Fashion Blogs

I recently met Susan as she brought in several amazing pieces of vintage luxury to consign at Doubletake Recycled Luxury.  Vintage labels such as: YSL, Carolina Herrera & Lacroix not to mention Prada, Miu Miu & Moschino.  So Susan sat down and we just chit chatted like we’ve known each other from day one.  She has a hunger for finding vintage luxury as I do so right then I knew I had to interview her but when she told me about her 2 recent gifts – HERMES – you know I had to interview the lady.  

You can’t get any better than finding 2 major fashion brands from Italy at the same estate sale.  The woman had excellent taste what more can I say….  I love the jungle print dress by Max Mara, it’s so simple and chic, it’s timeless. It looks great solo and if the temp dips in the night you put your Agnona jacket on and off you go to make trouble or history.  Agnona is a very high end Italian brand, they are all about quality.  Nature and beauty, style and sophistication, handcraft and innovatio

I absolutely love this 2 piece vintage Guy Laroche power suit and for every reason you can think of.  It’s so yummy the first thing I thought of was Alexis Carrington from Dynasty ! Oh yes I did !  Guy Laroche opens his own fashion house in Paris in 1957.  60 brilliantly presented pieces turned this young unknown into a Great Couturier overnight and propose a new kind of image for women.  Guy Laroche is an institution in France and wearing his vintage pieces makes any woman stand apart.  This su

Treehugger.com is one of my favorite websites .  I’m always clicking on the “Living” section to see whats happening in the world and the world we now live in.  Everyday now for 4 years I write about the fantastic luxury items I find at thrift stores, yard sales, estate sales, consignment shops and flea markets.  My message is clear and simple “Rethink Your Shopping Habits”.  Shopping for your clothing, furniture, housewares, bedspreads or even your books – in places that recycle and resale those

I’ve had the great pleasure of knowing HollyBeth, founder of HollyBeth Organics Skincare, for several years and have always wanted to interview her about her collection of Hermes scarves.  It’s true I use just about every HollyBeth Organic product but my go to and MUST have item is always the Hair & Body Silk.   I use it from head to toe but most importantly I use it as a pre-shave oil.  One of the most underrated products in a man’s shaving routine is a good pre-shave oil and there isn’t any th

I love talking to other thrifters so this is just pure pleasure to introduce to you Nancy.  I met Nancy about what feels like a decades ago because we have so much in common, but in reality it was probably just over a year.  I was at a Goodwill when I heard this voice say to me “are you that thrifting guy that was in the newspaper?”  She was kind enough to start up a conversation with me and we’ve been fast friends ever since.  I’ve had the pleasure of going to her house and stepping into her cl

I really don’t know why I even bothered going over to THRIFTique in Atlanta but I did.  I try to make myself go there at least once every 2 or 3 years because I’m always hopeful they will have come down to Earth and life will be back to normal.  Sadly this is one thrift store in Atlanta that just escapes my realm of reality.  Let me give you Webster’s definition of the word “thrift” and we can go from there.  

thrift shop

 noun

Definition of THRIFT SHOP

You know every time I find a vintage Oleg Cassini item, I get excited and I guess it’s because he was such a part of American fashion history.  Remember he designed lots of clothes for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy back in the 60′s so he certainly paved the road for many new talented designers.  My go to site is always 1stdibs and you can get a vintage Oleg Cassini on that site for $195 for a blouse to $1,600 for a gown and even a few items you have to email the seller because the price is upon

I love finding this 80′ silver St John tank and this vintage 70′s wrap skirt by Valentino within the same thrift store.  A silver St John tank will never go out of style nor will it ever run on empty.  This piece has enough gas inside the tank to drive for miles and miles.  What I’m really flipping over this is wrap skirt by Valentino right out from the 70′s.  It’s fantastic and just look at this vintage label.  I later found a Cacharel scarf and thought it would look terrific with the silver St

