the shared ones look and feel so different. Truly personal ❤️ and I died when I saw Christene’s rhinestone dress!! I would totally have purchased for those same reasons…when you know, you just know as a collector!

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Tina Boetto's avatar

That dress is gorgeous! And Angie, your Celine story made my night.

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Shop Girl at Carted's avatar

Thanks for being a big part of the fun Angie! TBH—I spent much of last night scrolling resale sites, totally inspired by you all. Eeeek. Collectors be collecting!

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Christene Barberich's avatar

Love love love this so much...(irrational) vintage rhinestones, blazers, and Levi's forever...❤️

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Shop Girl at Carted's avatar

Love love love your stories! You have such a special way of writing about your shopping adventures.

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Hunter with Curator rising over here. This was so fun!

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Shop Girl at Carted's avatar

She's a Hunter!!!! Love it. Please feed my new addiction by sharing a story of your most recent hunt 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻

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Sogole Kane's avatar

I have many but the Hermes Victoria I chronicled ranks way up there!! 🧡

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Virginia Chamlee's avatar

Thank you so much for the kind mention!!

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Shop Girl at Carted's avatar

I must thanks Christene, she's the ultimate connector and here recommendations are always 👌🏻

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Virginia Chamlee's avatar

She’s the BEST

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Kelly Williams's avatar

Ok I love the full build out of the shopping personas!! I read and was feeling a little like “oh no! I’m the only analyst” but Type-A gonna be Type-A 🤷‍♀️

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Shop Girl at Carted's avatar

OMG we need Analysts like we need Collectors , Hunters and Curators. I need you to help tune my emerging Analyst 😅 There is beauty in all our differences.

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Kelly Williams's avatar

You’re right; we need all types!! Thanks for the reminder!

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Angie Uh's avatar

I feel like I’m an analyst in the making! I like to identify and shop for my gaps but the collector side of me always gets the final say over the analyst 😂

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Kelly Williams's avatar

I’ll teach you about being an Analyst if you teach me your Collector ways! Always inspired by you!!

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