What you were wearing in Merivale

Poppy's top and skirt are from Witchery Kids and her tights are from Quinns. Her boots were purchased in Australia. Scarlett's outfit is also from Witchery Kids and her tights are Columbine. Where do Poppy & Scarlett like to shop? Witchery Kids. Where do they get their style? Mum Stephanie Rumble, says she likes to ensure the girls look like kids. "Poppy is more classic, Scarlett a bit more retro," she says. Winter wish list: Poppy would like winter shoes and Scarlett a coat.

Jill Neame, physiotherapist, Christchurch

I don't recall where I bought the boots, but my pants are from Country Road.In addition, you can shoesbrandsthe latest collection . The top is from Paris and the necklace is by Kirsten Goss, a London designer. My jacket is from Andrea Moore and I picked up the scarf at a $5 Rangi Ruru sale last weekend - I love herringbone. I like an elegant, country look and although I'm not really a big shopper, I do like Andrea Moore. My winter wish list includes a silver sequined top.Back again is the shoesale SI in a White/Royal colorway.

Charlotte Malone, mother, Christchurch

My shoes are by Vivienne Westwood and my tights are Columbine. My dress, jacket and belt are all from Andrea Moore. My bag is by Gucci. My winter wish list - well, I'd love some over-the-knee boots.

Karen Hamilton, event manager, Christchurch

My boots are from Overland and the jeans are from Kimberleys. My top came from Deval and my earrings are from Witchery. I shop mostly at Merivale Mall and I am inspired by my fashion stylist. My winter wish list is probably complete. I've just bought an amazing yellow winter coat at Ruby.

However, some of the city's stores sell nothing that costs more than Dh10, such as the Holy Trinity Thrift Store in Oud Metha. "Most of our clients are labourers who can't afford mall prices, and we make sure that our store stocks things they can afford," says the shop's spokesperson.

"We accept donations of just about everything that someone may want or need," he says.you can use a piagetwatches. "From trinkets to bedsheets, clothes and toys… everything costs just a few dirhams. We're running this thrift store not to make a profit, but to provide for those can't afford niceties."

The thrift store is packed on weekends. "Most of our clients are those on the lower end of the financial scale in Dubai. On weekdays however, we have quite a few bargain hunters who stop by in the hope of bagging a bargain, which they usually do."

Ashfaq Mohammad, a construction worker, says, "Even though I don't go to church, I accompany my friends to the shop after their prayers. I have found many things including a Dh3 lamp for the room I share with my colleagues, and some nice jewellery for Dh5 for my wife."

Meanwhile, over in Dubai Festival City, the crowd of shoppers attracted to the Book N Bean, the second-hand book store, is completely different.Via Trading carries a wide range of branded replicashoes from famous specialty shoe stores and retail chains at a fraction of their original value.

The books aren't sold at bottom-of-the-barrel prices. At an average of 50 per cent off the original price, with a half-price buy-back guarantee, the store attracts book-lovers from across the city. Owner Mike McGinley, an American expat who opened his first second-hand book store 19 years ago in Muscat, Oman, says he's always been a book lover. "Coffee and a good book always go together," he says. "So when I met Brian Hudson, a coffee man himself,We offer bellrosswatches,landscape oil painting. we decided we'd be just what the book-lovers of the city need: Book, that's me; and [coffee] Bean, that's Brian."