Fashion Blogs

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

For me to actually pick up a Ralph Lauren dress from even a thrift store has to have something special about it and this RL Black Label dress sure fits that description.  The Black Label by Ralph Lauren is great quality and made in the USA which I really love but this simple dress isn’t just timeless it’s sexy & chic all at once.  The fabric is viscose & wool and feels like a million bucks.  This Ralph Lauren dress retailed for between $998-1298 when it was first produced and who knows when that

I think I could spend the entire blog post just talking about this vintage 80′s Pierre Cardin blouse.  I think I could.  I love the collar on this vintage Cardin blouse not to mention the pattern.  It looks like Van Gogh’s Starry Night.  Just love this blouse and to be from the 80′s and in such great condition all I can do is thank the GODS above.  I think vintage Pierre Cardin is off the chart HOTness.  I also love finding this vintage 80′s Diane Von Furstenberg houndstooth print, with pockets,

One Saturday afternoon a lady walks into my store and asked me how long has Doubletake Recycled Luxury Boutique been open.  I told her this coming Sept it will be 3 years and she said that she had come into my store right when I opened and I was apparently very pleasant to her.  Years later she remembered that kindness & me and when she came back on a Saturday afternoon she said “my aunt passed away and I really don’t want any of them and if you like to come by to see if there is something you w

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 will always love and accept a vintage 80′s Pierre Cardin dress especially a little black one…  Pierre Cardin has been among the five best known Frenchmen in the world since 1960 and just looking at this LBD it’s easy to see why.  This man is 90 years old and still active and interesting in fashion & design and you just have to love that. You have to watch this YouTube video of an interview of Pierre Cardin….  click here to watch.  The video was filmed 3 years ago but it will give you a sense o

Finding vintage Carolyne Roehm pieces today are truly rare because her clients do not wish to part with her creations so who the hell knows why this beautiful LBD found it’s home inside a thrift store?  Who knows and really cares because as long as the universe has me to come to the rescue of these kind of pieces, life will always be good!  Carolyne Roehm served her fashion apprenticeship under Oscar de la Renta.  She created her own line of luxurious, feminine designs but this lasted only a few

You know how much I love thrifting and how much I love meeting new thrifters well guys I recently met a professional thrifter and she’s amazing.  Her name is Dawn and her passion for collecting vintage luxury is on par with mine .  I met her when she came into Doubletake Recycled Luxury Boutique (my store) and wanted to consign a few items. I love her refined eye and so given that, I had to ask her a few questions so here goes….

Q:  Dawn how long have you been such a serious or serial thrifter?  

To tell you the truth I don’t see a lot of Flora Kung in the thrift stores and that’s probably because her designs were built to last.  I almost flipped my wig when I saw this yellow silk wrap dress by Flora Kung just hanging there on the racks at the thrift store.  She was waiting for me I know it.  Flora Kung is best known for her original textile designs on signature dresses,  ready to wear and home goods.   Her color palate is bold and beautiful (not the soap opera)…  She’s known for creatin

I almost passed gas, I meant to say I almost passed out when I saw the Ports 1961 label on this LBD (little brown dress).  I first noticed the backside with the buttons and liked it enough to turn the dress around and to my amazement I saw the Ports 1961 label.  Thank you GODS above….  Ports 1961 was founded in Toronto Canada in you guessed it 1961.  Ports has embodied the stylish, independent working woman of today.  It was an instant hit in North America and then the UK and now they have over

This vintage brand is highly collectible and when I saw the label I almost coughed up my lunch.  Paganne by Gene Berk is a brand that is known for their wild prints which is what I love about this brand.  I love a good wild print any day of the week.  This brand started in the early 60′s and Gene Berk designed for Oleg Cassini as well as Cole of California and even worked on a few movies.  Gene Berk wasn’t a trained artist, he was a pre-law dropout, but when you see these patterns you wouldn’t h

