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Trends decoded, outfits assembled, everything wearable by the weekend.
Trend reporting and outfit building for a wardrobe that is mostly secondhand. We translate what is happening on the runways and in the street into things you can actually find on a rack.
A bias-cut slip dress, a cropped leather biker and a flat sandal have been copied for thirty years. Here's what the three pieces typically cost secondhand, and a realistic total for the look.
What is actually moving this season, where it came from, and the version of it you can find secondhand without…
The logo-free beige knit is everywhere on resale racks, while embellishment, color and anything with a visible history stands out. Here's how…
Complete outfits with a full shopping list, built around pieces that already exist in most wardrobes.
Twelve secondhand pieces, seven outfits and an estimated cost for each. By my rough math the capsule comes to about $337, so…
Real people, repeated outfits and the styling tricks that only show up when the cameras are pointed at a pavement.
Traders load in early, stand all day and then pack a van. Their outfits make one of the most useful styling lessons…
The outfits worth copying, the label credits you would not guess, and the resale price of every piece.
A bias-cut slip dress, a cropped leather biker and a flat sandal have been copied for thirty years. Here's what the three…
The barrel leg is the first denim shape in years that really changes what fits. It's also an easy place in secondhand…
A red-carpet archive look is usually a loan, not a purchase, and the resale market trades the same kinds of pieces. How…
Plain shirt, plain trousers, one thrifted accessory doing all the talking. On the pavement that formula is reliable, cheap and readable from…
Three colors are carrying the season, and each behaves differently on the resale market. One is expensive new and cheap used, one…
Chunky cables, oversized cardigans and argyle are all over the season, and only two of the three make sense secondhand. Here's where…
Three shoe shapes are carrying fall, and they behave very differently once worn. One holds its value, one dies young, and one…
The airport outfit is a functional formula: one long layer, one soft knit, one wide leg, one big bag. Here's what each…
Outside the weekend markets in Hackney and Bermondsey, the best-dressed people are wearing men's wool jackets over soft dresses, and almost nothing…
A small group of garments gets worn again and again on camera, and each has a fairly steady secondhand market. The pieces,…
A 1970s suede jacket over a 1990s slip dress with 1980s gilt earrings is a normal Saturday in the eleventh. The rules…
Straight denim and a knee-high or cowboy boot have been a reliable pairing for decades. Why the proportion holds, and roughly what…
Twelve secondhand pieces, seven outfits and an estimated cost for each. By my rough math the capsule comes to about $337, so…
Wear the same ten secondhand garments for thirty days and log every outfit. The failures show up fast, and the experiment says…
Men buying secondhand tend to fall into two camps: workwear and tailoring. Which pieces tend to survive a year of real wear,…
Secondhand tailoring is a cheap, credible route to an office wardrobe that looks expensive. What to buy, roughly what alterations cost, and…
Airlines don't care what your coat cost. Every layer here can be found secondhand, and the whole trip runs on the same…
Two awkward months a year, and one layering formula that handles most of them. Built mostly from what you already own, with…
Four weekend outfits, each estimated at under $60 secondhand. Typical prices, where to look, and the pieces that make each one work.
Red-carpet and press-tour dressing leans on a network of vintage dealers and archive houses. How that pipeline tends to source, and which…
Evening wear may be where vintage beats new most often, if you can read a size label from before modern sizing. Five…
