Fashion Blogs

Just when I thought my eyes couldn’t bulge any bigger I see the Guy Laroche label inside this vintage dress.  I grabbed it and as I turned it around and eyed it from top to bottom I was praying to the GODS for it to be in good condition, it was.  I don’t find Guy Laroche every day, week or month in a thrift store so this is reason to celebrate.  Guy Laroche began as a milliner, working in Paris then moving to New York and back to Paris in 1949.  He died in 1989 and Marcel Marongiu is the creativ

I’m a LOVER in general but a LOVER of anything that has spandex like this cream Piazza Sempione blouse. Piazza Sempione fashion clothes are the perfect combination of style and quality. The brand is synonymous to elegant luxury clothing. All the clothing and accessory items are highly influenced by the traditional Italian style though uniquely modern. Quality is never neglected here and each item is made with top quality fabric and thus gives extra comfort in a stylish way. What woman doesn’t ne

I’ve always imagined what it must be like to be at a Jean Paul Gaultier fashion show, it has to be so friggin amazing and mind blowing… This man has always been one of my favorite French designers because his imagination never fails to deliver.  He has always been progressive and visionary, he has reached deep inside his genius brain to produce collection after collection of shock and awe.  So when I saw this acid trip JPG Jean’s jacket I knew it was my lucky day.  I just wish it would have fit

This is my 2nd item I’ve found from Ali Ro but this piece still has the tags right on it.  I’m loving the quilted pattern design of this simple chic dress but again it’s from Ali Ro and the Ali Ro dresses are for the modern woman on the go but still wants to have that contemporary edge. Kathleen McFeeters, founder of Ali Ro in 2007, created the label’s moniker as an acronym of her teenage daughter and mother’s names. The Ali Ro woman embraces an effortless simplicity, she possesses a youthful ex

I love it when I go hunting and come back with a little something something for me, in this case it’s a vintage Aquascutum shirt.  I think by now everyone in the world knows just how much I LOVE Aquascutum and so finding a vintage men’s short sleeve aqua color shirt for me has the winning lottery numbers!  Hailing from the UK, Aquascutum, the quintessentially British label was founded in 1851 with its iconic tailoring heritage from the world of authentic quality and fine craftsmanship in Englan

When I walked out from the thrift store I had this pink Maria Bianca Nero silk dress & Natori brand new lingerie or dress, you decide, in the palm of my hands.  I love MBN and this pretty in pink dress is sexy with a capital S.  Los Angeles designer Maria Bianca Nero, a former fashion model, created her Bianca Nero collection with an emphasis on enhancing figures in an elegant way. Her form–flattering dresses channel old-school glamour in a sexy, modern tone thanks to precise cuts and innovativ

This has been another amazing week for The Thrifters blog, not only did I salvage several luxury pieces but the blog turned 3 years old…  I can’t tell you where I get my energy from because to do what I do requires an endless amount of passion not to mention TIME…  I don’t think I want to know the amount of time I’ve spent looking for luxury clothes, furniture, housewares, artwork or lighting… I’m sure that figure is as high as Charlie Sheen…  This is what I scored :  Dismero top, RED Valentino 

East meets West is the statement this brown knit Dismero top screams.  Here is Dismero’s company slogan: “Chic Casual for people who love strong emotions in long distance travels fro people who love to be comfortable at any time”.  This mantra has guided Andy D’Auria’s work as a STYLIST since the beginning of the 1987 collection.  Dismero creates a STYLE which blends the most up to date elements of comfort mixed with designs that are practical to wear.  The Dismero woman demands high standards f

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE finding Byblos in a thrift store.  Its like having a horned angel come down from the heavens to kiss me because Manuel Facchini who is the creative director for Byblos is very devilish in that most incredible way.  Byblos is a RTW brand that embraces both the past and future in a young & contemporary spirit.  It was created in 1973 and brought to life initially by the creative genius of Gianni Versace, succeeded by Guy Paulin and then by the English designers Keith Va

