‘I managed to buy vintage Mulberry handbag in charity shop for startling price’

A woman called Holly, who enjoys thrift shopping, was in shock when she found what she believes to be an authentic vintage Mulberry handbag at her local charity shop for a very reasonable price

The fun and excitement of going shopping is you don’t know exactly what you’ll find, particularly in charity shops. They are different from other kinds of stores as they’re often full of wacky and wonderful unique items that you wouldn’t find anywhere else.

Charity shops also stand out because sometimes you can stumble upon an unexpected bargain without even hunting for one. This is what happened when one woman visited her local charity shop in Manchester. Holly, known as hollyloveslilac on TikTok, is a 38-year-old mum who enjoys thrifting and buying pre-loved products. She was in shock when she found what she believes to be a vintage Mulberry handbag squashed under a pile of other bags for a very reasonable price.

Speaking in a video on TikTok she said: “I think I just found a Mulberry handbag in my local charity shop for £4. I honestly can’t believe it.”

Holly admitted that she has a love for handbags and seems to “luck out” when thrifting for designer handbags.

She was overjoyed as she shared that Mulberry is one of her favourite designer handbag labels. The mum then showed the “gorgeous” bag which she guessed was from the 1990s.

She revealed that the blue suede is what caught her eye as the bag was “squashed under loads of other very average handbags.”

As she’s “really into suede at the moment” she grabbed the bag and her first thought was that it felt like good quality before looking closer and spotting what looks like the Mulberry logo on the front of the item.

Initially, she wasn’t sure if it was an authentic Mulberry bag but then she realised that the oldest style of Mulberry just looks a bit different to the current range.

She examined other features of the bag that gave her “telltale signs” that it really was a vintage Mulberry bag, including the tartan interior, a label on the inside that says Mulberry with the logo next to it and she later spotted a gold disc on the outside with the serial number on it.

Holly remarked that the bag is “not bad” for the low price she paid for it, especially as she knew it “would have been hundreds of pounds brand new”.

The thrifty mum also mentioned that she was “very very excited” to add it to her “every growing collection” of handbags and she doesn’t “have anything quite like it.”

In the caption of her TikTok post she wrote: “This has got to go down in my top 10 thrifted items!!! What a beauty! And just £4!!!

“I can’t believe I nearly didn’t see her, hiding, squashed in a pile of bags!” The video has attracted more than 100 comments and a number of users agreed that it looks like a genuine, older style Mulberry bag.

One said: “All the signs are good. I really don’t think the fakers would bother making such an old rare design as they will stick to the more well known ones. I used to sell them and when you know you know!!”

Another added: “It’s stunning and looks genuine to me ! I have a Mulberry from the 90’s and it has the same tartan lining.”

A third commented: “Brilliant find Holly, worth between £300-£400. Vintage mulberry tote bag possible late 80s early 90s, a great find, love it.”