It pays to remove safety pins on the label !!!  When I 1st spotted this black skirt among 100′s & 100′s of skirts, there was a dry cleaning safety pin right on the label which totally blocked the label.   So me being patient removed the dry cleaning tag to discover the Valentino label.  I just started to laugh inside the thrift store knowing what I had just scored.  I tell you 1 thing it pays to be patient….  I just kept saying “I found a friggin Valentino skirt OMG”…. Valentino’s history stretches back to the era of ‘La Dolce Vita’, when a young Valentino Garavani opened his 1st atelier in Rome.  Today, with designers Maria Grazia Chiuri & Pier Paolo Piccioli at the helm, the label has lost none of it’s A-list appeal.  With this gorgeous skirt in my clutches I desperately turned my attention to finding a blouse to match, so I found this Vivienne Tam blouse.  With very little $ invested in this ensemble I took away from the thrift stores one super chic outfit guaranteed to turn heads.  Please friend me on Facebook and follow me on Twitter.  Be STYLISH go green.  Daniel your luxury curator!