These pieces came out of 2 separate thrift stores but on the same day.  I will rarely pass up the chance to salvage a vintage 80′s jumpsuit and it’s not that difficult when the label says “Neiman Marcus” now is it?  I love jumpsuit on women, they are so friggin hot.  So about this St John gold belt now.  I was thrifting and ran into my friend Nancy and when we see each other we chit chat and then both go into completely different directions.  I headed over to the dresses and she went to check ou

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I love Hanae Mori and I just about freaked when I saw the label and then when I peaked inside the jacket and saw the original tag still hanging there with a price tag of $500, that’s when I did freak.  Of course I’m dying to find a vintage 70′s silk chiffon gown by Hanae Mori but for now I will happily take this bold floral print jacket and call it a day.  Hanae Mori is a fashion designer born in Japan in 1926.  During the war she had suspend her studies to work, then married a son of a wealthy

I recently interviewed Dawn, who has one of the keenest eyes for design, and this is a Special Edition follow up.  Dawn recently found 2 very amazing items: Thierry Mugler & Herve Leger all within a few days of each other.  She texted me photos of the Thierry Mugler gown and my reply was OMG and then she texted me a photo of the Herve Leger dress and my reply was OMG…  So I had to ask her a few questions again so here goes our interview…..

Q: In a matter of days you found a gorgeous midnight blue

When I spend hours daily looking & hunting for vintage luxury for my women clients finding a little treasure for me is a nice reward.  I love Brioni …  Brioni is the name of one of the most prestigious fashion brands worldwide.  It started in 1945 in Rome when 2 young & rather creative friends, a little known fashion designer Gaetano Savini and tailor Nazareno Fontikoli  opened their own business on sewing fashion clothes for men.   They named their  newly established brand in honor of a remarka

I love this navy Narciso Rodriguez top with this black Nina Ricci skirt with pockets so much I don’t even know where to begin.  Narciso Rodriguez is one of the foremost American designers of the last 2 decades.  Anna WINtour, has said, “No one but Narciso has ever made a simple line look more stunning.”  In 1996, Rodriguez received international acclaim when he designed the wedding dress that his close friend Carolyn Bessette wore when she married John Kennedy, Jr.  Sweet right?  His fashion hou

You know I love me some Sonia Rykiel and I will never pass on the opportunity to collect more of it….  I love this label and yes I do remember when women in the 80′s were wearing this velour Sonia Rykiel dress.  Sonia Rykiel opened her first store in Paris in 1968 and by 190 WWD proclaims her “Queen of Knits”….  You modernize this dress with a touch of maybe some Giuseppe Zanotti lace ankle tie sandals…  Wearing some vintage Rykiel is always in style in my book, which is currently on the New Yor

I really don’t know anything about Leonard Tuttman except that at some point during the 70′s he did a line for Sak’s Fifth Avenue and his items are collectible, I’ve seen them asking as much as $600 a dress on line.  I’ve tried and tried Googling his fashion bio and nothing.  This floral MOD print 70′s dress is off the chart HOT.  I love seeing women wearing big ass bold prints and owning the room.  With wild big patterns like this you really don’t need a lot of accessories and the right pair of

I just love seeing this old 70′s St John Knit label on a perfectly good vintage piece.  There isn’t anything better than vintage 70′s St John because that’s when they really made quality knitwear, you really can’t say that about the brand today.  When women come into my boutique - Doubletake Recycled Luxury Boutique- in Atlanta and want to consign vintage 70′s St John items I usually talk them into keeping them because the quality was superior and you can’t replace it.  So yes I do love finding

I wish I could say that everyday of every week I see the label Claude Montana but I would be lying to you.  This label I just don’t see often enough and it’s one of my all time favorite, this and Thierry Mugler, especially their early 80′s designs.  The world hasn’t really seen much of Claude Montana in 2 decades, I think he’s living a quite life in Spain but man oh man was he a force to be recken with at the peak of his fashion career.  He was and will always be considered a genius.   When you