The Bruxelles Boutique Trash Chic was launched in 2010 - of course with a wild party.

The Boutique Trash-Chic has brought its empire of style, sharing and hilarity to the furthest reaches of the world, the very bottom of the planet - yes, it has arrived Down under!

October 2010 saw the Boutique open its doors in Perth, Western Australia to the delight and/or confusion of local Shoppers (soon-to-be Free Shoppers). What is this wittily named Boutique? What does it sell? What does it mean to sell things at a Free Shop? Can I afford anything truly classy on my non-existent budget at a boutique store?

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Last Saturday we hitchhiked back from Zaventem after dropping a friend at the airport (with 51.7 kg check-in luggage). Naturally Erga couldn't resist checking out the local trash of clothes next to the determined clothing trash box. Erga quickly found a bunch of clothes, but the best was a fancy black dress, just waiting for someone to fit.

Today we went to the flea market in Brussels. It's best if you go there when it's over. We already found some nice clothes in the street before arriving there. We were a bit too early so we walked to the food market at the South Station (Midi) - where Seung Ho and I stayed a bit longer to dumpster dive some nice fruit, vegetables and potatoes. This time not as much as we used to dive, but the hot weather probably plays a role in that. Erga and Cansu walked back to the flea market where we found them smiling with the many many clothes and other stuff they had found.

Today I started boutique.trash-chic.org. Tons of things to do, as long as it's moving it's fine. I will figure out how to let people enter their own boxes and boutiques: let the trash be chic.

Meanwhile here's Vilija showing off a splendid hat and the very chic sandals she acquired at our very own Boutique Trash-Chic.