Fashion Blogs

I just couldn’t help myself when I saw this Louis Feraud brown lace dress at the thrift store hanging on the rack at half off not to buy it…. I just couldn’t say NO Nancy Reagan!  Louis Feraud began his fashion career in France in the 50′s and when Brigitte Bardot bought one of his dresses well lets just say he became an international sensation.  He had his first runway collection in 1960 and is remembered to this day for his STYLISH suits and glamorous dresses.  What I dream of seeing underneat

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 

I was about to leave the thrift store because I was there for what seemed to have been eternity and found nothing when all of a sudden I spotted this YSL Rive Gauche blouse…  This was the only piece I walked out of the thrift store with and I’ll take that any day of the week… YSLRive Gauche darling now that’s STYLISH if I have to say so.  Heidi Slimane, the designer newly installed at the helm of Yves Saint Laurent, who it has emerged is to change the name of the fashion house to Saint Laurent P

This week was a very good week for me and I hope you all had a great one too… I salvaged a lot of vintage luxury pieces as well as talked about a Danish piece I had scored years ago so lets get going…  I pillaged: AllSaint top, Byblos vintage top, Bally blouse, Louis Feraudvintage lace dress, Jean Paul Gaultier jacket and then I shared my story about the Dansk ice bucket.  Oh wait there was that TV clip I did for Good Day Atlanta too where I STYLED up a high school senior for a Back to School se

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 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

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

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

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

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. 

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

When I spotted this Diane von Furstenberg dress the second thing I noticed, the first being the label, was a stain on it.  Do you think a little old stain was going to stop me from grabbing this DVF dress and running????  Absolutely not.  Stains are like men on Broadway they can come out….  I’m just kidding….  I’ve gotten just about every stain known to mankind and then some out so I figured I would attempt to get the stain out myself and if all fails then off to the dry cleaners where they can

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

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

There is something quite sexy about an off the shoulder dress to begin with but you can double that since it was designed by Flores & Flores.  The black & white checked pattern on top is what really made me grab it and run.  All this ensemble needs is a pair of silver meshElsa Peretti earrings and a fabulous pair of Stella McCartney heels and off to Ascot you go…  I’ve always thought wouldn’t it be a hoot to actually STYLE someone that was going to Ascot all in recycled vintage luxury….  Those B

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

My week was full of amazing and pristine luxury items and the one thing they all had in common was the fact that they just needed a new home.  It’s my mission to find these clothes a new home since I own Doubletake Recycled Luxury Boutique .   Check out this  week’s haul:Diane von Furstenberg pink robe, Shoshanna silk top, Barbara Bui skirt, Flores & Floresdress, Marc Jacobs top, RED Valentino skirt, Kay Unger LBD & a white Parsons table.  Today go find yourself an estate sale or yard sale to pi