Vintage & Designer
The Modern Heirloom, Found Secondhand
This autumn's trend lists want you to buy future heirlooms new, at four figures. The charity shop has been selling the past…
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Celebrity Style
Vintage on the Red Carpet, and What Archive Fetches
A red-carpet archive look is usually a loan, not a purchase, and the resale market trades the same kinds of pieces. How…
Makeup
Vintage Lip Looks You Can Build From What You Already Own
A 1950s rose, a 1990s brown and a 1930s bow all come out of the same three products. Here's the order to…
Celebrity Style
The Archive Pieces Celebrities Keep Re-Wearing
A small group of garments gets worn again and again on camera, and each has a fairly steady secondhand market. The pieces,…
Street Style
How Parisians Wear Four Decades in One Outfit
A 1970s suede jacket over a 1990s slip dress with 1980s gilt earrings is a normal Saturday in the eleventh. The rules…
Celebrity Style
Denim and Boots: Why It Works and Where to Find It Cheap
Straight denim and a knee-high or cowboy boot have been a reliable pairing for decades. Why the proportion holds, and roughly what…
Vintage & Designer
Vintage tailoring: judging a jacket and its alterations
Shoulder fit decides whether a jacket is worth buying and canvas construction decides whether it is worth altering. Here is the pinch…
Travel
Mapping a city's vintage shops before you land
Pick the neighborhoods locals actually resell in, cluster them by walking distance, and know the local word for a thrift store. A…
Street Style
What Men Re-Wear: Workwear and Tailoring Off the Rack
Men buying secondhand tend to fall into two camps: workwear and tailoring. Which pieces tend to survive a year of real wear,…
Outfits
All-Vintage Party Outfits, with Sizing Notes
Evening wear may be where vintage beats new most often, if you can read a size label from before modern sizing. Five…