Fashion Blogs

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

I just spent a week in Texas, shopping and spending time with my mom-dad and artist brother and more shopping!  You can say all you want about Texas but the one thing you can’t say is that they don’t like to  shop.  I think Texans were born with am American Express in their hands and they all seem to know where Neiman Marcus is….  I took an entire week off and just shopped and hung out with family.  I’m so lucky I have such love and support. While I was home my dad took an old pair of my mom’s s

Ok wouldn’t you have grabbed this gray dress from Barney’s New York that was made in Italy from New Zealand wool??  Why yes you would have in a New York second and I would have been so damn proud!  New Zealand wool is luxury fiber, it’s where all the best wool comes from and it have everything to do with their climate and region of the world.  So when I saw that this gray dress was from Barney’s and made in Italy from New Zealand wool, well hell it was a no-brainer.  I love the simple cut and li

Don’t you love the photo of the 2 pianos standing side by side in a thrift store?  OMG that’s priceless to me.  2 pianos inside a second hand store waiting for a player to come by and actually tap those keys, got to LOVE it.  Look at the photo of the all those books on the floor and on the book cases, so many damn books and most books inside a thrift store are like $.50 or $.75 a book.  Now that’s the biggest bargain of the century people.  Check out all the artwork framed and ready for a new ho

I think my mannequin needs a name.  I’m very fond of the name Lupe or Endora but can’t decide.  The reason I think my mannequin needs a name is because when you put such fabulous clothes on her, like this green Celine top and this blue gray Calvin Klein Collection skirt, the mannequin just needs to be identified with having such great taste…  So if I named her Lupe I would say “Lupe thinks she’s worthy of being on the Best Dressed List because she’s wearing Celine & Calvin Klein Collection and I

Last night Mitch and I, along with our good friends Rhett & Nena, went to see Flight of the Butterflies an IMAX movie.  The movie was about the monarch butterfly and their journey. The monarch butterfly weighs less than a penny and it makes one of the longest migrations on Earth across a continent, with pinpoint navigational accuracy, to a secluded place it has never been.  Man has become somewhat of an obstacle for the butterflies with the deadly toxic chemicals sprayed on vegetables & plants a

This Rebecca Taylor silk with spandex LBD has a helluva a lot of style doesn’t it?  The back of this little black dress is sexy and hugs the entire body making you look like a Drop Dead Diva…. I found this black velvet foldover purse by Garay that looks amazing with theRebecca Taylor dress.  Garay was popular and big back in the 50′s & 60′s and when you see all the different designs Arnold Garay did you will want every damn one of them.  Garay makes a great addition to anyone’s vintage collectio

Finding this Adele Simpson LBD makes me no longer a virgin.  I’ve waited patiently for this label and with good reason, it’s very collectible not to mention chic.  I am a huge fan of the website Shrimpton Couture, from Toronto Canada, and they just adore Adele Simpson.  Adele Simpson died in 1991 at the age of 91 and in the 70′s & 80′s this label was a power house.  She dressed several of the First Ladies from Lady Bird Johnson to Pat Nixon to Barbara Bush.  Her simple fashion philosophy won her

Every woman needs a black leather skirt in her closet no matter how old she is.  About a year ago I had this 70+ year old lady from Eastern Europe (Latvia) shop at my boutiqueDoubletake Recycled Luxury and walked out with a black leather mini.  She was 70+ years old and bought herself a black leather mini and I LOVEEEED that.  Age is strictly a number not a mindset!  So yes every woman needs a black leather skirt and why shouldn’t it be Moschino?  I about peed in my pants when I saw the label an

It is the little perks in life that make me happy and by little I mean finding a Burberry golf / polo shirt for ME.  I love this color and I love that it’s my size so when I found this I said thank you DOG (god spelled backwards)…. Who doesn’t love finding Burberry inside a thrift store?  I can’t think of a single person on this lonely planet.  Burberry is an iconic British fashion label and one that has been around for well over 100 years and with Christopher Bailey as the creative director, it

I just have so much I want to talk about that who knows exactly how many parts to this topic there will be…. You know I’m really trying to just get these images inside  your head so you know what second hand shops look like.  You can only imagine my amazement when I went to a thrift store and saw this white Russel Wright complete set of dishes, cups, saucers, coffee pot with sugar & creamer, tea pitcher etc for sale.  Lets just say that since Russel Wright is inside the collection of MoMA it wou

Sometimes I really can’t believe my luck.  Every time I find Chloe, which isn’t often enough, I rejoice in the most modest way (I keep thrifting)…. Yes finding Chloe is so rewarding, finding vintage Chloe is ecstasy.  This isn’t vintage but it Shirley will do.  Chloewas founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion, an Egyptian-born Parisienne with a dark beauty and a bohemian spirit.  Rejecting the stiff formality of the 50′s fashion, she creates soft, body conscious clothes from fine fabrics and called them

You know I LOVE and adore Jil Sander what is there not to LOVE about this label but finding Matthew Williamson blew me out of the water.  I’ve never found this label until now, so technically I’m no longer a virgin when it comes to this label.  I’ve read and seem so much about Matthew Williamson over the years and always hoped I would find something while thrifting, well I guess the GODS wanted to throw me a bone.  Matthew Williamson was born in Manchester England and graduated from Central Sain

I am completely unplugging and going on a summer vacation mixed with a buying trip .  There won’t be another blog posting until I return which will be May 22nd so until then here are a few things you can do for me or yourself…  Take this time to revisit older blog posting and you can do this by clicking ——> here

You can also scroll through and look at all the consigned pieces I have from my boutique called Doubletake Recycled Luxury, these pieces belong to a wide variety of lovely ladies that hav

I was sitting inside my car waiting for the thrift store to open and had some time to kill.  Now having time to kill for me can either be a good thing or a very bad thing but rest assured it’s all good.  I started to think about how I shop for items on my blog daily but never really show images of what’s really inside thrift stores.  So when the thrift store opened and I was walking towards the door I just thought to myself take some photos Daniel and do a different blog post.  I know for most p

I almost came unglued when I saw the Ungaro Solo Donna made in Italy.  I haven’t found Ungaro Solo Donna until now so it’s fun to chit chat about.  The color, I mean this shade of pink is right on and the best thing is that there were no stains, no tears, no smells no nothing just in excellent condition.  It is as well preserved as Joan Rivers is…  Solo Donna is one of three Ungaro’s women’s collections; the others are Emanuel Ungaro Parallele, the signature line, and Emanuel, a bridge collectio