Anthropologie is one of those stores that carries oodles and oodles of cute clothing of all styles. Boho chic? Check. Vintage pin-up? You got it. Whenever I go in, I find so many items that can work in my closet. Unfortunately, I thought I could never bring them home with me because of the price. I’m a younger professional on a tight budget, so splurging $30 on a basic cotton top isn’t always the smartest and healthiest idea (a girl’s gotta buy groceries!).
However, after scouring thrift stores, I learned that I was totally wrong and that I can afford Anthropologie clothes…just not straight from the store.
I’ve found a lot of types of Anthropologie clothing and accessories while thrifting, both used and new with tags. They carry and distribute a large collection of brands, so sometimes it’s hard to even really tell what comes from the store. It’s taken me a while and I’m not sure I have them all nailed down, but I’ve tried to make sure I learn most of the store’s brands so that when I go thrifting, I know I’ve found a steal. Their house brands usually range in price from the $20s to $300s. Their other non-exclusive brands can be priced as high as $500 when not on sale.
In this post, I’m here to share some of my brand learnings and favorite finds from thrifting!
If I were to wear them anywhere, it would be to work. I work in an industry where the dress code is basically business casual so these would be perfect for that setting. However, if you work somewhere that is a little more formal, I could see these being worn under a blazer or cardigan with a statement necklace.
The odille top (above) is my favorite Anthropologie top from Goodwill that I found recently. It was almost brand new! I love that it’s super soft and is a luxurious pumpkin color. It’s great to wear to work or could be worn casually on a weekend day outing. Since the blouse is so detailed at the top, I wouldn’t wear a necklace, but rather, some small statement earrings.
Anthropologie house brand labels.
Anthropologie has their own house of brands and ones that aren’t carried exclusively at their stores. You can probably find multiple of these on a single Goodwill excursion!
Anthro House Brands I’ve seen at Goodwill include:
- Maeve
- Sleeping on Snow
- Odille
- Deletta
- Moulinette Soeurs
- Ric Rac
- Moth
- Sparrow
- Elevenses
- Floreat
- Cartonnier
- Postage Stamp
Other brands carried by Anthropologie that I’ve seen at Goodwill:
- Splendid
- Velvet
- Plenty by Tracy Reese
- Ella Moss
- Rachel Pally
- Anna Sui
- Michael Stars
- Lauren Moffatt
Have you seen any of these brands at Goodwill? Which ones do you see most often?
Carolyn is a petite fashionista with a knack for all things glamorous and designer. She enjoys making art, going to punk shows, thrift shopping, and walking the cement sidewalks of DC. Carolyn has a fashion blog where she posts her most recent thrift finds: petitepunkindc.wordpress.com
I see the brands all of the time at Goodwill! I never knew they were originally from Anthropologie. Very good to know!
This was very helpful!
The Birdcage label is not Anthropologie. It is Francesca’s.
Thanks for the heads up! Always learning about brands, every day.
Michael Stars is an Urban Outfitters brand (owned by the same company as Anthropologie).
I just learned that – thanks for the tip!
What is the brand. And for the second picture 9 something?
Is the Odille one?
I want to know if Nick & Mo has ever been sold at Anthropologie. I see this associated as Anthropologie at Ebay, Postmark, Tradesy and others, but I have searched extensively and do not find it to be true. Maybe at an earlier time it might have been so. Can anyone tell me. Thanks..
Okay ladies – Here’s an easy tip to remember that has helped me TREMENDOUSLY. All in-house Anthropologie, Free People and Urban Outfitter brands will have the 66170 RN# on the tag. If you see that number then snatch it up! Its definitely one of theirs 🙂
Urban Outfitters is the parent company. Anthropologie + Free People are subsidiaries. Each have their own independent brands within (ie LUX is sold at UO only and Leifsdottir is sold only at Anthro). Some brands used to cross over but they stopped that almost 15 years ago.
@Sue: Michael Stars is NOT an Urban Outfitters owned/in-house brand nor was it ever sold at their stores. Michael Stars is an independent company (proven by their own unique RN number and they have their own website) that was picked up and sold at The Anthropologie stores.
Where it gets tricky sometimes is there are a handful of independent designers who have created lines exclusively for UO or Anthro that are ONLY sold at their stores. Those lines do not carry the 66170 even though they are only sold at anthro or UO shops. Sometimes they are under the designers name or the designer may have created a new label for the Anthro/UO exclusive line they designed. Either way – those items will still carry the designers unique RN# and not the 66170 even though they are exclusive to the UO family of stores.
If it helps, there are a few blogs out there by die-hard-shoppers that provide an extensive alphabetical list of all the lines that UO, FP and Anthro carry (with photos of the tags to boot!) Its a great resource to keep bookmarked on your cell when out thrifting.
@Elleyposh: The brand is called “Postmark”
@Zulema: Yes – Nick & Mo has been carried by Anthropologie. Their “Embroidered Bouquet Cardigan” is sold out but still comes up on their website. The easiest and most accurate way to find out if a brand was ever sold at Anthro is to enter the brand name and anthropologie together in a Google search (ie “Nick & Mo Anthropologie”) and scroll till you see a search result from the official Anthropologie website. If you don’t see one then 9 times out of 10 it never was sold there.
Hope this all helps! Happy shopping/selling ladies!
I really love it.