Boy I don’t find Miu Miu every dogdamn day that’s for sure.  Wish I did but it’s a far cry and it’s moments like this that make me really appreciative of thrifting.  When I find something like this, every Halley’s Comet visit, it makes me even more grateful and excited.  It’s the excitement of finding something really great like this Miu Miu wrap skirt that keeps me doing what I do best, thrift!  I’m all about the thrill of the hunt, the thrill of the find, the thrill of the discovery, just the

This outfit just needs the perfect Roger Vivier flats and you’re ready for Paris.  I love this silk with spandex black Nanette Lepore sexy blouse and I love these striped Rena Langeslacks so I’m in love today.  It’s not that hard to fall in love when it comes to quality and simple designs.  I swear you could put this outfit into a time capsule and take it out in another 100 years and if your weight hasn’t fluctuated dramatically then you would still be able to wear this number.  This is your typ

One of the worlds greatest pleasures for me is finding anything vintage YSL.  Yves Saint Laurent was legendary, he was one of the greatest French designers of all times.  I don’t think there has ever been a time when I passed on picking up YSL from a thrift store.  To me that would be cause for the death penalty or the guillotine!  When I see vintage YSL items on any of the numerous vintage luxury websites not only is it timeless and still very fresh, it’s collectible and I mean collectible.  So

This vintage 80′s Bill Blass color block dress has me over the moon and around Jupiter.  This dress looks amazingly gorgeous today, that’s the thing I truly love about finding vintage Bill Blass.  Ask anyone and they will tell you I never pass up the opportunity to collect another vintage Bill Blass dress from a thrift store.  NEVER.  Ok so here is the low down on Bill Blass.

Born in Indiana to a dressmaker and hardware salesman in 1922, Bill Blass studied at Parsons School of Design in New York

I love it when I find luxury items from a thrift store that just look like they need to go together.  Case in point this ultra soft cotton Armani Collezioni top and this black & white silk abstract skirt by DvF.  Oh yes I also found this tortoise shell belt too….  I love finding these items and putting them together and if I can do this YOU CAN.  Today looking like you just stepped out from Neiman Marcus isn’t that difficult and you don’t have to break your bank doing so.  Shop your local thrift

I swear the Italian government or their Chamber of Commerce should fly me to Italy for all the whoring up I do for them.  I absolutely love things that are made in Italy so it was a no brainer when it came to putting this pink Miu Miu top with this Krizia wrap linen skirt.  Nothing says “fashion” like it does when you see the label that says “made in Italy”….  I think the GODS wanted me to find both this Miu Miu pink top and this linen wrap skirt by Krizia so that I could once again whore up Ita

Vintage has always been HOT and I mean HOT as in on fire.  Any woman that wears vintage is a Girl on FIRE.  I about fell out when I saw the vintage Escada label inside this red silk blouse with sequin hearts and the #3 on back, it’s so fresh and current.  You know me I will never pass up 80′s Calvin Klein either.  Vintage Calvin Klein is HOT HOT HOT and this herringbone skirt with pockets is right on target for being HOT HOT HOT.  You can’t get any better than vintage.  Start adding luxury vinta

This print on this dress is not just timeless it’s simple chic and that’s always the best.  Shelley Komarov is a Hollywood costume designer and a 4 time Emmy winner to boot.  She wanted to create chic simple clothes that packed & traveled well and looked like a million bucks.  She launched the company in 1997.  All her garments are hand made in her factory in Los Angeles, it’s all about quality for this brand.  Her dresses can run between $160-395.  This lovely Komarov  dress I rescued from a th

I love seeing women wearing shorts and a fabulous jacket, with the perfect pair of Tom Ford heels this woman is TODAY.  I found this ensemble and yes it need a blouse but any sexy teddy will do ( think La Perla) and yes it need a fabulous belt ( think Stella McCartney ) .  Who doesn’t love finding Burberry & Jil Sander?   There wasn’t a single thing wrong with this Burberry jacket, no holes, tears, stains, funky smells nothing nada and that’s exactly what I like!  Same goes for the Jil Sander sh