Every so often I get extremely lucky and find something from Bally and each time I do I swear on a stack of vintage Vogue magazines (my bible) that the GODS are good….  I almost flipped when I saw the Bally label inside this white exquisite blouse.  It’s from Bally people how much blessed can I get?  You would just have to be living under a rock or a cave not to have seen the huge billboards or magazine spreads of Bally’s spring 2012 ad campaigns.  The images are light, refreshing and they captu

FREE is always good , I love getting something for FREE like most of us, so when I saw this Max Pearson for Knoll arm chair on the side of the street I considered myself lucky…  Yes on the side of the curb waiting for the trash man to come collect it and take it to a landfill so that’s when I swooped in and salvaged this office chair.  Max Pearson designed this swivel arm chair for Knoll in the 60′s and then went on to design other Knoll products until he left in 1970.  I consider finding this M

Pink Tartan is a brand that makes beautiful & practical clothes that can take women from day to dinner in a blink of an eyelash.  The concept was born in 2002, one year after Kimberley Newport-Mimran’s daughter was born and this brand is a reflection of Kim’s personal STYLE: pretty, polished & elegant.  Those adjectives should be every woman’s mantra don’t you think?  I love this simple Pink Tartan dress and the retro pattern.  I would love to see this vintage orange Courreges handbag with this

With a brand new silk top by Tracy Reese and a Valentino Miss V skirt this blog posting just can’t get any better.  When I scored this gorgeous Tracy Reese top that still has the tag on it I was mortified because this is Tracy Reese.  Reese’s style is unabashedly girly, but made to fit the lifestyles (and bodies) of real women. With a namesake label and bridge lines and offshoots—ranging from home and shoes to nail polish and hosiery—the brand has captured great commercial success and recognitio

Today 3 years ago I started my daily blog not having any idea where it would take me or where I would go with it.  I’ve meet countless people that all share the same common interest and that is recycling.  Being STYLISH today means you can be ‘green’ and conscience of the textile toxic waste that ends up in our landfills and water sources.  Everyday I go out and hunt for luxury vintage designer pieces that have been discarded for varies reasons and salvage them.  I’ve gotten lots of people think

I think I was dreaming when I spotted this vintage 80′s Issey Miyake blouse in the thrift store.  This is is my second find from Issey Miyake and the first one was a man’s thin gray sweater which I love and adore.  Finding Issey Miyake in a thrift store is like ordering your favorite dessert and it comes with your favorite flavor of ice cream and you’re drinking your favorite coffee beverage… see that’s living right..  Issey Miyake left Toyko in 1964 and headed to Paris and a career in fashion. 

I just have to tell you this short story.  A lady came into Doubletake Recycled Luxury Boutique, my store, and saw these Ferragamo sea life pattern slacks and said “oh this pattern is so hot this Summer”….  you know I wanted to puke.   I simply said to her “sea life is always in STYLE…”  I can’t stand it when I hear people say crap like that because they are simply following someone else’s definition of STYLE…. All editors work for corporations, yes even Anna Wintour works for a big big corporat

Poofs, ruffles and giant bows scream Christian Lacroix and nothing said flamboyant 1980′s fashion better than the designs of Christian Lacroix.  He ruled the 80′s fashion scene and so finding this top is a treat.  I have to say I don’t find a lot of Christian Lacroix out thrifting because I think people are holding on this label as they should.  Before launching his own line, he was an assistant at Hermes and then joined the House of Patou in 1981.  5 years later, he launched his own couture lab

I know you have to get past the fact that this Dior blouse just needs to be pressed but it really is just that simple.  I am loving this color of the Dior blouse and I can’t tell you how happy I get when I salvage a vintage Dior piece from the thrift stores.  Happy as a lark.  Raf Simons just gave the world his first triumphant collection for Dior and don’t you just wished you could have been there?  I know I sure did…  I found this royal purple pleated Ali Ro silk skirt that even with the ribbo