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To me there really isn’t anything better than vintage Emanuel Ungaro!  He was the master of mixing colors and fabrics way before it was VOGUE to do so…  He was light years ahead of any fashion designer in so many ways and so I don’t pass up the chance to grab a vintage Ungaro dress.  This dress has sexy written all over it and you know what I love?  The zip up sleeves !  Yes that’s right when I see dresses that have zippers on sleeves I get warm and fuzzy inside!  Everything about this dress is

When you can look at 1stdibs site and find Anne Fogarty you know you’re in good company.  In 1957 Anne Fogarty became an in-house designer for Saks Fifth Avenue.  She designed not only dresses for Saks, but also all the items that added up to the Anne Fogarty Look: shoes, scarves, lingerie, hats & jewelry.  In 1962 Fogarty opened her own firm, Anne Fogarty and by the late 60′s she was making lovely peasant styles in both mini & maxi lengths.  She retired in 1974 and closed her business but conti

I’m a true addict, yes I’m addicted to looking for vintage Bill Blass.  To me there really isn’t anything better than vintage Bill Blass other than vintage Geoffrey Beene, Halston, YSL, Paco Rabanne, Courreges, Pierre Cardin, Lanvin, Givenchy … oh LARD see I can’t help myself .  I truly believe that all great vintage stems from vintage luxury designers, it’s all about the quality and design.  There isn’t anything better than when I see a woman wearing vintage.  Nothing better except maybe that b

This vintage 80′s Pierre Balmain logo shirt dress is absolutely stunning.  The color, the simple design and of course the label !  Why do I love vintage French fashion designs so much???  Between vintage Italian & French my god you would think I was crazy but I won’t pass up the chance to grab vintage Balmain.  Oh no that would just be stupid, which I’m not, crazy yes stupid no…  This is a year round dress because in the fall / winter you can wear this with your favorite pair of boots and in the

Who in their right mind doesn’t love Carolina Herrera? Every time, and I mean every time, I get my hands on vintage Herrera I do my little victory dance….  To me there isn’t anything better than vintage Carolina Herrera because this dress was done in the early 90′s and it looks amazingly beautiful TODAY.  That’s the great thing about style, is good style never ever goes out of style and if anyone should know about style it’s Carolina Herrera.  Get yourself into some vintage Carolina Herrera and

Vintage pieces from Hanae Mori is considered to be very collectible, just look on 1stdibs and see for yourself.  Love this label….  Hanae Mori was born in Japan in 1926.  She went on to present her first collection abroad in NYC in 1965 and began showing haute couture collections in Paris in 1977.  She is the only Japanese woman to have presented her collections on the runways of Paris and NYC, and the first Asian woman to be admitted as an official haute couture design house in France.  She is

You know I’m a lover not a hater so when my eyes met this Nina Ricci label it was love at first sight!  I really should have taken a photo of the inside of the shoulders because there is a lace extra lining underneath which tells me it’s all about the details with Nina Ricci.  This is a powerful old iconic label and when you look at this dress head-on and sideways you see that it’s a real treasure.  It looks just as amazing today as the day it was originally conceived…  I believe everywoman need

I love this vintage pink Pierre Cardin 70s disco dress with the original belt. Will you check out the belt? It’s not just the belt but it’s the shoulders & sleeves as well. This was just so beautifully designed and so well constructed that it’s timeless. I can put a woman in this dress today with a fun pair of Stella McCartney heels and she would look amazing because good simple designs never go out of style. The great thing about vintage is that the number of copies of an item is limited, not l

My new blog post to review my exceptional festive experience (Part 2) “Tracing the Missing Postcolonial Culture of Hong Kong" NOW up on La Mode by GV Miao fashion blog:

Hong Kong is full of festivities and colours in January and February, owing much to the culture and traditions of the Chinese. We’ve just finished the Chinese New Year holiday here. East-West hybridity seems to be the very essence of our heritage. However, more than 16 years after Hong Kong's reunification with China, the east-mee

Someone call 911 because I think Liza Minnelli is missing her sequin Neil Bieff ensemble….  Doesn’t this just look like a Liza Minnelli outfit?????  It has all the bells and whistles that tells me it does…  Neil Bieff began his career as assistant to Arnold Scassi then he began his own label. He has designed for Elizabeth Taylor and Diana Ross….  When you see Neil Bieff vintage pieces on websites for sell they can go north of a grand, easily.  This piece I’m thinking is from the 80′s and from Sa

One of my most treasured fellow thrifter Dawn Kaufman came into Doubletake Recycled Luxury to consign this item and it just stopped me dead in my tracks….  This 3 piece early 70′s Oscar de la Renta polkadot dress is just stunning.  The dress has a ruffled attachable skirt so you can give it that extra dimension and then the belt.  The patterns of polkadots in this vintage Oscar de la Renta dress is just jaw-dropping.  When Dawn walked into Doubletake with it, I was talking to Paula who happens t

To me there really isn’t anything better than finding a vintage Halston especially a gold lame wrap dress from the 70′s.  This is like finding the Holy Grail for me because you know when you really stop to think about it there are so many pieces out there floating around.  It’s not like when you go to thrift stores or hit a few estate sales you will end up with a treasure troll of vintage Halston pieces…. No it isn’t like that.  You really do  have to hunt and search for these items.  When I clo

I have found William Pearson before and blogged about it and yes I love his work.  He began his fashion career in 1951 when he studied under NORMAN NORELL.  I have never found anything before by NORMAN NORELL but when I do believe me you’ll hear me screaming from the roof top.  Pearson launched his own label in late 50′s and his couture business was based in Los Angeles.  Movie stars in the late 50′s & 60′s wore William Pearson to just about every Hollywood event.  This gold gown is just gorgeou

This is another piece from that estate sale I’ve been telling you about.  This vintage 80′s silk dress by Albert Nipon with pockets is gorgeous and timeless.  The pattern is an instant classic and when this dress originally sold at Neiman Marcus in the 80′s it retailed for between $350-450 which was a lot of $$$$ back then.  This lady loved Neiman Marcus and I can only imagine what her entire closet must have looked like.  It was loaded with Armani, Chanel, Thierry Mugler, Oscar de la Renta, Bil

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Again here is another piece from that amazing collector of luxury clothes left over from the estate sale that got donated to a thrift store where I grabbed it and ran!  With each piece that I found from this lady’s collection I kept thinking what an amazing eye for detail she had.  I would have loved to have met this lady who collected only the best things during her lifetime and treasure them until she died.  Apparently she had no family and her estate went to some charity.  When I found this C

When my eyes first spotted this jacket I have to say I thought it could be Thierry Mugler.  I wasn’t disappointed to say the least because I’ve been wanting to do a blog post on Linda Loudermilk for some time now.  She was a visionary couture & eco high fashion designer and was named by “W” Magazine as a fashion designer to watch and she was once coined the “Vivienne Westwood of Eco” by Elle Magazine.  She used vegan silk – harvesting silk without killing the silkworm, her cottons were organic

I love vintage Geoffrey Beene especially 60′s Beene.  The lines and shapes of his 60′s pieces are off the wall hot not to mention sexy.  The fabric on this piece is very thick wool and will you just look at the pockets on this dress !!!  I hope you enjoy this brief video of the history of Geoffrey Beene…  I’m Daniel Troppy and I’m your luxury curator!

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