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I didn’t know the first thing about Marcel Marongiu when I first spotted this gray textured top but just knew that I LOVED it and then of course I whipped out my iPhone and started my research.  Marcel Marongiu is the creative director for Guy Laroche and I loveeeme some Guy Laroche any day of the week….  From what I’ve been able to gather about Marcel Marongiu is that he was born in Paris and studied in Stockholm.  In 1988 he made his first collection and showed his catwalk show during the Pari

Somehow the GODS were with me when I was thrifting this day because I first picked up the black silk Oscar de la Renta scarf and then minutes later I scored this new, still with tag,Oscar de la Renta skirt.  So I started off by finding 2 Oscar de la Renta pieces and then I found this AMAZING Michel Klein white jacket made in France with fabulous buttons.  Just look how this is constructed in the back of this jacket…  It’s STYLISH beyond any words can describe and yet at the same moment subtle.  

I’m loving both of these dresses that came out from the same thrift store because both are different in their own right.  The solid black Shoshanna dress with the stitching, collar & sleeves are what I find unique about this dress.  The black & white Jackson Pollack inspired DVF reissued wrap dress is timeless.  In 1997 DVF relaunched her line of wrap dresses and each season has included a reissued print or 2 from her 1970′s collections.  So this Jackson Pollack print was a print from the 70′s a

I walked out from the thrift store with both the short sleeve Prada red shirt & long sleeve Dunhill shirt for ME.  This is the perk that I love about my job, I hunt for luxury treasures all day long and when I find a little somethang somethang for me well it just makes my life so much sweeter.  I can’t think of any man on this planet that wouldn’t love to find and to wear Prada or Dunhill especially at thrift store prices.  The thing I absolutely love about thrifting is that I find items that ar

I love the difference in fabrics on this blog posting, the DVF is silk velvet with the vintage Genny classic nubby tweed fabric.  It just doesn’t get anymore yummy than this.  I didn’t flinch for one second when I saw this 2 piece Genny, made in Italy, suit in the thrift store, not one second.  I knew instantly that I would grab this and run to the counter.  This pattern is classic and the construction of this suit is impeccable.  The richness of the DVF silk velvet sheer blouse is sexy in its o

I have no idea who designed this navy silk poncho but it’s so over the top HOT HOT HOT that I just had to buy it when I was thrifting.  The great thing about this silk poncho is that you can basically wear just about anything underneath it and be VOGUE as the day is long.  Wear a belt with this or even wear the longest strand of pearls on the planet and this will give you the look everyone wants.  I wasn’t about to pass on this bright yellow summery Shoshanna dress with eyelet fabric by hell no.

I love the label Genny and I never pass on the opportunity to pillage it when I spot it inside a thrift store and I mean NEVER.  Genny at one time was just as revered as Prada and then they closed down and I believe that was either in the late 90′s or early 2000′s which was a very sad day but not to be to gloomy because this label is back and better than ever!  Here is the history direct from their website “From the Sixties to today, taste for fashion is constantly changing, but Genny can interp

One of my favorite clients recently came into my boutique (Doubletake) she’s 92 andSTYLISHHHHHH.  I was showing her a few fantastic items in the store one being a Lanvin lingerie gown that I have in the store with a black patent leather belt and a red Nicole Miller bolero jacket and she just DIED….  I pointed out to her that the Lanvin was indeed lingerie and I said “no body cares that this is a nightgown when you add the accessories to it that just disappears”….  She said “I totally agree with

I’m back on my blog after the Christmas holiday visit to my family in Texas and our cross country road trip funeral for Mitch’s dad.  We were so busy during the funeral I really didn’t have time to post another blog post where I took Mitch’s 12 year old nephew thrift store shopping for his grandfather’s memorial services… I took Joshua shopping with his father and immediately Doug, his father,  found him the perfect wool jacket and I found him a nice shirt, tie, pants (2) and shoes.  Oh yes and

I love this abstract painting from Shoshanna, and that’s exactly what I call it, the silk top is like a piece of modern art.  It’s very  fresh and when I saw it in the thrift store I grab first and ask questions later….  Who knows how this amazing treasure found its way into a thrift store but their loss is my (our) gain.  Shoshanna launched her line in 1998 and has quickly become synonymous with chic sophisticated STYLE so much that Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus & Sak’s all carry this brand. 

