Timeless Beauty

In the Philippines, the flea market is popularly called the Ukay-Ukay because of what buyers needed to do ("ukay" which means dig) to find what they wanted or needed and buy the items at low, low prices. The merchandise may vary from clothes, shoes, bags, and even pillows and curtains. Many of them are secondhand or discarded merchandise from famous stores. What's really great about these flea markets is that buyers get to buy branded and often genuine merchandise at really low prices (some as low as 5 pesos or 1/10 of a dollar if you know how to haggle well). Here are some tips on digging up that perfect blouse or a genuine label from the pile of ukay-ukay clothing: 1. Look for labels or tags and check whether the logos or insignias look genuine. You must acquaint yourself with both genuine and counterfeit branding. 2. Some tags may be genuine but were torn. So the next best thing to do is check the threads whether they were sewn professionally and efficiently. R...