Fashion Blogs

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 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

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

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 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 just don’t even know where to begin with this blog posting because I love both items so damn much.  My face dropped when I saw the Scaasi label inside this vintage 80′s Scaasi dress at the thrift store.  Just dropped.  I love this dress and yes I remember women wearing this dress back in the 80′s.  When you put this dress with this vintage yellow Byblos coat it’s stylish enough that I actually could see Lady GaGa wearing this out.  Can’t you?  Everything about both items are just all about qua

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 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

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