If there’s one thing I love finding it would be Halston and if there’s one thing I love finding it would have to be vintage Calvin Klein….  Who doesn’t love finding Halston?  I’m a huge fan of this brand and love it when I am lucky enough to find vintage 70′s Halston dresses…  it’s rare but such a treat.  I have to say when I found this black vintage 80′s Calvin Klein I was quite pleased with myself, I must say.  Vintage Calvin Klein is very collectible and yes it was made in the USA that tells

My eyes really peeked up when I saw this Gianni Versace label inside this animal print sweater and when my partner Mitch saw it he grabbed it for himself…  I have no idea if this sweater was designed for men or women but at the end of the day who really gives a shit?  It’s a unisex sweater in my opinion so when Mitch grabbed it and ran off with it I was ok with it…  Who doesn’t want to wear vintage Gianni Versace anyways?  I can think of no-one!  Doing research for this blog posting I Googled Gi

Recently I was just at the  Indianapolis Museum of Art to see “An American Legacy: Norell, Blass, Halston & Sprouse” exhibition and to say it blew me away would be putting that mildly.  Bill Blass is American Royalty and finding vintage Blass is Royal alright!  I couldn’t believe my luck when I scored this velvet cropped jacket & skirt by legendary Bill Blass, it’s so fresh and modern as the day it was first designed.  VintageBlass NEVER ever goes out of STYLE and if you see his goods in a major

This is just one of the many perks I get while I’m out thrifting for my clients and that is finding ME some luxury goodies… This black Ermenegildo Zegna v- neck tee shirt was brand new and I know this from the look & feel of the fabric as well as that “new” scent.  Love this Italian men’s fashion brand and I’m lucky enough to have salvaged plenty of it throughout my thrifting days…  When you see this label out thrifting GET IT for your boyfriend, dad or yes yourself!  This brand is sold exclusiv

Just how frigging HOT is this blog posting of a vintage 80′s Chanel blouse with pearl buttons and a black Thierry Mugler vintage skirt???  It’s so damn HOT I can’t even see straight (but I don’t see anything straight)….  The Chanel vintage blouse came out of one thrift store and the Mugler skirt from another but all on the same day so that just tells me that the GODS wanted me to unite these 2 French super powers.  I don’t know what anyone can say Chanel that anyone hasn’t already blabbed about

I think velvet might just be the new “black” or is that the new “pink” who can remember???  This is my second item I have recently found in  a thrift store and believe me I’m happy as happy can be.  Who doesn’t love velvet especially when the label says Karl Lagerfeld???  I can’t think of a single living being on this planet that wouldn’t be pleased as punch to find Lagerfeld.  Yes I love Louis Feraud otherwise I wouldn’t snatch it up every time I see it in the thrift stores, it’s a French class

I had to contain myself when I saw the Pierre Balmain label on this white linen top at the thrift store. Really I had to contain myself. It’s my dream to find a 1960′s Balmain gown at a thrift store and pay just $6.00 for it, yes that’s actually a dream of mine…. So until that day comes true finding something modern from Balmain will do.  I remember my first trip to Paris back in the 80′s, I stayed with my friend Terri who was a BIG time runway showgirl back in the 80′s and she worked the Balmai

I scored both of these major fashion brands inside a thrift store in under an hour so how is that for efficiency?  Who doesn’t love the black & olive combo platter?  Weekend by Max Mara is just your classic standard staple in any woman’s closet and these Jil Sander olive slacks are just what you would expect from Jil Sander; enduring – unfailing – ageless….  After years of being away from being the creative force with the brand that lends her name Jil Sander is back in the drivers seat and ready

I just wanted to tell every one of my readers Happy Holidays and thank you all for reading my blog.  I will be traveling to Texas to see family so I won’t be updating & blogging until I return which is Dec 31st 2012.  Until then please revisit my old blog postings and please share my blog with anyone you think might enjoy reading how you too can learn to shop “green” and shop for STYLE.  

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I promise I’m not going to verbally assault the Olsen twins anymore…  From here on out I promise to behave myself and I will try very hard not to berate them in my blog….  The reason I scold them is because of their overuse of FUR….  I hate FUR with the strength of 1,000 suns and that’s really saying something.  So from here on out I will do my best to be civilized when I talk about any Elizabeth & James pieces I find while thrifting.  I love plaid to begin with and when you pair it with this Tr